Hon’ble Minister for Higher Eduation, IT&BT,Science & Technology and Skill Development Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan inaugurated Yenepoya Technology Incubator at Mangalore

Minister for Higher Eduation Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan inaugurated new incubator established at Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) on Thursday, 3rd March 2022.

Speaking at the programme,he said “With goal of researching and developing healthcare and medical infrastructure, due to setting up of this centre for nurturing, the local people can get healthcare facilities at an affordable prices. It also a step towards the creation of self-sufficient India (Atmanirbhar Bharat)

The centre has been recognised by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, and is one of the country’s leading centres for research. It will continue its work under the National Biopharmaceutical mission, he said.

The incubator centre is also recognised under the Central Government’s ‘Sparsh’, he said and added that this would enable access to affirdable medical equipment for public, especially for mothers, children’s, elders and general people, he added.

The centre has state-of-the –art facilities for manufacturing medical devices including vaccines and medicines. These include 3D printer-like advantage for use in metals, thermoplastics, polymers and biomaterials. This will be a huge benefit for local researchers and innovators, “said Ashwath Narayan.

Yenepoya University Chancellor Yenepoya Abdullah Kunhi, Mohammed Farhaad Yenepoya, Mohideen Khurshid, Dr. Vijayakumar and Aseem Syed Siraj were present.