Chandigarh, December 16– Haryana, Directorate of MSME, in collaboration with Council of Scientific & Industrial Research - Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR - CSIO) is setting up a Centre of Excellence in the state to give impetus to development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through adoption of latest technology and focus on innovation in the state.

Sharing more details in this regard, an official spokesperson said that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Directorate and CSIR - CSIO. Elaborating on it further he said that the State Government has been continuously working towards providing an enabling ecosystem for the state MSMEs to grow and thrive. With the new definition introduced as a part of Government of India's Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, the scope of MSME has been significantly enhanced. In view of this, Haryana Chief Minister, Mr.  Manohar Lal took the historic decision of setting up a dedicated,  MSME - focussed Directorate in the state. The spokesperson said that the Directorate of MSME shall function as the nodal agency for promotion, development and facilitation of MSMEs & traders in Haryana. The Directorate aims to proactively support, advise and facilitate MSMEs and traders on all the entrepreneurial know - how and business intelligence related gaps, address their business challenges, ensure fast - track grievance resolution and steer rationalised policy formulation.

 Divulging more details the spokesperson said that the CSIR - CSIO is a Chandigarh – based national laboratory dedicated to research, design and for development of scientific and industrial instruments, and is one of the constituent laboratories of the CSIR. He further informed that the CSIO has been instrumental in technology development in the areas of microelectronics, optics, applied physics, electronics, and mechanical engineering. The CSIR - CSIO is implementing various RED programmes in the area of food & agriculture, health and rehabilitation, avionics, snow and seismic monitoring in strategic sector, landslide and structure health monitoring for public safety and bio & nano sciences.

Furthermore, under this MOU, the Directorate of MSME and CSIR-CSIO will come together to create a collaborative framework for assisting MSMEs in development of various agri technologies such as Advanced Agri – Instrumentation, Advanced Spraying Technologies, Smart and Autonomous Electrostatic Sprayers, etc.  The Directorate and CSIR-CSIO shall also collaborate on various related projects funded by government private or other agencies.

Besides, the Directorate’s initiative to facilitate Industry-Academia linkages will help in fostering a culture of entrepreneurship, supporting Research & Development (R&D) among MSMEs and strengthen the state's MSME landscape enabled by technology & innovation.