Friday, 02 August 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
To develop Indigenous state-of-the-art next-generation telecommunications technology, the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi (IIT Mandi) signed on Thursday an agreement with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India for the development of ‘Cell-Free 6G Access Points’.
The agreement was signed under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, which is meant to provide funding support to domestic companies, Indian startups, academia and R&D institutions involved in technology design, development, commercialisation of telecommunication products and solutions.
Among those present during the agreement signing event were the CEO, C-DOT Rajkumar Upadhyay, the principal investigator Abhay Kumar Sah from IIT Roorkee, the co-investigator Adarsh Patel from IIT Mandi and the director of C-DOT Pankaj Kumar Dalela.
At the event, Sah and Patel reaffirmed their commitment to advancing next-generation communication technologies, aligning with the Prime Minister’s Bharat 6G Vision.
CEO, C-DOT Rajkumar Upadhyay underscored the key role of indigenously designed and developed technologies in meeting the specific requirements of communication for a diverse country like India. He also said that this would help generate IPRs in the 6G domain and emerging technologies in the area of 6G.
Director of IIT Roorkee Prof K K Pantsaid thatthis partnership with C-DOT marked a pivotal step in their commitment to indigenous development of state-of-the-art telecommunications technologies.
