KSCST : Overview
The Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST)
was established in 1975 as a registered society to liaise and
to play a catalytic role amongst others in promoting the application
of Science and Technology in the developmental needs, objectives
and goals of Karnataka and in particular to the prevailing conditions
of backwardness, rural unemployment and poverty.
The
KSCST is the first council to be setup in the country to fulfill
the felt need of bringing together administrators, field level
officers in various government departments, scientists and technologists
in research laboratories and research institutions.
With
a view to develop technologies appropriate to and in harmony with
the ecological conditions, the Council has been catalyzing interaction
between developers and users of technologies, by bringing together
scientists and engineers on the one hand and policy makers as
well as administrators on the other.
Over
the last 32 years, KSCST has completed several projects in various
sectors like Energy, Environment, Building Technology, Agriculture,
Information Technology, Health, Rural Industry and Water.
Successful projects / technologies developed by KSCST are Energy
planning of Karnataka, Energy food, House numbering system for
Bangalore city, Hand pumps for drinking water wells, Astra Ole,
Community Jaggery making units, Solar water heating system, Publication
of SNAPSHOT, Zoning Atlas for Siting on Industries, Natural Resources
Data Management System (NRDMS), Rain Water Harvesting, etc., to
name few.
Council is funded by both Government of India and Government of
Karnataka.
