Guwahati: MeitY Secy inaugurates SWASTHA project and other projects at IIT Centre for Nanotechnology

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MeitY), Government of India, S. Krishnan, inaugurated the SWASTHA project and the state-of-the-art ISO 5 and 6 Clean Room Facilities at the Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati’s Centre for Nanotechnology.

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Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, said, “The successful establishment of the Clean Room Facilities and the implementation of the SWASTHA Centre for Excellence is an epoch-making event in the North-Eastern region because the young human resources of the region can now utilize these world-class high-end facilities available at their doorstep to pursue their lofty scientific and technological dreams. It is of great importance to note that the Nano Centre, IITG has delivered an array of frugal low-cost technologies that will cater to the needs of the society.

As the Secretary, MeitY, GoI, that has supported this growth of the Center, it is indeed a sense of celebration for me to be a part of this journey along with the IIT Guwahati fraternity. This could have been possible only because of the un-conditional leadership that the faculty members have shown apart from the commitment of the budding scholars and high-quality students ably backed up by the very efficient IIT Guwahati administration who have displayed remarkable tenacity in establishing the Centre.