Round Table meet at Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST)
Date- Feb 13, 2024 (12 noon)
Venue: UCOST, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
A ‘Roundtable meet’ took place at Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST), Dehradun, in presence of Director General, UCOST on 13 Feb., 2024. DST-CPR, PU team led by Prof. Kashmir Singh, Coordinator of DST-CPR, PU discuss the activities of the centre that can be carried out in association with UCOST to achieve S&T goals. Both sides agreed to take forward the vision to strengthen the STI ecosystem of India.
International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing 2024 (I-4AM 2024)
Event : International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing 2024 (I-4AM 2024)
Date- January, 11th-12th, 2024 (09:30 AM-5:00 PM)
Venue- Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
DST-CPR PU team attended the 3rd International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing 2024 (I-4AM 2024) at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore held from 11th -12th January 2024. A great platform for Industry and Academia stakeholders from both India as well as abroad to deliberate on the needs, nature, challenges, opportunities, problems & solutions to strengthen the bond between Industry and Academia. Through this conference team gain insights about sustainable, affordable & human-centric Industry 4.0 as well as cutting-edge practice, research & educational innovation in rapidly evolving area. The experts of conference underscored the need of policy refinement for Industry for economic growth of India in coming years to achieve the current demographic dividend to maxima. The advance manufacturing and Robotics showcase were shown at Smart factory established at IISC Bangalore where team look forward to the collaborations in different domains like: (Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Nanoscience, Healthcare, Medical etc.) to strengthen & advancing the Industry-Academia (I-A) Interlinkage in respective fields.
World Intellectual Property Forum 2024 (WIPF-2024)
Event : World Intellectual Property Forum 2024 (WIPF-2024)
Date- January, 10th-13th, 2024 (09:30 AM-5:00 PM)
Venue-Shangri-La Hotel, Bengaluru
DST-CPR, PU team led by Prof. Kashmir Singh, Coordinator, DST-CPR, PU attended the World Intellectual Property Forum 2024 (WIPF-2024) at Shangri-La Hotel, Bengaluru held from 10th-13th January, 2024. Team experienced the exhilarating and intellectually stimulating experience by getting the insights from distinguished speakers and panellists on Intellectual Property Rights with focus on IP protection and management. The depth of insights shared and the diversity of perspectives presented by greatest minds provided a comprehensive understanding of the pressing matters surrounding intellectual property in the rapidly evolving world. The forum not only showcased the cutting-edge innovations and breakthroughs but also underscored the critical importance of robust protection mechanisms.
Conference on “Sustaining Progress: Global Perspectives on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Investments”
Event : Conference on “Sustaining Progress: Global Perspectives on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Investments”
Date- November 29th, 2023 (09:30 AM-5:00 PM)
Venue- Panjab University, Chandigarh
DST-Centre for Policy Research (CPR) at Panjab University, Chandigarh hosted a Conference on “Sustaining Progress: Global Perspectives on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Investments” on November 29th 2023. The event was consisted of deliberation talks by eminent speakers on Pubic Private Partnerships as well as Panel discussion with aim of “understanding the landscape of PPP in Indian R&D ecosystem and financing”. Prof. Yajvender Pal Verma, Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh graced the event. He highlighted the various initiatives to bring private sector on board to flourish the R&D culture at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He stressed on the risk sharing between the key actors i.e. academia and industry as well as nurturing the culture of entrepreneurship and startups in universities itself.
Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, Senior Adviser & Head of the PCPM at DST, GoI was the chief guest for the event. He highlighted all endeavours going on at national level where private sectors contributing 40% to the R&D ecosystem. He stressed on the need to raise contribution from private sector in R&D. He mentioned Anusandhan National Research Foundation (NRF) Bill, 2023 that can play a key actor. He informed the participants about various issues that are hurdle to state, central universities from connecting them with the industry counterpart.
Dr. J.K Arora , Executive Director , Punjab state council for science and technology, Chandigarh was the guest of honour. She highlighted the various initiatives of Punjab state science council taking to strengthen the R&D ecosystem in MSME of Punjab.
Dr. Akhilesh Gupta also chaired the panel discussion on Role of PPPs and Tech Transfer in driving the R&D ecosystem of HEIs. The panel discussion led to highlight the private sector participation in commercialisation of technologies as well as India’s standing at global level.
The role of FDI in strengthening the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) ecosystem of India was also taken up in another panel discussion emphasizing the Role of Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for the inflow of FDI in India in the R&D ecosystem of public state universities.
The event is witnessed the presence of several distinguished guests, including directors/heads of renowned institutes, representatives from Technology Transfer Offices at HEIs, representative from United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as well as students from various institutions.
