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Uttar Pradesh Sets Time-Bound Push to Become India’s Deep Tech Capital

The push ties research at IIT Kanpur to a proposed Noida hub for faster rollout.

Overview

  • Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who led a high-level review Friday, ordered result-focused timelines to drive a statewide deep-tech plan under the motto “Innovate in UP, Scale for the World.”
  • The state identified a proposed Deep-Tech Hub in Noida as the central platform for startups, labs, and industry, with a model of research at IIT Kanpur and deployment from Noida.
  • IIT Kanpur’s director briefed officials on ongoing work, and the Gangwal School of Medical Sciences and Technology is slated to start its med-tech institute in November after submitting a proposal.
  • Adityanath called a green-hydrogen Centre of Excellence crucial and told teams to speed work on production, storage, testing, safety standards, and industrial use.
  • The plan elevates indigenous drone manufacturing to meet defence needs and advances an Ayurveda clinical-validation centre and cyber security research, which could seed new labs, talent, and jobs.