Thematic Centres
The mission of Science and Technology Park (Scitech Park), Pune is to “Convert Knowledge into Wealth”. The Scitech Park facilitates IPR and technology management, industry sponsored research, providing technology inputs for various governmental and industrial developmental projects. The Scitech Park is a prime center on the campus of the University to promote technopreneurs by way of entrepreneurship awareness and training and incubation of innovative technology based hi-tech start-ups through expert guidance, funding for prototype and technology development, market readiness, scaling up, networking and visibility. The Scitech Park Business Incubator called “Growth Lab” provides unique opportunities for technology trained youth.
The park supports initiatives from the diverse domains, like Geoinformatics, ecohousing, sustainability, skill & entrepreneurship, and edutainment projects. Scitech Park provides training and consultancy services to various public and private sectors. These consultancy and services are mainly in the areas of Mapping of resource and planning based on Remote Sensing and GIS, Environmental Impact assessments (EIA), Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (RS and GIS), Social Impact Assessments, and Institutional Evaluation.