KANPUR, August 25: IIT Kanpur (IITK) has
announced a strategic tie-up with Software Technology Park, Kanpur, in the
area of computer application in engineering. It is setting up an Advanced
Center for Software Education and Training ( ) to meet the training
needs of software industry by offering need based curriculum. Further, to
give thrust to research and development, IITK is setting up a Technology
Incubation and Development Centre (TIDC) where space modules shall be
provided to industry for technical development by utilizing the
intellectual resources of IITK. This center will be a major attraction to
the IT industry having commercial development units at STPK.
IITK set up the WAN link for STPK and is
working closely with some companies that have come up in STPK. The
institute also has a scheme for setting up R&D cells under which three
companies--Cadence (India), ComDev and Secure Meters--have already set up
their cells. Neomagic Corporation of Silicon Valley has started operations
in STPK and has linked up with IITK for technology development.