COSMOL Platform through I -STEM

COSMOL Platform through I -STEM

Subject : Governance

Context : Recently, the Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to GoI has announced that India will now be able to access the COMSOL Multiphysics software suite at no cost through the I-STEM portal academic users.

Concept :

Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map (I-STEM)

• It is an initiative of Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India under the PM-STIAC mission.
• The I-STEM National Web Portal was launched formally in 2020.
• It protects the IP involved in building the I-STEM Portal.
• The objectives of I-STEM are:

Strengthen the R&D ecosystem by connecting researchers with resources;

Promoting technologies and scientific equipment development indigenously; and

Providing necessary supplies and supports to researchers

• It hosts the database of facilities across India so that a researcher desirous of using ny of them can search for the same and make a booking online for using it.
• It lists more than 25,000 pieces of equipment from 850 institutions across the country, and has more than 20,000 Indian researchers.
• It features a Digital Catalogue of indigenously developed technologies and products, as well as host the platform for the various City Knowledge and Innovation Clusters.

About COMSOL Platform

• It is developed by the COMSOL Group.
• It is used worldwide as an indispensable tool for a variety of computer simulations for R&D as well as for learning and instruction.
• It is a general-purpose simulation software package for modelling designs, devices, and processes in all fields of engineering, manufacturing, and scientific research.
• It can be used on its own or expanded with functionality from any combination of add-on modules for simulating electromagnetics, structural mechanics, acoustics, fluid flow, heat transfer, and chemical engineering.
• It is hosted on a secure Azure Cloud and to be used simultaneously by up to 60 users located anywhere in the country.