Building the Next Gen Startup : A workshop by Technion, Israel at Ahmedabad, 12th & 13th October

Technion, in association with iCreate is doing a 2 day seminar in Ahmedabad on the lines of "Building the next gen startup" at GMDC Auditorium. The dates of the event are 12th and 13th October. Technion is Israel's flagship of world-class education, bringing Israel its first Nobel Prizes in science. From the cornerstone laying ceremony in 1912, Technion's over 70,000 alumni have built the state of Israel and created and lead the majority of Israel's successful companies, impacting millions of scientists, students, entrepreneurs and citizens worldwide.

The speakers include : 

Dr. Harry Yuklea:
Advisor to Israeli National Economic Council, the Israeli Chief Scientist Office, the UNECE and to EUREKA (EU Industrial R&D Network). He is also a serial entrepreneur who has managed VC Funds, and is an academic researcher and a senior lecturer of Entrepreneurial Finance and Economics of Innovation at Technion, Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University.
Hadas Kroitoru 
Program Manager, Israel India R&D Co-operation from MATIMOP (the official National Agency for inter-national industrial R&D cooperation in Israel)
Tehila Sabag 
Projects Manager, Bronica Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center at Technion
Yakov Barac 
Director, BizTEC at Technion
Major Amitava Mittra 
Chief Operating Officer (India), BGI Engitech Pvt. Ltd.

Members of Indian Innovators Association are offered  a 30% discount.  Use the code "icreatenextgen" on Ayojak.

E Book- Promoting Innovation in Clusters

I have raised several issues in building innovation cluster in countries like India where academic spin-off/ pay-offs are not significant.

Clusters are groups of firms, related actors, and institutions that are located near one another and that draw productive advantage from their mutual proximity and connections. Clusters arise and grow because the firms within them profit materially from the presence of powerful “externalities” and “spillovers” that bring them important competitive advantages, ranging from the presence of a specialized workforce to supplier specialization and the exchange of leading edge knowledge. Today, the US economic maps show scores of local agglomerations: biotech in Boston, information technology in Silicon Valley, entertainment in Hollywood, horse trailer manufacturing in north Texas, marine technologies in eastern North Carolina and wine in southern Washington. Clusters are prominent in Europe too. On average, every fourth company (employing at least 20 persons) in the European Union (24%) work in a cluster-like environment characterized by close cooperation with other local businesses and strong ties to local business infrastructure. 

Based on US and European success a new movement started all across the globe to promote regional innovation clusters. The paradox is that while all agree that no where governments succeeded in creating an innovation cluster out of nothings, all nations are working to promote clusters and to make them more innovative. The search is for identifying a cluster that already exist but not passed the market test as hot spot though potential exists. Some factors are considered more important than others to determine the potential, like University linkages, Social Capital of cluster, Access to heterogeneous knowledge, Intervention by public authorities. 

In India, Innovation Cluster project was initiated at three places, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and NCR region and in this paper we present our learning on managing white spaces to make a cluster innovative.

Download paper from SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1917291

The learning from Indian pilot to build innovation clusters is captured in this 130 pages E Book. Topics covered:

• Overview of Clusters in India
• Global Models of Innovation
• Technology Upgradation for Promoting Innovation in Indian Clusters
• Implementation Challenges and Opportunities Analysis in the Indian Context
• Proposed Implementation Framework at Cluster Level

For copies contact:

Mukesh Gulati ,mukesh@msmefoundation.org
0091 11 26602885/6
www.msmefoundation.org

www.clusterobservatory.in

Hyderabad Technology Expo under DST- Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme Sep 26, 2012, Hotel ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly with the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Indo-US S&T Forum and the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin is organizing a Technology Expo on 26th September 2012 at Hotel ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad.
The Hyderabad Expo will showcase a number of innovative technologies selected under the IIGP 2012. About 30 technologies are expected to be on display that have been developed by innovators across the country and across the sectors. Approximately 50 business deals will be signed and concluded at the Expo connecting the innovators to industry, investors, venture funds and angel funds.

ITRI signs MOU with SKYQEST

Skyquest signed up an MOU with Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan for Technology Commercialization support on 21st September 2012 at Taipei International Invention Show INST 2012 in Taipei.

