New Delhi, Oct 31 (KNN) A new Science Centre, the "Technology Facility Centre" (TFC) in the premises of the CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology (NEIST) in Jorhat, Assam, has been established by the the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).

DoNER has come forward to help the Department of Science and Technology (S&T) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to institutionalize the technical applications for promoting research as well as job creation, said Dr Jitendra Singh.

Ministry of DoNER will bear the cost of setting up of the new Science Centre in Assam and has begun with allocation of Rs.40 crore for its construction.

Speaking on the occasion, DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that Northeast has vast scientific reserves waiting to be explored and I am happy that the Ministry of DoNER had come forward to help the Department of Science & Technology (S&T) and CSIR.

He hoped that the new TFC will prove to be a boon for young aspiring youth and will emerge as a Center of Excellence for all the eight States of Northeast as well as the rest of India.

Dr Singh referred to “North-Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project” (NERCORMP) and “North East Rural Livelihood Project” (NERLP), the two programmes run by the Ministry of DoNER and NEC, which were devoted to the cause of improving livelihood opportunities for unemployed youth, farmers, women and artisans.

He expressed the hope that the new Center will serve as a technical and interventional catalyst for fast-track growth, which could eventually enable the North Eastern States to equal the success rate of some of the western States of India.