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Samtel Sets Eye on Becoming Global Leader in OLED Display Technology
By RAJKUMAR LEISHEMBA
June 16 (PTI Economic Service): India, despite its talent pool, has never been a global leader in technological development. Lack of investments in research and development and infrastructure have often been cited as reasons for the country lagging behind in terms of innovation and discoveries.
Things are, however, changing with the concept of partnership between the government, industry and university taking shape. In certain instances it has almost reached a stage of fructification and ready to take the global leadership position in various areas of technology.
A case in point is the prototype development unit in the Samtel Centre for Display Technologies at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. A collaborative effort between the Samtel Group, IIT Kapur and Department of Science and Technology, the centre was set up with a total investment of around Rs 25 crore with the private partner pumping in Rs 10 crore.
The prototype unit, which was recently dedicated to the nation by Union Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal, is set to become the nursery for India's quest to be leaders in the Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), which are now finding increasing usages as full colour displays in applications such as digital cameras and mobile phones.
In a fast and rapidly developing technological global environment, it is important to choose the right kind of areas to work on if India wants to be a leader and hence the choice of OLED as the focus area for the centre is a well thought out decision.
