Veeco, JNC open nanoscience lab in Bangalore

BANGALORE: Veeco Instruments Inc., a nanoscience instrumentation supplier, announced that it is establishing a nanotechnology center in Bangalore.

The Veeco-India Nanotechnology Laboratory will be jointly operated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). The JNC promotes scientific research in interdisciplinary areas of science and engineering.

The laboratory located at JNC in Jakkur will be staffed with local scientists and engineers and equipped with Veeco's latest atomic force microscope, scanning tunneling microscope products and other nanotechnology application modules.

According to Prof. C.N.R. Rao, honorary president of the JNCASR, “Nanotechnology and nanoscience are important opportunities for India. The Indian government has made major allocations for nanotechnology between 2002 and 2007. A nanoscience initiative of the Department of Science and Technology that began in 2003 has identified and is working with more than 30 R&D institutions to identify prospective nanotechnology products that can be commercialized.”