About ITRI: A leading High Technology R&D Center under Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of Taiwan. It has been granted average of 5 patents a day for more than 10 years. It has approx 16000 Patents across sectors, an MIT equivalent in Asia… http://www.itri.org.tw/eng/

About Skyquest: SkyQuest Technology Group is one of the rapidly growing organization supporting Innovation ecosystems worldwide providing access to technologies, markets and finance. We work closely with innovators, inventors, innnovation seekers, entrepreneurs, companies, government agencies and investor alike in leveraging external sources of R&D and capitalize on market opportunities. www.skyquestt.com

US -AID , TDB and FICCI promote Millennium Alliance (MA) to support innovators

The Millennium Alliance is currently conducting Innovation Workshops across the country to spread awareness about the scheme and its benefits to innovators. The outcome expectation from such workshops is to connect with innovators directly or indirectly through their business associates, friends and well-wishers. Based on stage of innovation, funding between $50,000 (approx. Rs. 25,00,000)and $750,000 (approx. Rs. 3,75,00,000) is available to select innovations. 

More details can be found on the website, http://www.millenniumalliance.in

For the year 2012, the Innovations shall be shortlisted, selected, and awarded in two rounds.

The 1st round  started on the date of the launch of the MA (July 10, 2012) and will end with awards ceremony on or close to February 15, 2013. Non-government entities, educational institutes and independent innovators are all eligible.Interested applicants must first submit an LoI. All LoI submissions must be submitted using the LoI form posted at www.millenniumalliace.in. As requested by the LOI, applicants should describe the purpose of the project, summarize the project’s goals, and include financial information for the project among other criteria in the LOI. Attachments to the LoI will not be reviewed. If MA finds the project proposed in the LoI to be responsive to the selection criteria, then the applicant will be invited to submit a Full Application. 

Contribution of TK Sarkar to development of Industrial Electronics Applications

TK Sarkar retired as Scientist -G and Group Head , Industrial Application division of DOE/ DIT/DEITY after an illustrious career. Unfortunately his contributions like most of the good work done by Department of Electronics and Information Technology in engineering sector is poorly documented. I had long association with him and banked on his technological insights in supporting R&D projects of industry in electronics. And in all most all cases, I found he funded relevant lab level work in one of IITs or CSIR/ CDAC. In a way the pre-commercial projects funded by DSIR were a continuation of Research project funded by DOE.

His most significant contribution is establishment of National Center of execellence in Power Electronics- NaMPET. Hope to write more about the R&D projects supported by TK Sarkar in future.

INNOVATION TURKIYE EXPO, 2012

INNOVATION TURKIYE EXPO will be held on 01-04 NOVEMBER 2012, in İstanbul Expo Centre. The expo will feature the projects supported by REPUBLIC OF TURKEY SCIENCE, INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTRY, TÜBİTAK(The Scientific and Tecnological Research Council of Turkey), REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT and DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES and patented by TURKISH PATENT INSTITUTE.

Indian Innovators interested to participate may contact: Aliye CEBECİ, Project Director, aliye@aktiffuarcilik.com

Six million electric and hybrid vehicles by 2020???

Yet another big vision of government is unfolded with announcement of $4.1 billion plan. Reminds me of the Hybrid Electric bus developed by Ashok Leyland with technical support from ERDC(T) and funding support by DSIR and DIT. The prototype was demonstrated in Auto expo 2002. 
Hope the problems faced by Ashok Leyland in 2002 in bulk commercial sale no longer exist and Indian manufacturers would supply significant part of 6 million electric and hybrid 4/2 wheeler by 2020.

Compilation of Indian Standards

Public.Resource.Org has published 701 technical standards for the Republic of India. These government-produced documents cover everything cover a vast array of topics important to the people of India, including fascinating topics such as specifications for spices and condiments (tamarind pulp,cloves, fenugreek, curry powder). You'll also find safety specifications for bicycles, codes of practice for fire brigades, water testing methods, and codes of hygiene for food hawkers. 

