Explanation:

Design Innovation Centre (DIC), one of the spoke of twenty DICs being set up in the country by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India under the national initiative for setting up of Design Innovation Centre. The centre aims to develop design and innovation culture in the Institute by primarily addressing the problems of the North-West Himalayan region and other national priority areas. It dovetails the presence of three partner institutes (hub) - Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), (spokes) - National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand (NITUK) and G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUA&T).