Prof. Kashmir Singh invited as speaker
Event : Prof. Kashmir Singh invited as speaker at Chitkara University, Punjab
Date- November, 9th 2023
Venue- Chandigarh University, Punjab
Prof. Kashmir Singh, Coordinator, DST-CPR, PU was invited as speaker at Chandigarh University, Punjab on November, 9th 2023. Prof. Kashmir delivered the talk on Intellectual Property (IP) Management and led the audience engaged in interactive interaction
Workshop on Disaster Risk Management and Technological Innovations
Event : 03 days training Workshop “Disaster Risk Management and Technological Innovations”
Date- November 22th to November 24th, 2023 (09:30 AM-5:00 PM)
Venue- Panjab University, Chandigarh
DST-Centre for Policy Research (CPR) at Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a 3-day training program on “Disaster Risk Management and Technological Innovations” from 22nd to 24th November-2023. The event was consist of 03 days deliberation talks by eminent speakers on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) as well as providing hands on training to the youth. The program was organized with the support of Punjab State Council for Science & Technology (PSCST), Govt. of Punjab and Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The training program aimed to bring together the domain experts, members of academia, scientist, researchers and key stakeholders on a common platform for understanding the role of science in enhancing Disaster Resilience by exploring the penetration of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Various dignitaries from national level graced the event and enriched the participants with their thoughts. Prof. Yajvender Pal Verma, Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh graced the event and share the examples of technology innovations nurturing at Panjab University for mapping the disasters. Dr. Ashish Kumar Panda, Deputy Secretary, NITI Ayog, New Delhi was the Chief Guest and Keynote speaker for this event. He led the audience informed various government initiatives and partnerships in the domain of Disaster Risk Management (DRM). Dr. K.S. Bath, Joint Director, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Chandigarh graced the event as Guest of Honour. He highlighted the Punjab Govt. initiatives to provide skill based training to the youth of Punjab. Col. Gaurav Bhatia, Adjunct Resource Faculty, School of Internal Security and Police Administration (SISPA) was also present as Guest of Honour for this event. He led an interactive session and share his experience in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and DRM. Eminent Speakers from Prestigious Institutions such as National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Punjab State Disaster Management Authority (PSDMA), PGIMER, CSIR-CSIO, PU and IISER, Mohali gave an insightful achievements done in the domain of DRM to the participants. The workshop provided a great platform to learn various techniques and technologies that are successfully implanted for disaster resilience and mitigation. Institutions such as Punjab Red Cross Society, DRDO-DGRE, CSIR-CSIO and IMD Chandigarh were came on board to let the participants getting insights of innovations taking place at national level in the domain of Disaster Risk Management. This workshop catered 50 participants from different colleges and universities taking part in the training program..
International Conference on Industry Focused Research (ICIFR)-TEC-2023
Event : International Conference on Industry Focused Research (ICIFR)-TEC-2023
Date- October 12, 2023 (10:00 AM onwards)
Venue- Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Sector 31, Chandigarh
DST-CPR, PU engaged as an active collaborative partner with DST-Technology Enabling Centre (TEC) at Panjab University, Chandigarh, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Punjab State Council for Science & Technology (PSCST) to organize “International Conference on Industry Focused Research (ICIFR)-TEC-2023”, on 12 Oct., 2023. The conference aimed to enable transfer of Technologies developed by Scientists from PAN India to Industry partners. More than 100 plus scientists, academicians & industry people from different domains of Engineering, Medical devices, Pharmaceuticals, Food-processing, Automation, Materials, Agriculture etc. participated in this conference. In line to main theme of the conference to foster the need of industries through Industry Academia (IA) interlinkage, DST-CPR conducted a survey for assessing the level of I-A linkages. The survey proved to be an important & worthwhile tool for the ongoing study at DST-CPR. As immense response received from the Academia and Industry.
Symposium on IP Management
Event : Symposium on IP Management
Date- October 19, 2023 (09:15 AM-5:00 PM)
Venue- Seminar Hall, Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh
DST-Centre for Policy Research (CPR) in collaboration with Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a one-day Symposium on “Intellectual Property (IP) Management in Academic and Research Institutes” on October 19th, 2023. Symposium aimed to familiarize the researchers/academicians/industrialists involved in basic and translational research projects with the concept of IP management including IP generation, protection and capitalization to cater the growing global market demands.
Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) outreach event
Event : Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) outreach event
Date- September 14th, 2023
Venue- Chandigarh
Prof. Kashmir Singh, Coordinator, DST-CPR, PU was invited as panelist at Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) outreach event platform on 14th September, 2023 held at Chandigarh. The aim of the event was to introduce IGSTC and showcase various programmes to the various stakeholders. The ‘Outreach Event’ intended to make programmes offered by IGSTC more visible and accessible to a larger number of universities/institutions in India, including Northern region of India. IGSTC has been supporting several research/academic institutions from India and Germany to catalyse Indo-German strategic R&D partnerships through various programmes. IGSTC regularly engages with various stakeholders from Universities, Research Institutions, Industries and Government agencies to promote IGSTC programmes. In line to this, a panel discussion was held in the outreach event by IGSTC where discussion on international S&T cooperation as well as on bridging the gap between Industry and Academia took place. Prof. Kashmir Singh highlighted the various initiatives that DST-CPR, PU has taken in this regard and how each initiative had played a key role in framing the S&T ecosystem of India.
Er. Mamta Bhardwaj attended the summer school at the CODATA-RDA School for Research Data Science
Event : Er. Mamta Bhardwaj, Sr. Scientist at DST-Centre for Policy Research at Panjab University, Chandigarh attended the summer school at the CODATA-RDA School for Research Data Science
Date- July 31st to August 11, 2023
Venue- Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
Er. Mamta Bhardwaj, Sr. Scientist at DST-Centre for Policy Research at Panjab University, Chandigarh attended the summer school at the CODATA-RDA School for Research Data Science | (smr 3861) at Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy from July 31st to August 11, 2023. The Summer School was designed to builds competence in data analysis, data management, data platforms and infrastructures, large scale analysis, statistics, visualisation and modelling techniques, software development, predatory journals, analysis through tools like GIT Hub, RStudio, Unix Shell, etc. The school also included principles and practice of research data management, authorship in the 21st century, data curation, data security, open science, data visualization, machine learning and artificial neural networks.
