Anna University introduces M.Tech Nanotechnology course

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Anna University has become the first institute in the country to introduce a masters' programme in nanotechnology, Vice-Chancellor D. Viswanathan said at the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering Technology (CIPET) here on Friday. Nano-composite materials have a variety of applications, including solar energy, packaging and insulation. In India alone, the amount of plastic used in a year had shot up from 1.8 million tonnes in 1995 to about 5 million tonnes currently. Among the recycling possibilities it offered were `plastic roads', said Dr. Viswanathan. The M. Tech. programme is being run in affiliation with the Anna University and would provide trained managerial-level manpower to the plastic industry, said a press note. Source: The Hindu