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Jammu and Kashmir: NIT Srinagar gets DST-FIST grant of Rs 2.67 crores
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Jammu and Kashmir: NIT Srinagar gets DST-FIST grant of Rs 2.67 crores

| @indiablooms | 06 Mar 2022, 11:10 pm

Srinagar: Two departments of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar have been selected for financial support of Rs 2.67 crores under ‘Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions (FIST) Program 2021’ by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

Under the project, the Department of Physics will get Rs 1.65 crores for Level 1while the Department of Mechanical Engineering under Level 2 will also get Rs 1.2crores funds under FIST for building and improving infrastructure in the campus.

The duration of support will be for a period of up to 5 years.Director NIT Srinagar, Prof. (Dr.) Sehgal said termed it a proud movement for theinstitute.

“The funds are aimed at acquiring state-of-the-art equipment and setting up oflaboratories for conducting internationally recognized research,” he said.

The director extended greetings to Prof. MF Wani from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Vijay Kumar from the Department of Physics fortheir hard work for the proposals.

Institute’s Registrar, Prof. Syed Kaiser Bukhari congratulated both Department of Mechanical Engineering and Physics departments for being selected under theFIST grant under the DST program.He said the FIST project will give a boost to ongoing research projects in theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Physics and will also provide excellentplacement opportunities for the students. 

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