NSTC: A Nanotechnology Platform

NSTC and its doings

1. Nano Science & Technology Consortium

2. NSTC – An Overview
NSTC is a non-governmental, privately run body, which
came in to being in the year 2005. It aims to provide, or
facilitate in providing of the services that lead to
awareness creation, research and development,
consultancy, partnering/ collaborations, technology
transfer and commercialization of budding
Nanotechnologies.
Nano Science & Technology Consortium (NSTC)
endeavors to function as a platform that is conducive for
the growth, promotion and partnering in the field of
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

3. NSTC Aims and Objectives
•It is high time to make the students- institutions,
entrepreneurs- industries, policy makers- governments, and
the public at large informed, on the importance, relevance
and potentialities of this cutting edge technology. NSTC
attempts its best to function as a platform for fostering the
Nanotechnology in India and other parts of the world.
•NSTC aims to provide, or facilitate in providing of the
services that lead to- awareness creation, research and
development, consultancy, partnering/ collaborations,
technology transfer and commercialization of budding
nanotechnologies.

4. NSTC Portal – Home Page

5. NSTC Activities
• Conducting Nano Sensitization Program
• Content Development Services
• Event and Product Promotion Services
• Conducting Nanotechnology Workshops
• Consultancy, Outsourcing, Technology Transfer
• Partnering and Collaboration
• Publication of online (bimonthly) journal, ‘NanoTrends: A
Journal of Nanotechnology and Its Applications’
• Publication of online newsletter, ‘NanoSpectacle: A Monthly
10-9 Newsletter’
. Publication of other Technical Publications

6. Content Development Services
•NSTC specializes in the areas of multimedia content
development and multimedia animation. It has in- house
expertise, having content developers, layout designers,
concept creators, multimedia animators and software
programmers. They develop 'specialized contents' by joining
hands with the subject matter experts in this emerging
domain.

•NSTC provides solutions that facilitates, ready usability of
contents created by it, in the LMS (Learning Management
Systems) and claims to deliver customized animated
contents, providing a net based or an offline (CD) option.

7. Event and Product Promotion
Services
NSTC's web site, online publications with global reach,
and other offline resources are quite suitable platforms to
fulfill the subject aim/ services.

8. Nanotechnology Workshops
•NSTC organizes workshops to cater to the interests of two
types of participants:
(i) Students/ Institutions
(ii) Professionals/ Industries/ Corporates
•These workshops aim to provide broad level information and
develop interest in the emerging and exciting area of
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in the students on one
hand and to meet the information requirements of the
specialized participants from Industries/ Corporates on the
other hand.

9. Consultancy and Market Research
•NSTC entertains this activity in domains that are related to
Nanotechnologies. It can deliver customized strategies
including complete business plans for ventures or
corporate divisions. We may advise specific actions for
entering new markets, launching a product, raising money,
or improving revenues/ your business.

•Our initiatives in these areas provide information on
current market trends, future prospects/ projections and
the viability of a Nano proposal/ project or query under
research.

10. Outsourcing
Outsourcing solutions for relevant business enterprises and
other bodies may be provided by the NSTC to elevate their
performance.
Technology Transfer
NSTC extends its expertise and support to guide the clients on
matters relating to the 'know how', availability of up- to- date
information and technology transfer issues. It is being
equipped to undertake an important function of Technology
Dissemination Platform soon. We endeavor to function as a
true match maker in this process.

11. Other Publications
•NSTC has launched a series of Scientific & Technical
Publications in the domain of Nanotechnology. It has
entered in to agreements with a number of reputed Indian
and foreign Nanotechnologists, who have consented to
author publications under this series for the NSTC.
•Titles under agreement/preparation: ‘Carbon NanoTubes,
Technology and Applications’, ‘Nanotechnology for self
Cleaning Coatings’, ‘Nanoelectronics', ‘Nanotechnology
Opportunity: A report for Indian Business Industry’ etc.

12. NanoTrends - Journal

13. NanoSpectacle - Newsletter

14. Collaborations

Nanotechnology Victoria Limited
And
Cinvestav

15. Nanotechnology Sensitization
Program

16. Nanotechnology Sensitization
Program Aims/
Objectives
Nano Sensitization Program is first of its kind in India. It is a
six month certification program. It focuses on providing a
broad knowledge base and present/ prospective applications
in the areas of Nanotechnology.
This program also provides a comprehensive insight to the
candidates for making an exciting and rewarding career in
this emerging domain of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. It
also caters to the need for career advancement of existing
professionals in various industries.

17. Course Material

The course material focuses on providing an up- to- date
overview, basic knowledge and major present/ prospective
applications areas in the Nano science and Nanotechnology.

18. Program Methodology

19. Program Facts and Figures
Inception of the program - January 2006

Number of batches conducted till date - 10

Total number of registered students - 1218

20. Participant’s Institutional affiliation

21. 10
th
Batch Statistics
Nanotechnology Sensitization
Program
Follows……..

22. 614PhD
4290Post Graduate
3577Graduate
1737Under Graduate
(%)No. of ParticipantsQualification

23. 1635Others
52113Student
49Res./Sci.
1635Teacher
818Engineer
48Doctor
(%) No. of ParticipantsProfession

24. (%)No. of ParticipantsQualification
44PhD
3236Post Graduate
3743Graduate
2730Under Graduate

25. Age of Participants

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