Necessity is the mother of all inventions and innovations
Nitte University Technology Enabling Centre (DST NU-TEC) is one among the 10 centres established at the national level. DST has provided the support for setting up state-of-art networking equipment and infrastructural facilities to the centre.
Nitte (DU), in association with AIC Nitte Incubation Centre, organized 3-day Nitte health care Innovation hackathon between 5-7 My 2023 to provide a platform for students, researchers, innovators, healthcare professionals, & startups to develop innovative solutions for clinical challenges. The hackathon was conducted under various categories; digital solutions in health care delivery, novel approaches for infection control and patient handling, devices and tools for better health outcomes, diagnostics and tools for early detection of health problems, nutrition and environment for better health. The participants presented their ideas through posters/product demonstrations followed by interaction and networking on 05 May 2023 at Nitte Engineering college campus. The inauguration of the hackathon was conducted at the Paneer campus on 06 May 2023 and was inaugurated by Dr Vishal Rao, Regional Director, HCG hospital, Bengaluru. Dr AP Achar, CEO, Atal Incubation Centre, Nitte, Dr G Sriniketan, Chair, Institution Innovation Council Nitte (DU), graced the occasion. Dr Hardik Pandya, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Dr Advay Aundhekar, founder of Docsy Doctor and health-tech, were the eminent speakers of the day. Dr Indrani Karunasagar welcomed the gathering and introduced the guest to the audience. Prof Dr Iddya Karunasagar, Advisor (Research and Patents), explained the significance of the day. Dr Vishal Rao detailed his journey to invent a voice box an indigenous innovative solution to cater the victims of oral cancer who lost their voice and motivated the participants to think out of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to the problems. Dr Hardik Pandya explained his cutting-edge research in the field of medicine with the use of micro-nano-technology. He discussed on development sensor-based medical devices, body fluid profiles to diagnose various clinical conditions, minimally invasive tools, electronic systems in the clinical setting, drug screening, and smart microchips for healthcare. Dr Advay Aundhekar detailed his journey to becoming a start-up. He advised the participants to believe in their potential and to take their innovative ideas to start-up.
Last updated: 2023-05-17 10:23:39
An awareness session on patent registration process was organized for Startups in association with Atal Incubation Center, Nitte University on Feb 9. Since Startups from outstation wanted to participate, AIC wanted to have this session online using zoom. Dr. Iddya Karunasagar, Advisor, research and Patents was the resource person. 41 participants joined this zoom session. During the session, Dr. Iddya Karunasagar explained about prior art search and patentability assessment before starting the process. Information on online free and subscribed tools available for prior art search was provided to the participants. He then elaborated on filing provisional patent and filing complete specifications within twelve months. The process of filing international patent under the provisions of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PTC) was also explained. The costs involved in filing patents and special concessions available for Startups and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) were also explained. There were number of questions from startups that were clarified by the resource person.
Last updated: 2023-03-13 03:54:00
A meeting of patent applicants of Health Sciences institutions of Nitte University was held on 21 Aug 2023 at Chintana Hall, KS Hegde Hospital, Mangalore. About 20 patent applicants attended the meeting. Dr. Indrani Karunasagar, Director, DST TEC welcomed all the participants and highlighted the need to commercialise patents. Dr. M.S. Moodithaya, Vice Chancellor emphasized that this meeting was to create more awareness about business possibilities of intellectual property and the need to demystify this among academicians. He explained types of Companies that can be formed – proprietary, partnership, private limited and public limited. He urged the patent applicants to make use of the facilities Dr. Iddya Karunasagar explained about the policies of the University - Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Policy and Startup and Entrepreneurship Policy and how faculty could take advantage of the provisions. The participants asked for clarifications on the steps to avail pre-incubation and incubation facilities at Atal Incubation Center, Nitte. There was also discussion on the process of technology transfer to established companies. Dr. Iddya Karunasagar gave examples of technology transfer agreements executed previously and non-disclosure agreement before discussions about technology. Dr. Srinikethan spoke on behalf of AIC Nitte and the present status of incubates. He highlighted the need to have more faculty from Nitte institutions to avail incubation and seed fund facility at AIC Nitte.
Last updated: 2023-08-22 05:39:18
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"I am happy to note that DST-Technology Enabling Center of Nitte University is launching a website to communicate with stakeholders. I hope the website will be useful to academia, industry, startups, entrepreneurs and others interested in technologies. I also hope that the website will facilitate academic and industry networking leading to the development of technologies that are useful for the society."
"It is gratifying to know that the DST-Technology Enabling Centre at NUCSER, in spite of COVID-19, is carrying out noteworthy research bringing together technologists, medical and engineering scientists to develop biomedical devices and food processing ventures which is the need of the hour. Congratulations. May God bless you and your team in all your endeavors."
"Institutional networking is the key to create an enabling environment for translational research and technology development. I wish the DST Technology Enabling Centre at the Nitte (Deemed to be University), Paneer campus all the best in their endeavours to bring educational institutions and industries together to facilitate development of innovative solutions that can benefit society at large."
"Nitte (Deemed to be University) is proud to host the DST-Technology Enabling Center that is intended to network with institutions and industries to facilitate translation of research findings to viable technologies. I am confident that the DST NU-TEC at Nitte will strive hard to go beyond the set targets in the activities and communicate effectively with all partners"
"The DST- Technology Enabling Centre has a place of pride among the many innovative centres of excellence established in our university. The DST NU-TEC will be a translational innovation centre for providing solutions that address market requirements. I wish that NU-TEC emerges as a one-stop centre for providing business solutions for the Indian industry by stimulating innovation and effective technology enablement."
"DST NU-TEC facilitates our stride towards Atmanirbhar Bharat. Academia is the prime source for the generation of new knowledge and its conversion to wealth and NU-TEC envisages an effective institutional mechanism for translation of the R&D output of the region into technological wealth. I wish all the very best to the dynamic and enterprising staff members who are taking forward this exciting new venture."
