Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-GN) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up a centre of excellence (CoE) to promote research, innovation and development of indigenous products in telecom and cyber security domain. This centre shall serve as a hub for both fundamental and applied research with a focus to excel in the domains of C-DOT’s existing expertise.
The mandate of this centre will be to enable community of IIT-GN students, faculty, researchers and C-DOT researchers to come together and collaborate in telecom and information and communication technology (ICT) domain. Overall, the centre’s work will enrich the research work and find practical solutions to problems/use-cases in telecom and ICT domain and their related applications, while leveraging use of niche and emerging technologies. The centre shall also support incubation, mentoring, and collaboration with start-ups, industries, and academia to foster a robust innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. It shall provide training, capacity building, and skilling programs aligned with national telecom, semiconductor, and digital transformation missions to create an industry-ready workforce. Both institutions will also collaborate on scholarly publications, patent filing, joint seminars and final product development.