Brussels Innova Fair,15 to 17 November 2012

Brussels Innova, an international exhibition promoting innovation, research and new technologies, will take place on the Brussels Expo site from 15 to 17 November 2012. Members of Indian Innovators Association get opportunity to participate free of charge in one of two key areas: ‘The Innovation Avenue’ or ‘The Starters Avenue’. The first will be devoted to ingenious and playful inventions, while the second is geared more to innovative start-ups. Participation in one of these areas will be decided on a selective basis. Contact: contact@brussels-innova.com

Global Innovation Forum, 28-29 September 2012,Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Call for papers of the Global Innovation Forum scheduled for the 28th and 29th of September,2012 at Tata Institute of social Sciences,Mumbai. Tata Institute of social Sciences, (www.tiss.edu) The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), (www.ccl.org) USA,Forum for Emotional Intelligence and Learning (FEIL), (www.ifeil.org) are the major collaborators of this event. 

In 2008,2009 and 2010 TISS collaborated with FEIL and organised the Global Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Forum at TISS. All these conferences were attended by 300+ participants.

Confirmed speakers of this event include Dr Dan Buchner, Director, Innovation Incubator, Center for Creative Leadership,USA; Mr Aditya Roy, Director ,People Operations, Asia Pacific Region,Google; Prof Marcel Bogers,Associate professor at University of Southern Denmark, Dr Raj Minhas,Asso. Director,Xerox International research Center;T Koshy,Executive Director,Ernst and Young Pvt Ltd; Mr Matthew Tice, Pallium Consulting, Singapore; Mr Ravindran, MD,SHRM India; Dr Stephanie Sturges, Sheffield Business School,UK., Dr Resool Pookutty, Oscar award winning Sound Designer and Mr Stephen khan, Hon. Minister for Higher Education and enterprise, Govt of Alberta, Canada.

Contact: P Vijayakumar PhD, Center for Human Resources Management,

Tata Institute of Social Sciences(TISS), Deonar, Mumbai-400088.
Tel +91-22-25525831,vktiss@gmail.com

Engineering Innovation for a better world- NASSCOM summit meet at Pune

As per Booz report of 2010, Indian Engineering and Design industry is estimated to reach export revenue of USD 45 Bn by 2020 and thus maintain the current pole position. 

Engineering Forum of NASSCOM has scheduled its annual Engineering summit 2012 on September 27^th and 28^th,2012 at Pune. The theme for the summit is “Engineering Innovation for a better world”. The event will provide special interest group sessions in the segments of Automobile, Telecom and Industrial Machinery and will also provide ample opportunities for Networking.

For more details : avinashkr@nasscom.in .

Contact person: K S Viswanathan, Vice President (Engineering Forum)

NASSCOM, Bangalore, Ph : 98450-31364

BICSI Cabling Challenge Competition 2012

The first event I have come across targeting skills in physical world an welcome it.

COMPETE for the title of BICSI INDIA Installer of the Year. All ITS Installation professionals and current BICSI members and certification holders are eligible to enter. Imagine winning and bagging rights as 2012 BICSI INDIA Installer of the Year and a cash prize of Rs 10000. Apply today—the deadline is August 18th, 2012. The 2012 BICSI INDIA Cabling Skills Challenge will include the following three events:

• Event A: Copper Cable Termination
• Event B: Fiber Termination
• Event C: Competency Exam

The 2012 BICSI INDIA Cabling Skills Challenge will take place on August 23rd at the 2012 BICSI INDIA Conference & Exhibition at NIMHANS convention center in Bengaluru - INDIA. Competitors will be selected based on qualifying criteria such as professionalism, quality of resume and work experience. An attempt will be made to equally represent all areas.
In order to participate, the participant must secure approval and sponsorship from their employer. The employer will be responsible for all travel costs, including transportation to and from the competition, meals and accommodations. All competitors will receive a full complimentary conference registration, sponsored by BICSI INDIA. Judges, Steering Committee members, Associate Team Volunteers are not eligible to participate. Companies are encouraged to submit multiple applications. No more than two applications will be selected per company.
Each applicant must have at least 5 years experience in the field of ITS installation at the time of application and, if selected as a competitor, at the time of the competition.
Rules, regulations and event schedules are subject to change by BICSI INDIA at any time.
2012 Event Schedule
Thursday, Aug 23, 3-4:00 p.m.

