On AcademiaIndustry Interaction Some Avenues

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On Academia-Industry InteractionSome Avenues

• Prof. P. S. V. Nataraj
• IIT Bombay

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Academia-Industry Interaction

• Need for Academia-Industry Interaction and who is
  the beneficiary?
• Collaboration provides industry an opportunity to
  grow its business by using the results of
  academic research
• The academic institution is in need of a partner
  that can take its discoveries to the market place

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Who is the Beneficiary?

• The interaction is mutually beneficial one.
• Results move fundamental research from the lab
  bench to the common mans place.

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Possible areas of interaction

• Industry support to basic research
• Industry participation in technology development
  involving some exploratory work
• Academic intervention in solving specific
  industry problems

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Possible areas of interaction (contd.)

• Laboratory utilization by industry
• Continuing education programme

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How interaction can be achieved?

• Publication of information
• Employment and transfer of skilled researchers
• Consulting agreement
• Material transfer agreements of un-patented
  technologies

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How can interaction be achieved ? (contd.)

• License or assignments of patented technologies
• Collaborative or sponsored research agreements
  for development of new technologies
• Formation of start-up companies.

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Main Programs

• CEP (Continuing Education Programme)
• DEP (Distance Education Programme) and Web based
  courses.
• Incubators
• Research for Industry

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CEP (Continuing Education Programme)
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Objectives of CEP

• To assist working professionals in the industry
  in widening their knowledge base and in improving
  their skills.
• To assist the industry by providing training and
  expertise in critical areas.
• To promote strong industry-institute interaction.

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Types of Course under CEP

• Open programmes (Short Long term)
• In-house programs (Short Long term)
• Certificate Courses (Long term)
• PG level Evening Programmes (Full Semester)

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Open Programmes

• Courses on topics of interest to the industry and
  research are conducted, inviting participation
  from industries.
• Duration is typically 2-5 days.
• Courses are conducted in the Campus.

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Inhouse Programmes

• Courses are run exclusively for a specific
  company or organization.
• The course proposals may be made by specific
  industries.
• Courses are tailor-made and conducted to their
  requirement.
• Courses may be conducted at the industry or at
  Institute campus.

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Certificate Courses

• Intensive courses on selected topics like
  Information technology, Computer Aided Design
  etc.
• Certificate is issued on successful completion
  and evaluation.

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PG level Evening Programmes

• Working professionals can register for
  post-graduate level courses conducted in the
  evening hours.
• Post-Graduate Diploma or M.Tech is awarded after
  fulfilling the specified criteria.

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Selected list of Industries benefited
 
 
 
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Selected list of courses undertaken
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DEP and Web based Courses
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Objectives of DEP

• Provide high quality education to a large number
  of participants through out the country.
• To generate expert IT professionals to meet the
  requirement of IT industry.

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About DEP

• Virtual class room Quality education is
  delivered to the students without requiring them
  to attend Institute class room.
• Course is offered through a video-broadcast
  lectures received through VSAT or leased line at
  the remote centers.

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About DEP (contd.)

• Each Remote center projects the transmitted
  lecture on a screen for up to 50 participants
  guided by a local course coordinator.
• Interaction may be initiated either by the
  instructor or the remote center.

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About DEP (contd.)

• The instructor interrupts his lecture to ask a
  question or to answer a participant in the remote
  center.
• Thus DEP simulates an interactive classroom
  environment.

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Selected list of DEP courses
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Web based Courses
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About web based courses

• Also called e-learning
• Combination of learning services and technology
  to provide high value integrated learning.
• Learning at any time at anyplace through Internet
  at users pace.

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About web based courses (contd.)

• Information (Education) reaches larger and more
  diverse learner population with minimal
  expenditure.
• E-learning reduces cost, improves the quality and
  accelerates time to market.

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Projects initiated by National task force on IT
in the area of e-learning

• National Resource Centre for On-Line Learning
  (C-DAC, Mumbai)
• Virtual Campus Initiative (IGNOU)
• Developing Web based Digitized Collection for
  Distance Continuing Education in Information
  Technology (IT) - A demonstrative Project on the
  Internet Based Online Interactive Courseware
  (IIT, Delhi)

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Projects (contd.)

• Design and Development of Internet Enabled
  Multimedia Courseware for a Virtual University
  (BITS, Pilani).
• Development of Interactive Multimedia Information
  Services over a Hybrid Internet and Broadcast
  Digital TV Networks (IIT, Kanpur)
• Developing Web based Intelligent Interactive
  Tutoring (WebIIT) (IIT, Delhi)

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Projects (contd.)

• Design and Development of Component Based
  Functionality to e-learning tools C-DAC,
  Hyderabad
• Multimedia Digital Distance Education for IT
  Other Critical Technologies School of Education
  Technology, Jadavpur University

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Incubators
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About incubators

• Incubators aim at manifesting the latent
  entrepreneurial spirit of young students.
• Incubation catalyzes the process of starting and
  growing companies.
• Provides entrepreneurs with expertise, networks
  and tools needed to make the ventures successful.

