MoUs to be inked with 25 startups for exchange of tech: IGCAR

The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam is aiming to sign memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with 25 startups for exchange of technologies, a top official said on Friday. The tie-ups would be on healthcare, environment- monitoring and chemicals, among others, IGCAR director A K Bhaduri said. “In principle, we are looking for entering into pacts with at least 25 startups per annum. That is the target given to us by NITI Aayog,” he told reporters. An incubation centre of the Department of Atomic Energy was formally inaugurated today by secretary and Atomic Energy Commission chairman K N Vyas through video-conference. Bhaduri said IGCAR signed MoUs with various companies in exchange of technologies or products developed at IGCAR through the incubation centre.