• Event A

Thursday, Aug 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

• Event B
• Event C

Event Details

	Tasks	Time to complete	Description
Event A	Copper Cable termination	15 min	Install one category 6 cable as a permanent link and perform testing.
Event B	Fiber Terminations	15 min	Field terminations and splicing of MM connectors
Event C	Competency Exam	15 min	Written exam
	Professionalism / Orientation	Throughout	Score based on resume, orientation (attendance and promptness), attitude, safety, use of tools and equipment, attention to detail and aesthetics; Safety orientation

Attractive prizes for the Winners

• 1st Prize – Rs.10,000/- + One Free BICSI Downloadable Manual of Your Choice
• 2nd Prize – Rs.5,000/- + One Free BICSI Downloadable Manual of Your Choice

For more details/participation please contact:
Mr Ninad Desai, RCDD
Secretary - BICSI INDIA
Tel: +91-22-27902441
Mobile :+91-9821134063
Email: optinextindia@yahoo.co.in

Indian Innovators Association (IIA) endorses Innovation and New Product Development: 5-7 September 2012 Conference

Innovation and New Product Development
Launching winning products and services through quick, efficient and profitable innovation to increase market share, create impressive business growth and foster continuous improvement
(Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach, India | 5th- 7th September 2012)

Distinguished chairperson:

Daniel Alenquer Associate Design Director, Asus, Singapore

ASUS Design Center has been known for its reputable innovation and design and has received numerous prestigious awards for over a decade including a total of 10 prestigious design awards 2012 by IDSA, iF, G-Mark and reddot

Featuring key international presentations and case studies by:

Zia Zaman, Founder and CEO, Beaver Lake Capital, Singapore

Daniel Alenquer, Associate Design Director, Asus, Singapore

Bert Grobben, Section Head R&D PR Personal Health Care Asia, Procter & Gamble, Singapore

Attend this premier conference and gain practical insights into:

• Capitalising on innovation opportunities from consumer insights

• Optimising your innovation portfolio for sustainable growth

• Enhancing your innovation capability through open innovation

• Strategising the innovation process and pipeline for sustainable growth and value

• Creating a culture that fosters innovation for long term competitive advantage

• Speeding up your ongoing innovation with limited time and resources

• Satisfying customer needs through new product development

• Identifying need for risk reduction in innovation to ensure higher success of product launch and acceptance

Speakers:

Dr Anurag Srivastava, Chief Technology Officer and Senior, Vice President, Wipro Global IT Business

Dr Murali Sastry, Director, DSM India Innovation Centre, Former Chief Innovation Officer, Tata Chemicals

G. Sundararaman, Executive Vice President,Corporate Development,Godrej & Boyce

P.V Sankar Dass, Vice President Strategic Marketing,Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

Rishikesha T. Krishnan,Professor of Corporate Strategy,Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

K. Ramakrishnan,President Marketing,Café Coffee Day

Malladi Chandra Mohan, Head Delivery and Operations for Financial Inclusion and Rural Transformation Business Unit, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Dr Raja Krishnamurthy,Vice President – R&D,3M India and Sri Lanka

Meera Harish,Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing,Tata Coffee, India,Former Innovation Lead,Titan Industries, India

Dr Sudhakar Mhaskar,Executive Vice President and Head Technology,– Consumer Products Business, Marico

Tarun Malik, Country Head and Director – Online Business and Competitive Strategy, Microsoft Corporation

Shailesh Naik, Head e-Choupal, ITC

Anupam Varghese, Vice President R&D, Eko India Financial Services

EXCLUSIVE:
Enjoy special savings if you are a member of IIA when you register with Catherine Foo at CatherineF@marcusevanskl.com or call +91-22 4231 7750 to enquire on the exclusive discounts.