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Uses of incubation programs

• Provides an opportunity to the student to become
  an entrepreneur.
• Convert their innovative ideas into commercially
  viable products.
• Commercialize technologies
• Create jobs and wealth

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Facilities provided by the Institute to the
incubatee

• Provides office space and other facilities.
• R D if required for development of product.
• Access to Labs which technology wise are very
  rich at IITs
• Provides dedicated mentor for extending
  technological expertise

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Facilities (contd.)

• Provide consultancy on marketing, legal and
  organization development etc.
• Help approaching Venture capitalists for fund
  raising when product is ready from the incubator

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Incubation centres in various IITs
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IIT Kanpur

• SIDBI IIC ( SIDBI innovation and Incubation
  Centre (SIIC) setup in collaboration with Small
  Industry Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
• Aim is to foster innovation, research and
  entrepreneurial activities in technology based
  areas.

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IIT Bombay

• SINE (Society for Innovation and
  Entrepreneurship)
• 13 IT companies being incubated so far
• 4 have moved out as revenue-earning companies.
• 3 have received their 1st round of venture
  funding.

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IIT Delhi

• FITT ( Foundation for Innovation and Technology
  Transfer) aims at
• Commercialization of basic and applied research
  of IIT Delhi, through prototype and pilot plant
  development.
• Catering to the specific needs of industry for
  product/process development both at industrial
  premises and at IIT Delhi.

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IIT Delhi (contd.)

• Undertaking joint RD programmes with industry
  for mutual benefit
• Providing technical support to small scale
  industry and engineering entrepreneurs,
  especially in incubation stage.
• In 1998-1999, a total of 208 consultancy and HRD
  programmes worth of Rs. 2.41 crores were
  undertaken.

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Inspiring facts about incubators

• USA more than 900 incubators now up from 12 in
  1980.
• China more than 120 incubators up from 77 in
  1998.
• Israel By 2001 735 projects have left
  incubators. Total investment over US 627 million

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Research for Industry
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IIT Delhi

• Established academic and research colla-boration
  with various institutes in the UK, USA, Italy,
  Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Israel, Japan,
  Germany, European Commission, and Nepal.

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Major areas of research

• Atmospheric sciences
• Microprocessor based applications
• Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
• Bio-Technology
• Bio-Catalysis

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Areas of Research (contd.)

• Opto Electronics
• Computer Simulation of Metal forming
• Semiconductor Physics
• Atmospheric Transport Deposition
• Studies of Organic and Inorganic thin films

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List of few technologies transferred
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Selected list of International sponsored projects

• Study of the Air Sea Interaction Processes Over
  Indian Seas During South-West and North-East
  Monsoons (Office of Naval Research, USA)
• Effect of Realistic Eurasian Snow Cover on Indian
  Summer Monsoon Numerical Experiments with
  Regional Model (National Science Foundation, USA)

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Sponsored projects (contd.)

• Domestic Rain Water Harvesting in the Humid
  Tropics ( European Commission)
• RD in Nonlinear Integrated Optical Devices
  (Indo-French Center for promotion of Advanced
  Research)
• Protocol Verification for Mobile Systems (Sun
  Microsystems, USA)

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IIT Kanpur

• Has strong research groups in the following areas
• Computer aided design and manufacturing
• Computer system Security
• Amorphous semi-conductors

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Research areas (contd.)

• Environmental pollution and control
• Earthquake disaster mitigation
• Synthesis of new organic and inorganic compounds
• Catalyst development
• VLSI design

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Selected list of consultancy projects
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Selected list of sponsored projects
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IIT Kharagpur

• Some of the technologies developed
• Automated irrigation controller
• Low cost computer controlled automated irrigation
  system
• A clock controlled sun tracking system for Solar
  Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Collectors

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Technologies (contd.)

• Indigenously Developed Real Time Digital
  Simulator (POWERDRAW)
• Tea Production Technology For Non - Traditional
  Areas
• A Novel Technique for manufacture of Instant Tea

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Selected list of sponsored projects
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Selected list of consultancy projects
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IIT Bombay

• Has strong research groups in the following areas
• Process control, modeling, simulation,
  optimization
• Control and Computing

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Research groups (contd.)

• VLSI
• Computer graphics, Imaging and computer vision
• Reconfigurable computing
• Mobile Computing

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Selected list of funded projects
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Conclusions

• The domains in which interaction is theoretically
  possible are
• Industry support to basic research for knowledge
  creation
• Industry participation in technology development
  involving some exploratory work

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Conclusions (contd.)

• Academic intervention in solving specific
  industry problems
• Laboratory utilization by industry
• CEP, DEP, E-Learning etc