News :-
- Soon researchers in any college or institution and research organisations can check, reserve and have easy access to even expensive research equipment and facilities anywhere in India because of the efforts by the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
- The centre is in the process of collating information about scientific and research equipment and facilities available at academic institutions and research organisations across the country.
Online Portal Reservation (I-STEM) :-
- The portal — Indian Science, Technology and Engineering Facilities Map (I-STEM) — will soon become operational. The government green signalled the project last month.
- The institutions and organisations that have the equipment and facilities will provide access to researchers for both academic and non-academic work through an online reservation system.
- I-STEM is inspired by our positive experience with INUP (Indian Nanoelectronic Users Programme) that has been in operation since 2008 to provide access to sophisticated device fabrication and analytical equipment to any academic researcher in the country.
Benefits :-
- It will provide access to researchers to any equipment or facility that has been procured using public funds.
- The equipment will be better utilised and it will avoid duplication of expensive equipment as much as possible.
- Sharing expensive equipment can bring down the cost of doing research in India.
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