About IU-ATC
RCUK India Office
Gordon Brown, the UK Prime Minister, has sent a personal message of congratulations to
Research Councils UK (RCUK) on its launch of a new office in India.
The IU-ATC (India-UK Advanced Technology Centre) of excellence in next generation
networks systems and services is a virtual joint research initiative which will put
in place a focused agenda to support collaborative PhD, Post Doctorate projects and
joint research programs, and technology transfer between the UK and India.
IU-ATC Launch
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown formally announced the UK-India Education and
Research Initiative (UKIERI) during a
trade visit to India on 21st January 2008. IU-ATC is a key project
within this initiative.
This UK-India consortium-based initiative has been established in direct response
to a previous request from the British High Commission in India. The IU-ATC
consortium has developed and matured over the past two years through a series
of workshops supported by EPSRC and the British High Commission in India,
commencing with a Technical Workshop in January/February 2006. The consortium
comprises 8 research-leading universities in UK, 5 leading IITs, major industrial partners
in UK and India (including companies such as BT, InfoSys, Wipro, Sasken, and Tejas),
and a number of SMEs. The initiative establishs the first virtual India-UK Advanced
Technology Centre (IU-ATC) in Next Generation Networks, Systems and Services, which
will put in place the support infrastructure to facilitate, develop and enable the
Digital Economy of both countries. This will be achieved through scientific investigation
of the technical and functional requirements of Next Generation Networks through the
promotion of industry collaboration with research-leading academic institutions and
government departments as part of an initial 30 month Phase 1 of an overall 5-year
joint programme between the UK and India. The current proposal builds on the existing
and well formed consortium, which has already attracted EPSRC support
(Travel Grant GR1 EP/E017061/1, INTERACT 5 GR EP/F030118/1, UKTI Innovation Scheme,
FCO Global Opportunities Fund (GOF), and most recently UKIERI-DST Research Award (No- S083).
The IU-ATC Virtual Graduate Research School will provide a step-change in research
and education cooperation between the UK and India and directly address the key objectives
of NASSCOM in its drive to promote an increase in PhD training opportunities in the ICT sector.
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