| Workshop onInventors
of India : Knowledge Networkfor
Incubating Innovations into Enterprises September
24-26, 2004 |
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| Inventions
and Innovations by individuals in formal and informal sector have
to become an important driver of change in our society. In response
to the previous workshop on Indian Incubator for Innovation Based
Enterprises (I3E) organized in December 1998, we have
set up the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship
and an incubator at IIM Ahmedabad. The second workshop aims to provide
a platform for collaboration among inventors, innovators and other
stakeholders for building value chain, evolve policy options for
strengthening inter-institutional linkages and innovation-based
enterprises in India. |
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| Objectives: |
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| 1. |
To
learn from the experience of innovators who have either already
converted their ideas or technologies into enterprise or have
still to do that. |
| 2. |
To
identify various policy and procedural bottlenecks that come
in the way of converting innovations into enterprises. |
| 3. |
To
explore the possibility of some of the potential innovations
being selected for further value addition through the IIMA,
Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE). |
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To
develop online and offline collaborative framework among innovators
as well as other stakeholders. |
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To
build bridges between high impact grassroots innovators from
informal sector and the high tech innovators in formal sector
so as to invigorate both. |
| 6. |
To
develop a clearinghouse through which potential ideas and
innovations can be optimized for linkage with other entrepreneurs
or investors as the case may be. |
| 7. |
To
draw upon the expertise in the formal R&D sector to add
value to various innovations. |
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| Pedagogy: |
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| One
full day will be spent on high tech and another day on high impact
innovators. Third day overlap is planned in between so that bridges
between both sets of innovators can be built. The last day of the
workshop may also have a clearinghouse with the venture firms. The
best of the technologies may be presented from both the streams
to assess their potential for angel funding. |
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participants will include a few innovators from the first workshop
but majority will be new inventors and innovators or innovation-based
entrepreneurs whether awarded by Government or not. Attempt will
also be made to select some of the technical students who are pursuing
or have already completed innovative projects as a part of their
course. Various R&D institutions are invited to identify scientists
who might have proprietary technologies, which could be converted
into enterprises. We are looking for innovation-based entrepreneurs
who are seeking linkages with R&D experts, peers and policy
makers. |
| Interface
between innovations and intellectual property, venture finance and
R&D would be pursued in small groups as well as through panel
discussions. |
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| Output: |
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| 1. |
An
improved understanding of the national innovation system in
formal and informal sectors. |
| 2. |
Identification
of some potential technologies for incubation at IIMA. |
| 3. |
Operational
framework for collaborative learning among innovators in formal
and informal sectors. |
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| The
objective of the workshop is to invite high tech and high impact
innovations by individuals in the organized and unorganized sectors.
We request interested scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs, policy
makers, venture fund managers, industrial associations and other
stakeholders to write to us in this regard. |
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| Faculty |
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| Prof Anil K Gupta (Coordinator) |
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| Venue |
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| Kasturbhai
Lalbhai Management Development Centre (KLMDC), Indian Institute
of Management, Ahmedabad. |
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| Nominations and Inquiries |
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| Nominations
must reach the Manager (MDA) before September 10,2004. Please write
to the Manager (MDA), Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur,
Ahmedabad-380015. |
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| Phone : 91-79-26324071-5 |
| Fax: 91-79-26300352 (MDP)/26306896
(General) |
| Email: mdp@iimahd.ernet.in |
| Website : www.iimahd.ernet.in/mdp |
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