The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (ED Cell) at SiliconTech, the engineering institute of Silicon University, in collaboration with the Institution Innovation Council (IIC) organized an expert talk on ‘Process of Innovation Development, Technology Readiness Level (TRL), Commercialization of Lab Technologies and Tech-Transfer’ on 6 February 2024.
The objective of the event was to educate participants on technology development, technology readiness level (TRL), and tech commercialization while instilling within them the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.
The talk was delivered by Dr. Amaresh Panda, a renowned personality in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship. Dr. Panda is an Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer Professional working as the Head of the Regional Technological Transfer Office (RTTO) at KIIT-TBI, the Technology Business Incubator of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University. He has fifteen years of valuable experience in technology transfer, portfolio management, and intellectual property.
Dr. Panda centered his discussion around three primary pillars, namely, technology commercialization, TRL (Technology Readiness Level), and innovation development. He elaborated on these concepts from the perspective of entrepreneurship and emphasized their significance in problem-solving.
A total of seventy students actively participated in the session. The talk was followed by an interactive session where the students discussed their queries with the expert.
