Moser Baer's in-house R

New Delhi, Nov 3 (UNI) Moser Baer India Ltd today said its in-house Research and Development (R&D) center has been granted recognition by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

''It is a great achievement for Moser Baer and validates our belief of the high and cutting edge technology being developed in our labs,'' company's R&D Vice President Nyati Giriraj said.

The approval of MBI's R&D centre by the Ministry reflects the high quality of basic and applied research carried out at one of the top R&D labs in the optical media industry around the world, Mr Giriraj added.

This recognition follows a significant landmarks achieved by the R&D team which gives the company a significant competitive edge. The efforts of the R&D centre has helped the company to become the first in the world to ship out the HD DVD-R format, and extend the technology leadership position in the Blu-ray media with patented technology. This is considered as one of the four standard media to be included in the Blu-ray disc specifications by the Blu-ray Disc association.

The R&D centre is currently working on multiple cutting edge technologies including areas of nano-science, nano-material, thin film technology, phase-change material, organic dye based research programme, future optical data storage device technology, polymer science, solar cells and many more.

Apart from extensive focus both from the point of view of academic and commercial research, several futuristic technologies are under in-depth exploration.

The company is now amongst a select few in India to have its R&D centre approved by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR).

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