Find out how today:http://www.marcusevansindia.com/19202IIA

12th Anniversary British Design, Innovation & Technology Show and Awards British Invention Show - London 24th - 27th October 2012

Indian inventors are invited to participate in the forthcoming international bis exhibition & awards in London 2012. During the exhibition 25 Judges will award Gold Silver & Bronze medals which will be presented during the auspicious World Invention Awards dinner.
Booking is now open to exhibitors for 24^th – 27^th October 2012 \

Details. www.britishinventionshow.com

Contact: Mary Stoppard, bis Team Member, British Inventors Society, info@thebis.org

CTI PFAN - Asia Forum for Clean Energy Financing / Call for Project Proposals

Asia Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFCEF-3) is being sponsored by the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) and its Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT), and will be organized in cooperation with Dawn Consulting, CleanEnergy Solutions International (CSI), PPL International, the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) and ReEx Capital Asia.

AFCEF-3 seeks to nurture entrepreneurs, start-up and growth companies, project teams and consortia with environmentally beneficial business proposals with the aim of linking them with investment and finance and making them happen. Once you have qualified for the 2nd stage of AFCEF3, you will receive coaching from professional experts, who will help you refine your business plan and prepare it for presentation to investors at the AFCEF3 investor forum in Singapore in February 2013.

Project Proposals to participate in the business plan competition and the investor forum are now being accepted at http://www.cti-pfan.net/events_detail.php?eventsid=44. Applications must be received by midnight (Japan Time) on Monday, 24th September 2012. 

Technologies available for licensing from IIPRD

IIPRD, a leading Indian Consulting Firm focusing on Licensing and Commercialization Firm, has shared technologies, details of which are mentioned below, which are available for Out-Licensing in India and outside. Interested parties may write to iiprd@iiprd.com or commercialization@iiprd.com for further details. Please find below the initial level details, which are more comprehensively explained on the links given below:

Arch Pharma, Mumbai based pharmaceutical company has developed and patented various technologies relating to API and its intermediates preparation methods.

• ·      Preparation of anhydrous rare earth metal halides from their hydrates, anhydrous cerium chloride prepared by this process has wide range of applications in electrochemical reduction process for production of metal and as catalyst in the addition of organometallic to carbonyl group to form corresponding alcohols.
• ·       Impurity free preparation process of an intermediate(4-fluoro-alpha-[2-methyl-1-oxopropyl]-y-oxo-n-beta-diphenylbenzenebutanamide) used in synthesis of Atorvastatin. Atorvastatin a drug useful for lowering blood cholestrol, stabilizing plaque and preventing stroke through anti-inflammatory and other mechanisms.
• ·        Preparation Process of racemic 6, 6-dimethyl-3-azabicyclo-[3.1.0]-hexane, a key raw material for the preparation of key intermediate (1R, 2S, 5S) - methyl 6,6-dimethyl -3-azabicyclo [3.1.0] hexane-2 carboxylic acid for the class of inhibitors of Protease such as Boceprevir.
• ·       Efficient, economical and industrially viable preparation process for 2-amino-4-(4-fluorobenzylamino)-1-ethoxycarbonylaminobenzene (Retigabine) and also preparation process of retigabine intermediates.
• ·        Process for preparing optically pure milnacipran and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts using simple and low cost commercially available resolving agents  with high yield and optical purity.

For more details click here.

CarePro Bio, Indian company expert in the field of agriculture and bio technology has developed various technologies relating to

·       Microbial formulation for promoting plant growth.

·       Soil health rejuvenator

·       Microbial  method for reclamation of sodic alkali soils.

·       Ready to use viable product of the bio-decomposer agent for applications in stubble management.

·       Formulation of stress tolerant liquid biofertilizer of phosphate solubilizing bacteria.

·       Liquid biofertizer of Azospirillum brasilense.

·       Ecofriendly plant growth enhancing composition for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, solubilizing phosphate under abiotic stress conditions.

·       Process for the development of liquid formulation of bioinoculant of Rhizobium sp.

·       Process for biodegradation of petroleum waste products and petroleum sludge.

For more details about the technologies click here.

JNCASR, a Research Institute has developed and patented various technologies

·       High Throughput Screening method for identifying small molecule inhibitors for HIV-1 TAT, relating to a TAT-inducible GFP anti RFP shRNA vector. This method can effectively distinguish between a genuine anti-viral inhibitor and a cytotoxic molecule and thus, decreases number of false hits.

·       Preparation of cyclic dipeptide 3,6-diphenylpiperazine-2,5-dione and its nano, meso, and micro structures . The prepared dipeptides has various applications such as for inhibiting fibrillization in neurodegenerative diseases, Radiography, as a optoelectronic component Imaging and as a biomaterial.

