The Hindu Business Line : IISc joins hands with Texas Instruments

$4,00,000 SEED-FUNDING: Prof N. Balakrishnan (left), Associate Director, IISc, and Mr Richard K. Templeton, President and CEO, Texas Instruments, at a press conference in Bangalore on Monday. - G. R. N. Somashekar

Bangalore April 2

The Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has become the first university outside US to join Texas Instruments' premier research network of the top four leadership universities in the world.

IISc joins the likes of Georgia Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Rice University, Houston, in TI's research network to drive innovation in areas such as digital signal processing, analog and mixed signal systems.

"TI selected IISc as a leadership university based on its innovation and research leadership, in-depth knowledge of technology, deep understanding of industry needs, focus on future technologies like wireless, consumer, medical and industrial applications," said Mr Richard K. Templeton, President and CEO, Texas Instruments.

``Our goal in joining with IISc is to enable engineers to use electronics innovation to enrich lives,'' he added.

IISc will receive a seed funding of $4,00,000 (approx Rs 1.75 crore) over five years, an extension of the existing funding already received by the university. TI has been working with IISc for over 10 years. The funds will be used to support research programmes for industry-specific applications as well as curriculum development. IISc will also gain enhanced access to TI's teams worldwide.

Prof Jamadagni, Chairman, Centre for Electronics Design and Technology, IISc, said as part of the research and development programme with TI, technologies would also be developed for use in India such as DSP in agriculture, environmental conservation among others.

No chip plant

Replying to a query, Mr Templeton ruled out the possibility of TI setting up a chip manufacturing plant in the country. "From TI's point of view, our investment focus in India will remain on research and product development," Mr Templeton said adding the company may sub-contract work to chip foundries that may come up in India.

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