The SV Narasaiah Auditorium at ‘The Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics', IISc Bangalore was inaugurated recently by Prof Govindan Rangarajan, Director - IISc. The establishment has been built in honour of its Founder and Chairman, the Late SV Narasaiah and is instituted by Hind High Vacuum (HHV), one of the leading vacuum technology solution provider.

Also, following the schedule of the program, Prof. G.U Kulkarni, President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) delivered the inaugural SV Narasaiah Memorial Lecture. The lecture will be held every year and feature a technical talk by prominent scientific minds in the country.  

SV Narasaiah had an intense interest in high technology and knowledge building, driving him to create a space for people to share scientific thoughts and initiate discussion. The deceased started the journey of establishing HHV in 1964 from the hallowed walls of IISc in the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, previously known as CISL.

Eventually, HHV witnessed itself grow as India's first commercial vacuum technology company, and at a time when the country was was on-road to becoming self-reliant,  such technologies were as good as a phenomenon outside the world of science. Vacuum is a core technology for advanced manufacturing like semi-conductor fabrication, precision optics and thin film depositions. With a strong international presence, HHV enjoys a very close relationship with the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics. 

Prasanth Sakhamuri, Managing Director, HHV, said, "The Auditorium is funded and supported by HHV and the Sakhamuri family. It is the harbinger of many new Industry- Institute relationships for the future."