Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts, IIT - Discovery Campus at Chennai in Tamil Nadu on 24th April 2023.

* Under the Sagarmala Programme, the centre has been established in IIT Chennai at a cost of 77 Crore rupees.

* The institute acts as a technological arm of the Ministry and develops cutting-edge technologies and application products to provide solutions to various challenges faced by the Ports and Shipping Sector.

* The Institute has world-class capabilities for undertaking 2D and 3D investigations of research and consultancy nature for the Port, Coastal, and Waterway sector across all disciplines.

* It also empowers Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiatives of the country...

Source : AIR