India’s First Research IIT Satellite Campus will be in Ujjain

Utkarsh Classes Last Updated 27-01-2024

India’s First Research IIT Satellite Campus will be in Ujjain

Madhya Pradesh 4 min read

The first research- based IIT satellite campus in the country will be established in Ujjain. This will be a unique institute of its kind in the country.

Key highlights of the IIT satellite campus

A proposal to establish a satellite campus in Ujjain was submitted to the Ministry of Education for approval by IIT Indore in 2023.
IIT Indore's Deep-Tech Research and Discovery Campus (DRDC) is going to start soon in Ujjain. Ujjain will be a world-class research centre in future technology, which will be set up at IIT Indore's Deep-Tech Research and Discovery Campus Ujjain.
Ujjain Satellite Campus is an important project that will benefit students, teachers and industrial workers across India and especially Madhya Pradesh.
The satellite complex will house the Deep Tech Research and Laboratory Discovery Centre
Lab to Market Centre and diverse activities in the field of Astronomy and Space Technology. Students, teachers, researchers and the general public will get extensive benefits from it.

The proposed organisation of the Deep-Tech Research and Discovery Campus will support deep-tech research laboratories and discovery centres, providing new dimensions of research through translation and its application and lab-to-market centres.
- Which will also include startup culture and entrepreneurship.
IIT Indore is trying to establish leadership in advanced areas of research.
- This will include high-level simulation, packaging, sensors, IoT (Internet of Things) and semiconductor device manufacturing, integration, communication technologies and related activities.
The lab-to-market project will include laboratory- scale models, prototypes and products.
It will also focus on the mentoring of entrepreneurship operations experts and assistance and involvement of commercial experts to develop business -based plans for enterprise creation.
Organisation of monthly online and hybrid programs will be promoted to help in the skill development of the human workforce in high-tech sectors. Courses being planned include bio-medical device development, industrial laser and optics technology etc.

About IIT

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are a collection of self-governing, renowned institutes dedicated to engineering and technology-oriented education.
They were established and declared Institutes of National Importance by the Parliament of India under the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
The primary objective of IITs is to train scientists and engineers who can contribute to the economic and social growth of India.
These institutes were founded after India gained independence in 1947. There are 23 IITs in India.