The BITS BioCyTiH Foundation at BITS Pilani has inaugurated a new Device Fabrication and Characterization Facility at its Goa campus. The facility was developed with support from the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NMICPS), under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, to strengthen India’s semiconductor and micro-device innovation ecosystem.
The cleanroom infrastructure meets ISO 6 and ISO 7 standards and is equipped to handle the complete device fabrication process starting from the wafer stage.
The facility was inaugurated by DST Secretary Abhay Karandikar, alongside BITS Pilani Vice Chancellor V Ramgopal Rao and Dr Ekta Kapoor, Head of the Frontier and Futuristic Technologies (FFT) Division at DST.
According to the institution, the facility aims to foster collaboration among academia, startups, and government stakeholders. It is positioned to support deep-tech innovation and early-stage research, particularly in the semiconductor sector. The lab is also expected to assist startups with device prototyping and scaling.
The BITS BioCyTiH Foundation is supported by NMICPS, which has established 25 Technology Innovation Hubs across India, each focused on specific technology domains. The Goa-based hub specializes in device fabrication and bio-cyber physical systems.
The BITS BioCyTiH Foundation serves as the Technology Innovation Hub hosted at BITS Pilani under the NMICPS initiative. It focuses on areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), bio-sensing, and bio-cyber physical systems, supporting both research and startup incubation in these domains.
