An MOU for setting up of a Centre for Railway Research has been signed with Ministry of Railways, Government of India. A major grant has been received from the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India for development of MBE cluster tool based epitaxial nano-semiconductor infrastructure facility. Two other major projects have also been received from the Government of India for seismic hazard assessment and evaluation of vulnerability for the city of Kolkata, and National Programme on technology enhanced learning.