SATHI SCHEME

The Department of Science & Technology has launched a unique scheme called “Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes (SATHI)”.

Aim: To address the need for building shared, professionally managed and strong S&T infrastructure in the country which is readily accessible to academia, start-ups, manufacturing, industry and R&D labs etc.

Implementation:

• These Centres are expected to house major analytical instruments to provide common services of high-end analytical testing, thus avoiding duplication and reduced dependency on foreign sources.
• These would be operated with a transparent, open access policy. About 80% of the time should be devoted to non host institutes.
• DST has already set up three such centres in the country, one each at IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi and BHU.

Objectives of the Scheme:

To address the problems of accessibility, maintenance, redundancy and duplication of expensive equipment in the institutions.

This will also foster a strong culture of collaboration between institutions and across disciplines to take advantage of developments, innovations and expertise in diverse areas.

Other Similar schemes:

1) SAATHI (Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help Small Industries) Initiative

It is an initiative of the Ministry of Textiles.

To sustain and accelerate the adoption of energy efficient textile technologies in the powerloom sector and cost savings due to use of such technology.

2) SATH(Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital) Program

It is a program of NITI Aayog.

To initiate transformation in the education and health sectors and build 3 future ‘role model’ states.

The program addresses the need expressed by many states for technical support.