IBM research unit looks for Bengal base

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Kolkata, May 31, 2008: The IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center, the headquarters for IBM Research, has expressed its desire to create an R&D centre in West Bengal, according to Dr Debesh Das, the information technology minister.

The professor turned minister had recently visited the Watson Research Centre in the US during a tour of that country.

"The top executives who run the centre have shown interest to start a collaborative research activity. They have already sent a letter to the Government of West Bengal and we will soon give a reply," said Das.

Das was at a seminar on Indo-US IT sector valuation & acquisition finance organised by the Indo American Chamber of Commerce.

"We would like Watson Research Centre to participate in solar energy and silicon research, the centre's major areas of research," he said.

The Centre's research focuses on IT hardware in areas like semiconductors and systems technology besides interest in systems level programming.

The plan of the state government is to engage the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur in the research collaboration. "We believe this will be an attractive proposition for Watson Research Center," said Das.

Around 15 US-based technology companies will visit Kolkata in the next few months. Companies like Signet Solar and Uni Solar work in solar energy and Mobitough in application development of Mcommerce.