IT minister to lay foundation of SAMEER Centre tomorrow

Union Minister for Communication and Information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad will lay the foundation for Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) Centre here, tomorrow.
Addressing media here yesterday, senior director, Department of Electronics and IT, B M Baveja said, SAMEER, a center for Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3), is an autonomous R&D institution under Department of Electronics and Information & Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.
The centre operates through its headquarters in Mumbai and the other four centers, located in Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati and Visakhapatnam, he said.
The Visakhpatnam centre is an extension facility of SAMEER, being established to carry out research activities in the field of electromagnetic interference and compatibility.

Baveja said the permanent building will be constructed in a span of 15 acres of land in Gambhiram village in Anandapuram mandal of the district to carry out its works.
EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) is the most commonly occurring scenario between the electronic products, causing a potential threat to strategic sectors.

In order to evaluate the performance of electronics and electrical products from various sectors, there is a need to establish a dedicated centre to provide all the required Commercail and MIL STD test and measurement facilities.
This centre is being equipped with highly specialised facilitates like electromagnetic pulse (EMP), pulse current injection (PCI) and ultra-wide band (UWB), EMI/EMC test facilities, the official said.

He said the defence systems are increasingly dependent on various electronic systems and radio spectrum that cause electromagnetic interference between various systems, sub-systems ultimately causing disturbances in their normal function.
Baveja said the establishment of the centre for EMI/EMC/EMP facility in the vicinity of Visakhpatnam will benefit number of vendors on the eastern coast as well as the Indian navy, he said.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Union Minister for Urban Development and Housing M Venkaiah Naidu will also attend the funciton.