Dr Jitendra Singh says, Government is supporting indigenous development of high-powered Magnetron technology for cancer radiation therapy

Dr Jitendra Singh says, Government is supporting indigenous development of high-powered Magnetron technology for cancer radiation therapy

Dr Jitendra Singh today said, Government is supporting indigenous development of high-powered Magnetron technology used mainly for cancer radiation therapy.                           

Dr Jitendra Singh presided over the signing of a MoU between Technology Development Board (TDB) of DST and M/s Panacea Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore to provide financial support for development and commercialisation of “S Band Tunable Magnetron for Particle Accelerators". TDB has agreed to provide loan assistance of ₹4.87 crores, out of the total project cost of ₹9.73 crores to the company.