dharwad those in dharwad with fascinating and innovative ideas will now have an avenue not too far from home to test them the dharwad regional science centre drsc is offering an exciting opportunity for such innovators who would otherwise fall by the wayside owing to lack of guidance and financial constraints to test new concepts that may lead to interesting breakthroughs in science and technologyan innovation hub is being set up at drsc at an estimated cost of rs 18 crore which once operational will offer necessary technical and financial assistance to enterprising innovators the hub is being set up at the drsc in collaboration with the karnataka governments department of science and technology the laboratory in the innovation hub can be used by students and innovators to build models and prototypes besides conducting experiments furthermore it can also be used as a place to learning dismantling and assembly of machinerykarnatak university vicechancellor kb gudasi the founderdirector of drsc said that the hub will provide the necessary infrastructure for those with groundbreaking ideas this place will offer them a place to turn their ideas into reality we will provide equipment for experiments in mechanical engineering automation computer science chemistry physics and electronics teachers from across departments in karnatak university will offer their expertise in guiding students the objective is to ensure that those engaged in innovation at the drsc hub earn at least one patent among themselves every year gudasi saidthe karnatak university vc pointed to the key role drsc was essaying in imparting practical scientific education to government schoolchildren we are supplying scientific apparatus to help the schools conduct experiments described in the textbooks under the lab in a kit scheme this kit contains models charts et al thus far we have distributed 286 such kits to schools in ballari and belagavi districts this year we are looking to distribute these kits to 169 girls high schools gudasi addeddrsc established a decade ago will soon house a threedimensional planetarium being developed at a cost of rs 22 crore and a mathematics gallery