Design Innovation Centre (DIC) is a joint project of the Indian Institute of Technology – IIT (BHU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) funded by Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. It works on HUB and Spoke model and following institutions are involved:
➢ Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (Spoke)
➢ Indian Institute of Technology -(HUB)
➢ Banaras Hindu University (HUB)
➢ Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (Spoke)
➢ University of Allahabad- (SPOKE.)
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The project entitled, “Design and Innovation Centre (DIC)” at CMDR Allahabad promotes novel research and initiatives on design and innovation. The focus of the project is to support innovations that have a strong impact both locally and globally. The project fosters a multidisciplinary approach and supports ideas of an innovative nature and offer students and researchers with an innovative proposal. Various projects under DIC range from digital solutions for health and well-being, user-friendly method for health counselling, health impacts of environmental issues, development of software for any health related aspects and biomedical interventions. In addition, some other aspects are also being undertaken.