New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen cooperation and accelerate technology-driven industrial development across India's emerging industrial corridors.

Under the partnership, CSIR's research capabilities and innovative technologies will be leveraged to support modern industrial ecosystems aligned with national priorities, including Make in India, Startup India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

The collaboration aims to facilitate the creation of R&D hubs, incubators and innovation centres within industrial smart cities to strengthen industry-academia-research linkages and ...