Development of North East Region ďƒ˜ Widely known as NECTAR, North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach is an independent body which comes under the Department of Science & Technology. ďƒ˜ Headquartered in Shillong in Meghalaya, it has been constituted as a society.
One natural resource that constitutes a special part in the economic and social life of the North East Region (NER) and has been instrumental it its development is bamboo.
ďƒ˜ The best use of bamboo technology is the one which is going to be instrumental in helping the users of this technology to earn high incomes and enjoy a proper livelihood.
Bamboo technology and its use for industrial purpose is going to provide employment opportunities to people and help in the overall development of north eastern region as a whole. The main objective is to promote the advantages of the optimum use of bamboo’s industrial use so that it leads to income generation and economic development. Bamboo technology also stands on the opinion of enforcing a commitment to cleaner environment and the promotion of the usage of thermal energy and renewable electricity.
ďƒ˜ Bamboo technology also helps in the promotion of the induction of gasifiers that use bamboo and bamboo waste to generate electricity and thermal energy.