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On Saturday (13th December) Vice President Hamid Ansari declared Bangalore the "Nano city of India" after the Karnataka government announced it would take measures to encourage research and development in nanoscience and facilitate development of the nanotechnology industry in the state.
Making the declaration at the second 'Bangalore Nano 2008' conference-cum-exposition here, Ansari said nanotechnology, which was changing the face of industry and economy, would be a transformative force in India in the coming years.
Karnataka Home Minister B.S. Acharya said the state government had already allotted 14 acres for setting up India's premier Institute of Nanoscience And Technology in Bangalore with Rs.1-billion (Rs.100 crore) grant from the central government.
The Nano Institute will function under the aegis of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), a deemed university of the Department of Science and Technology.
Later, Ansari presented the second Bangalore Nano national award to emeritus professor and Indian National Science Academy honorary scientist Dipankar Chakravorty of Kolkata.
As part of its national mission to promote nanoscience and nanotechnology, the government has decided to involve the industry in focusing on products that will have mass applications in the areas of safe drinking water, food, healthcare, energy and mobility.
