Anna University will soon have an iTNT hub focusing on emerging technology. The aim is to strengthen research and development in the information technology sector. According to Minister for Information Technology Mano Thangaraj, his department would bring in international players who will share their experience. The move will benefit the university, he said.
The university has handed over almost two floors in the C.V. Raman Science Block, earlier earmarked for classrooms and a few departments.
“Initially, the building was supposed to be occupied by three departments – English, Medical Physics, and Geology. Now, Medical Physics and Geology departments have occupied it. The building was used to house COVID-19 patients during the peak of the pandemic in 2020. As part of smart classrooms, projectors had been installed. They had to be removed to make way for COVID-19 patients,” said a professor.
