Imec on Wednesday announced establishment of Imec India here, making a first step towards the Indian market with the signing of an R&D partnership agreement with Wipro Technologies, the global information technology, consulting and outsourcing business of Wipro Ltd.

Imec is an independent applied research organisation that carries out research activities in semiconductor, nanotechnology and nanoelectronics, delivering industry relevant technology solutions, a company statements said.

Imec and Wipro have created a joint initiative to co-innovate and build next generation intelligent systems, called Applied Research in Intelligent Systems Engineering.

"By bringing together an experienced team of system designers, user designers, process, software and system architects, this initiative aims to develop nanoelectronics and NEMS-(Nano Electro Mechanical Systems) based solutions for emerging markets like India", it said.

The joint initiative would initially focus on developing intelligent systems based on next generation sensors, wireless and energy harvesting technologies for key industry verticals.

The core team for the joint centre being set up here would draw specialist teams from Wipro and Imec, with additional hiring from global talent pools across industry and academia, to create a team of highly qualified engineers/scientists, it was stated.