central minister education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan today inaugurated IInvenTiv – the first all-IITs R&D showcase at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The two-day event that ends on October 15 brings together academia and industry to showcase India’s global R&D prowess.
In line with the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav initiative, a R&D fair is being organized to commemorate the 75th year of India’s independence. It has brought in over 300 industry representatives including startups along with government and embassy officials and global IIT-alumni. In addition, around 3000 attendees are expected to attend the entire event, which includes faculty, students and research scholars from various institutions.
There are 75 projects and 6 showcase projects on diverse topics such as defense and aerospace, healthcare (including device and digital health), environment and sustainability (including air, water, rivers), clean energy and renewables (including hydrogen and EV). Manufacturing (including smart, advanced and Industry 4.0), AI/ML/Blockchain technologies (including quantum computing), smart cities and infrastructure (including smart mobility), communications technology (including education and 5G), robotics, sensors and actuators, and Semiconductors, Flexible Electronics and Nanotechnology are being showcased at the event. The projects are aligned with the vision of Make in India, Digital India and Atmanirbhar Bharat, and aim to impact the lives of all sections of the society.
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Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairman, BoG IIT Madras, and Chairman, Steering Committee IInventTiv said, “India’s journey through the elixir of time as envisioned by our PM Narendra Modi Research and innovation from every section of the society will be led. We are witnessing the onset of an era that will seek more resilient collective efforts, particularly from academia and industry, so that India On the emblem of R&D. iInventive will ignite such a will to advance the country’s path of progress in all spheres.”
Dr BVR Mohan Reddy, Chairman, BOG IIT Hyderabad and IIT Roorkee, and Co-Chairman, Steering Committee iInventive, said, “We are delighted that our collective approach to organizing such a massive event is now a reality. As India is transforming from a time when we relied primarily on traditional silos for development goals, it is time for more collaborative and multi-disciplinary efforts between academia, industry and governance, to revolutionize all sectors. to lead and help make India self-reliant. ,
Subhasis Choudhary, Director, IIT Bombay and Convener of iInventive 2022, said, “In today’s rapidly changing world, a strong R&D ecosystem is vital to the nation. In the R&D ecosystem, each IIT has served a bigger national cause and IInventTiv celebrates it. It is our collective efforts in conjunction with industry, administration and other institutions that will help us realize the vision of making India self-reliant in all spheres. ,
A brochure for IInventTiv was launched by Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, which was followed by a visit to the exhibition booths. Out of the 6 showcase projects, IIT Kanpur has led the demonstration on advances in drone technology and how India can leverage it; IIT Bombay has led a presentation on the Multilingual Project, which enables speech-to-speech translation of NPTEL, SWAYAM, MOOCs videos in local languages, in line with the vision of the National Education Policy 2020; IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur have jointly led a demonstration on 5G core and associated technologies; IIT Delhi has led a demonstration on R&D in the broad areas of climate change, agriculture, rural technologies, sanitation etc.; IIT Kharagpur has led a presentation on affordable healthcare equipment and technologies; and IIT Hyderabad has led a presentation on technological innovations in the Electric Vehicle (EV) sector.
Projects range from India’s indigenous micro-processor SHAKTI, Matsya Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, TacVibes: a novel haptic watch for the blind, 3D bioprinted skin disease model, portable emergency ventilator to Global Navigation Receiver Chip (Dhruv) development for NAVIC, and Geo Huh. -Tester Soil Testing Equipment, to name a few.
The two-day event will host students, global IIT alumni, faculty along with representatives from Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) Will be Scientists from various CFTI, DRDO, ISRO, CSIR and ICAR, and so on.
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