Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh takes stock of interdisciplinary facility "SATHI" set up at BHU, Varanasi with support of Department of Science & Technology (DST) Govt of India

• SATHI = Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institute — a DST scheme creating shared, professionally-managed S&T infrastructure hubs accessible to academia, start-ups, MSMEs, industry and R&D labs under one roof.
• SATHI-BHU is one of five such national centres, inspected by Union MoS (I/C) S&T Dr. Jitendra Singh on 10 May 2026.
• UPSC relevance: GS-III (Science & Tech, R&D ecosystem, indigenisation of scientific instrumentation); current-affairs hook on democratisation of research infrastructure.