IIT-Kharagpur Rs. 350-cr research and innovation park.

Offering students the chance to become entrepreneurs through application of technology, IIT Kharagpur has started construction of a first-of-its-kind Rs. 350 crore research and innovation park at Rajarhat.

The institute's officials said they have got clearances from the Union Ministry of HRD to built the 10 acre park, which would act as an extension of IIT-Kharagpur.

'Students and researchers from all over the country and the rest of the world would be able to work together with the industry on research, development and application under a single roof in the facility, which would be ready in the next 2-3 years,' Dr. Joy Sen, in-charge of the project, told PTI.

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