MINISTRY OF TEXTILE PROJECT - FOCUS INCUBATION CENTRE (FIC)

`PICTORIAL VIEW OF FIC INFRASTRUCTURE/ LABORATORIES

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Furnace shed

Website & googlemap links-

Web- www.ficiitkgp.org

A. Graphitization furnace (Tmax 3000 ⁰C) & related testing laboratory-3000 sq. ft.

Startups & students participated during installation

of the furnace.

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Review Team from Ministry of Textiles in furnace laboratory in January 2020

FURNACE TEST REPORT

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GRAPHITISATION OF CELLULOSIC BIOMASS- The Raman spectra show pyrolysis of banana fiber. The conventional D, G and D� peaks are observed in the heat-treated sample (at IITKGP). There is no oxidation of the sample

Raman spectrometer for testing carbon nano materials

Universal testing machine (UTM) for doped fibre testing

Graphitization testing laboratories

B. Biocompatibility Service Infrastructure-~1800 sq.ft.

a) �Phytotoxicity Testing Laboratory

http://www.ficiitkgp.org/videon1.mp4� PLEASE CLICK FOR VIDEO

Phytotoxicity Testing laboratory- a BSL2 facility with air shower, cleanroom culture space and aseptic ambiance in view

Sterilizer

Toxicity testing� room

b) Microbiological Testing Laboratory

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c) Animal Cell Culture Based Testing Laboratory

Dynamic pass box and sterilizer in animal cell based testing laboratory

Cell culture room and microscopy facility in animal cell based testing laboratory

IMPORTANT VISITORS

Professor Marc Madeau, USA, an outstanding Scientist (for micro-fabrication/microfluidics) in Universal Testing Machine laboratory (furnace shed)

President, Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Professor WC Lee visited STEP (left panel) and Professor M Yunus, Nobel Laureate (right panel)

OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR SELF-HELF-GROUP (SHG) women, EDUCATED UNEMPLOYED YOUTH (EUY) & FARMERS

FIC facilities were partially used for conducting weekend (every Saturday) outreach workshop for SHG women from 2 districts (purba & paschim Medinipore), EUY and farmers. The financial support for recurring expenses for such workshops were available from PRISM project of DSIR. During 2017-2020 (prior to lock down in March 2020) 48 such workshops were conducted that immensely inspired the participants towards rural startups. A few are already in market and improved their earnings. Three workshops were dedicated for SHG women for value addition of handloom using natural fibres (banana, pineapple etc) and carbon nano materials.

LIST OF IMPORTANT WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED

MESSAGE SENT BY IITKGP DIRECTOR TO HON�BLE MINSTER FOR TEXTILES, and the twitt message-

Small joys! As

@IITKgp

says Yeh Dil Maange More - collaboration between IIT Kharagpur &

@TexMinIndia

continues to innovate, create and empower.

SELF-HELP-GROUP WOMEN PARTICIPANTS IN WEEKLY WORKSHOP IN FRONT OF Biocompatibility Service Infrastructure laboratories

A view of the workshop

Hands on training for SHG women in 2018

WORKSHOP

Weekend workshop with students

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Banana and pineapple (tissue cultured) as source of desired quality of natural fibres for carbon nano coating and blending with silk, making masks etc.

INCUBATEES/STARTUPS

� M/s AniGiene Technical Textiles Pvt. Ltd.

� M/s Synthetic Moulders Ltd.

� M/s A4 Advance Automation Pvt. Ltd.

� M/s Vasbros Enterprise Pvt. Ltd.

� M/s Aspenbower Vehicles Pvt Ltd.

� M/s Lignin Bioscience Pvt Ltd

� M/s Vitae Scientia

SUCCESS OF STARTUPS

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