Participating Institutes:

University of Trans Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU)

St. John’s Research Institute (SJRI)

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Karnataka Institute of Endocrinology Research

Mimyk

Yostra Labs

Foot Secure

Metastrings Foundation

Biocon Foundation

Objectives:

Developing a digital health platform in two specific areas:

Mass-personalised nutrition for Indian urban and rural population

Digital footcare for diabetics

Short-term impact:

Investigation of varied responses of people with regard to post-prandial glycemia, lipidemia, and inflammation to dietary inputs using dynamic digestion model and gut-on-a-chip technologies

A virtual dietician app for the masses

Setting up a proof-of-concept digital kiosk for diabetic footcare

Long-term impact/goals:

Aahaar card for personalised nutrition

Nutrient levels in raw foods and cooked foods and investigation of dietary advice to under-nourished and over-nourished individuals and populations

Remote diagnostics and treatment for diabetic foot complications with scaled up digital foot clinics and digital twin for foot care

Participating Institutes/Potential Collaborators:

Bangalore Chamber of Industry & Commerce (BCIC)

Raman Research Institute

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

National Centre for Biological Sciences

Theranautilus Private Limited

Indian Institute of Science

Objectives:

Micro-robotic swarms: Creation of micro- or nano-scale intelligent agents with applications in areas ranging from continuous, non-invasive monitoring of the human body to autonomous self-healing and micro-surgery

Traffic:Develop model experimental systems to mimic traffic flow conditions and identify desirable behaviour at the individual level for optimal traffic conditions

Biological systems: Theoretical and experimental efforts to understand collective motility patterns exhibited by living organisms related to complex problems such as antibiotic resistant biofilms, cancer progression, etc.

Short Term Impact:

Development of a multi-scale surgery tool that provides seamless bio-manipulation capabilities at spatial scales ranging from the organ to the sub-cellular level

Social engineering methods to incentivise desirable behaviour at the individual level for optimal traffic conditions

Theoretical models to understand antibiotic resistant biofilms

Wide Impact/Beneficiaries:

Bridge the gap between fundamental researchers and engineers

Advance the field at a global scale

Address locally relevant problems

Participating Institutes/Potential Collaborators:

Bangalore Chamber of Industry & Commerce (BCIC)

Indian Space Research Organization

National Institute of Oceanography

MetEarth Technologies Private Limited

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Indian National Centre For Ocean Information Services

Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai

ATREE

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

International Centre of Theoretical Sciences

Indian Institute of Science

Objectives:

Study links between rainfall, evapotranspiration, river basin-scale hydrology and regional weather/climate; flow in peninsular rivers and flood forecasts

Develop conceptual models of air-sea-land interaction on weather to sub-seasonal scales from field and satellite observations, and high-resolution models

Intra-day to 2-day forecasts for applications using satellite and in situ data, models and machine learning (ML)-based approaches

Experimental forecasts on weather to sub-seasonal scales using coupled initialization and data-driven methods

High-resolution model simulation to understand cloud physics, interaction between cloud clusters, winds and monsoon convection.

Short Term Impact:

Predicting direct/indirect & short/long-term impacts of changing water cycle

Models & machine-learning approaches for short-term forecasts, esp. for the energy sector

Flow & biogeochemistry measurements in peninsular rivers & estuaries, atmospheric measurements using UAVs

Understanding onset & organisation of monsoon convection, including mesoscale (~ 10-100 km) systems and severe weather.

Wide Impact/Beneficiaries:

Basic Science: Novel research in diverse areas related to monsoon variability on intra-day to decadal scales, , climate change, clouds, water cycle and air-sea-land interactions

Applications: Model-data blends for changing water cycle, city-scale and regional forecasts (esp. for benefit of Govt/municipal agencies, energy sector)

Teaching: Online material, pedagogical workshops for students, teachers, institutions, public service orgs

International collaborations: Virtual centre to enable teaching, hosting visitors and mutual research visits

Participating Institutes/Potential Collaborators:

Bangalore Chamber of Industry & Commerce (BCIC)

National Aerospace Labs (NAL)

Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE)

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Indian Institute of Science

Objectives:

• Determine availability of know-how for the design,and facilities for testing; identify gaps and assess whether they can be overcome quickly.
• Estimate costs of development, manufacture, deployment.
• Propose mechanisms for implementation.
• Identify broad development stages, especially time for First Engine to Test (FTET).

Short Term Impact:

Support immediate development by providing external technical review, as well as numerical modelling and experimental testing services to provide the component specific inputs to GTRE and NAL needed for design.

Identify areas of basic research and propose projects that can translate into technological advancement for long-term engine development goals.

Wide Impact/Beneficiaries:

Lay the foundation for more challenging goals such as building larger engines for commercial aircraft.

Participating Institutes/Potential Collaborators:

Bangalore Chamber of Industry & Commerce (BCIC)

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Raman Research Institute (RRI)

Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR)

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions

QuNu Labs

Objectives:

Establish the foundation for quantum technologies starting with hardware design, construction and optimisation of elementary building blocks.

Indigenously develop necessary electronics and nanotechnology support

Build the requisite base of technical and manpower skills

Short Term Impact:

Reliable and high-fidelity elementary quantum components

8-qubit quantum processor with superconducting transmon technology

City-scale quantum communications

Software simulators to verify and validate noisy quantum devices

Quantum-inspired algorithms

Novel materials and architectures

Academic programs in Quantum Technology

Wide Impact/Beneficiaries:

TReliable and high-fidelity elementary quantum components

8-qubit quantum processor with superconducting transmon technology

City-scale quantum communications

Software simulators to verify and validate noisy quantum devices

Quantum-inspired algorithms

Novel materials and architectures

Academic programs in Quantum Technology