COLLABORATIONS

NIST has always been grabbing opportunities where academia and industry come together in a win-win situation. It has been making consistent efforts to collaborate with renowned academic institutions and industries to provide world class exposure to the students. It emphasizes on the collaborative research funded by the Government and Industry funding agencies. The institute has built up strong industrial interaction with various industries for collaboration in research work. These eminent collaborations help the students acquire the knowledge, skills and aptitude required in our times for participation on a global level in terms of higher studies, placements, and entrepreneurship. These sponsored research programs have helped the institute create the infrastructure and strengthen the facilities in some of the emerging areas of technology. The Institute has also received numerous research grants, projects, special funding, travel funding, SDPs, FIST grant and scholarships from the DST, CSIR, AICTE and different companies.

INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

NIST Institute Park is spread over 60 acres of which 4.3 lakh sq.ft. make academic space that houses many Centers of Excellence and international standard research laboratories wherein our researchers and faculty work, and where industries invest into our ideas. NIST has signed MoU with 15 industries for Rs 6.3 Crore in last five years and over 15 Research Scholars have worked in projects leading to their Ph.D work and Rs. 1.16 Crore on consultancy. The institute is collaborating with industries such as Sankalp Semiconductors, Sandhur and SunMoksha in the areas of Nano-technology and Renewal Energy. It has also collaborations with L&T Technology Services (LTTS) in the areas of IoT Solutions, AI, Data Science, Security, VLSI, 5G and Compute Vision.

The faculty of the institute maintain strong industrial links by undertaking consultancy assignments. This includes job of varied nature like troubleshooting, product and process development and design checks. The institute is doing collaborative research work with top Institute of India and abroad like IITs, NIT, NEERI, Nagpur, CMET, Pune, University of Hyderabad, University of California, Michigan State University, Stanford University, and NJIT, USA. MS from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA. NIST has established Centers of Excellence in partnership with Industry such as CADENCE, IBM, SAP Asia Pacific, L&T Technology Services, National Instruments, Texas Instruments, ARM, and WIPRO. The institute also plans to set up other centers of excellence like Data Science, Center of Mechatronics, Center of Image Processing & Cryptology, Center of Knowledge Engineering, Center of Industrial Automation Control, Center of Renewable Energy, and Center of Nano Technology.

IG Drones

It is a technology service provider company that provides drone services for mapping, surveying, inspection, etc. in agriculture, disaster management, power transmission, hydrology, and other fields. IG drones have partnered with NIST for software product development and to indigenize drone production starting from design to prototyping and manufacturing. For the technology stack used in the drones, our faculty members and research students from multiple departments take part in the development of control algorithms and analytics platforms.

Pipli Technologies

Pipli is a new age startup working in the domain of AI and ML to enhance customer engagement and organizational efficiency for their customers. They build models to predict consumer behavior from historical datasets. Pipli has setup a development center at NIST where some proprietary technology integration and process development takes place. An exclusive group of students and faculty supervisor work on the tasks assigned to them.

Protionix Technologies

Popularizing STEM education among school children, Protionix has its footprint in 6 states of India. It manufactures robotics hardware kits, organizes STEM education events, and conducts robotics workshops in those states. Protionix was founded at NIST by two Mechanical Engineering Graduates of the 2018 batch. Currently, they have a development center at NIST that uses the fabrication facilities to develop educational toys.

Bariflolabs Private Limited

Bariflolabs is an Industry 4.0 compliant startup providing SAAS and FAAS to the aquaculture industry. Its patented aquaculture pond management system and water purification system based on bubble plume aeration technology have made it stand out technologically. Just to mention that in its foundational days, it had started at NIST itself. Bariflolabs has a development center at NIST where UG and PG students are working on projects. It is also funding four PG seats in Engineering to allow students to continue industrial research and product development during the study.

Every year the institute also engages with major IT giants through contests such as Infy TQ, HackWithInfy, Wipro Talent Next and Wipro National Talent Hunt, to provide its students with learning, industrial exposure, and placements. There they learn conceptual and practical aspects of technology and inculcate the culture of rapid problem-solving and innovative thinking.

ACADEMIC COLLABORATIONS

NIST has been collaborating with premier universities and institutes such as IIT Kanpur, National Taiwan University, Academica Sinica, Taiwan, and Brunel University, UK, for summer programs, higher studies and research. Through these collaborations NIST students and faculty get global exposure and the institute gets projects and recognition. Collaborating with institutions like IIT-Delhi, IIT-Kanpur, NEERI-Nagpur, CMET-Pune, University of Hyderabad, University of California, Michigan State University, Stanford University, and NJIT, USA, NIST has bagged the Intel DST-IUSF Award for the project, “Integrated low cost water sensor for real time river-water monitoring and decision-making” jointly funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and Intel (Indo-US Science and Technology Forum).

 
 
Research collaboration with National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Signed MoU with University of Electro-Communication, Japan
Research Collaboration with Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Brunel University London, UK
 
 
Myongji University, Seoul, South Korea
Stanford University, CA, USA
New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA
University of California at Riverside, CA, USA
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
 
 

In 2019, the institute has signed two MoUs with NJIT, USA, for summer research and Ph.D programs at NJIT, and one MoU with IIT-Kanpur for promoting entrepreneurship and startups by sharing resources such as research facilities and mentors. The MoU for doctorate programs at NJIT reduces the expense of international students and brings them a lot of convenience where they can stay in their home country during the first year of their PhD studies. The MoU to hold Summer Research Programs at NJIT brings NIST students the best of right cultural environment, academic, and research exposure. It provides students with the opportunity for a global experience to enhance skills basis reciprocity and frequent interactions with NJIT mentors and students.

NIST has also signed an MoU with IIT-Kanpur to share their network resources towards building a stronger and vibrant incubation ecosystem. Both the premier institutes will explore possibilities on a case to case basis for co-incubation of startups by sharing mentors and extending specialized labs and product development infrastructure. NIST, in association with IIT, Kharagpur, is also part of the MHRD Virtual Laboratory project. The institute has signed MoUs for research collaboration in the field of nano sciences, communications, semiconductor technology with the National Taiwan University and University of Electro Communications, Japan. Also, every year a record number of NIST students are selected for master's programs and research programs in the international university, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan.

Entity Date Purpose
MoU New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA 26-06-2019 Study and research abroad: NIST students to pursue doctorate programs at NJIT
MoU New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA 17-06-2019 Study and research abroad: NIST students to pursue summer research programs at NJIT
MoU IIT-Kanpur 7/1/2019 Promote startups and entrepreneurship
Agreement Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) 25-01-2018 Access TSMC technology
MoU School of Software Convergence, Meongji University (MJU), Seoul, South Korea 5/9/2019 Promote international education and research
MoU National Institute of Agricultural Extension and Management 15-06-2017 Agri-Clinic and Agri-Business Centre (AC&ABC)
MoU Electronic Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) 23-04-2017 Centre of Excellence - VLSI and IoT
MoU Electronic Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) 22-12-2016 Affiliated Training Centre for skill development
Recognition Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ) 4/7/2016 Affiliated Training Centre for skill development
MoU School of Software Convergence, Meongji University (MJU), Seoul, South Korea 22-02-2016 Promote international education and research
Recognition National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) 20-08-2015 Affiliated Training Centre for skill development
Agreement Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Department of Space, GoI 25-07-2015 Design CMOS circuits for fabrication in SCL Wafer Lab