KOCHI: Sending a clear signal that strengthening academia-industry ties would be its primary focus in the 2025-26 fiscal, the Cochin University of Science and Technology announced several projects towards achieving the goal in its budget on Thursday.
Syndicate standing committee convener K K Krishnakumar presented the budget, which expects expenditure of Rs 461.78 crore, at the Syndicate meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor M Junaid Bushiri. Among other allocations, the budget has also earmarked Rs 5 lakh for providing accident insurance to all students.
Major allocations
Rs 5 lakh for infrastructure development of Industry Sponsored Research Programme, which will be launched to promote academia-industry ties.
Rs 10 lakh for skill development of young students
Rs 50 lakh for modernising exam systems and academic programmes
Rs 25 lakh for accreditation and ranking activities
Rs 20 lakh for Cusat Research Support Network System
Rs 16 lakh for Campus Radio
Rs 4.7 crore for infrastructure development activities on campus
Rs 50 lakh for innovative courses and restructuring of existing courses
Rs 50 lakh for upgrading Hybrid High-Performance Computing System in the data centre set up at CIRM, CUSAT with KIIFB funding of Rs 26 crore
Rs 20 lakh for technological development and research in hydrogen, electric vehicles, weather forecasting, fuel cells, solar cells, semiconductors, marine resource management, AI, machine learning and intellectual property
Rs 60 lakh for setting up semiconductor device fabrication training centre on campus
Rs 5 lakh for setting up science museum.
Rs 5 lakh for providing accident insurance to all students
Rs 1 crore for students’ internship scheme