• ●The CRTDH scheme — Common Research and Technology Development Hub — was launched by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in 2014-15 to give MSME clusters shared R&D infrastructure; it is a network of 18 hubs across the country.
• ●Hub sectors include affordable healthcare, electronics and renewable energy, environmental interventions, low-cost machining, and new materials and chemical processes.
• ●The CRTDH on Affordable Healthcare at IIT Kharagpur was established in 2019 and has now transitioned to a self-sustaining model funded by user fees, industry sponsorships and translational partnerships.
• ●Track record: over 20 technology transfers from a 5,000 sq ft facility, many already commercialised.
• ●Dr N. Kalaiselvi, who inaugurated the phase, is Secretary, DSIR and Director General, CSIR — the first woman to head CSIR, in office since 8 August 2022.
• ●CSIR was established on 26 September 1942, is headquartered in New Delhi and runs 37 multidisciplinary laboratories.
• ●Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Director of IIT Kharagpur, is the hub's Principal Investigator.
• ●IIT Kharagpur, founded in 1951 on the site of the Hijli Detention Camp, is India's first IIT and marked its platinum jubilee in 2026.

The Common Research and Technology Development Hub (CRTDH) scheme, which provides shared research infrastructure to MSMEs and start-ups, is run by which department?