Union , Shipping and Waterways MinisterSarbananda Sonowal,who inaugurated theNational Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways & Coasts (NTCPWC)at the Discovery Campus of IIT-Madras. The centre will enable Make in India tech solutions for the sector and propel overall Growth. The Discovery Campus was set up in February 2018 on 163-acre area of the IIT Madras, and is located at Thaiyur, about 36 km from the main campus at Guindy.
The NTCPWC, the technology arm of Union Shipping Ministry will be expanded to include world-class multifunctional maritime laboratories in the areas of Climate-change”>Climate Change, marine Robotics, marine informatics and analytics, smart modelling and simulation. A maritime innovation hub, which will act as core of breeding ecosystem for fostering startups and innovation in the nation, will be setup at the NTCPWC.
The NTCPWC-IIT Madras, Discovery Campus spread over four acres, has about five state-of-the-art labs. Notable among them is the Sedimentation Management and test Basin, which is a large shallow water facility for ports and waterways and marine information and Communication laboratory where iVTMS and e-Navigation products are developed.