IIT-K bags Rs 5 cr grant-in-aid from electronics, IT ministry

Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur jointly with Silizium Circuits Private Limited has bagged a Rs 5 crore grant-in-aid project from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)’s Chips to Startup (C2S) program for its ground-breaking project, “Radio-frequency (RF) Transceiver SoC (System on Chip) with integrated RISC V core for Sub-GHz Applications”.

Director, IIT-Kanpur, Prof Abhay Karandikar said, “IIT Kanpur has always been fostering innovation, promoting entrepreneurship, and driving technology commercialization and the Chips to Startup (C2S) project is part of this ongoing drive. The project, which aims at the formulation of an SoC supporting all the prominent standards in sub GHz, will drive innovations in the IoT and indoor applications.