·       Single step process for the preparation of template and polymer free metal nanosponges with high surface area, high gas permeability and thermal conductivity. The prepared metal nanosponges are used in catalysis, fuel cells, and as substrate for surface enhanced raman spectroscopy.

For more details click here.

Defence off set contract condition Vs Phased Manufacturing Programme

New set of conditions for defence procurement  stipulate foreign firms to support development of Indian capabilities by way of technology transfer and local procurement. In this context, lessons learned in implementing Phased Manufacturing Programme by DGTD prior to liberalisation could still be relevant:

• Technology transfer is a commercial decision involving two private firms and for government wishes/ contracts to be enforced, liberal funding support need to be provided simultaneously to Indian firms to take up R&D projects to develop technology absorption capacity.  
• Innovation is driven by demand and defence needs to give a fair opportunity to Indian firms by giving out long term (10-15 years) development  contracts.
• Do away with pre-approved (budget) funds for DRDO, let all funds flow thru developmental contracts from Defence.

Cyber International Genius Inventor Fair , Korea 2012 (CIGIF 2012)

Cyber International Genius Inventor Fair is held to recognize the significance of worldwide intellectual properties in compliance with today's digital cyber generation. The CIGIF serves as a convenient platform for all inventors in all age group and in all categories, accommodating the interested participants with 'easy' steps to submit registration. CIGIF was established for the first time in 2010 to allow inventors to be recognized with their inventions on the international level as well to provide an opportunity to self-approve their talent and ability within their novel ideas and as inventors through an economic and simpler method, dedicated to all those inventors with small identity and millions of passion.

Brief Outline:

Organized by: Korea Invention News (KINEWS)
Co-Organized by: CIGIF 2012 International Organizing Committee (Commission of 20 delegations worldwide)
Application Registration Deadline: October 30th, 2012
CIGIF 2012 Award Ceremony: November 24th, 2012 (Venue: Convention Center - Chungmu Art Hall, Seoul, Korea)
For more information: www.kinews.org , contact: moonsukchang@hotmail.com 

International Symposium on `SOFTWARE, ELECTRONICS, MECHANICAL, TELECOMMUNICATION, BUSINESS METHODS & NETWORK COMPUTING' October , Mumbai

This Symposium by IIPRD features presentation of all important patent and copyright issues such as identification of potential inventions, Copyright international legislation, preparation of claim sets, prosecution and examination practices, drafting of responses of Office Actions, and recent case law updates. The speakers are a unique gathering of Patent Attorneys, Counsel from the Industry, who have extensive years of experience in their professional fields, and will put across to the delegates the real insight of Patent and Copyright Laws and Practices as prevalent and practiced in India, United States and Europe, in most coordinated manner. The Symposium will provide an opportunity to receive firsthand information including recent Judgment on various issues from the experts in the fields. The knowledge gained from the Symposium will go a long way in formulating the right patent and copyright strategy and building a strong and enforceable Patent Portfolio.

Dates: 4th October, 2012, Mumbai & 5th October, 2012, New Delhi

Contact: Ms. Meenakshi 0-9910307992, E: Meenakshi@iiprd.com , iiprd@iiprd.com

Ph : +91-120-2342010/, Fax: 2342011

International Symposium on `Patent Life cycle Management, Strategies for Generics as Innovators, Biosimilar Legislation, FDA's Current Position & Patent Disputes, Latest Pharma Prosecution Practices & ANDA Litigation' Sept 2012, Mumbai

This Symposium by IIPRD features presentation of all important patent issues such as identification of potential inventions, types of claims allowed in each geography and their relevance to the broadness of claims, preparation of set of claims, prosecution and examination practices, drafting of responses of Office Actions, ANDA Litigation and issues related to biosimilars legislation and understanding the FDA's current position on the implementation of a biosimilar pathway. The speakers are a unique gathering of Patent Attorneys from USA& Europe who have extensive years of experience in their professional fields, and will provide the delegates the real insight of Patent Laws and Practices as prevalent and practiced in USAand in Europe. The Workshop will provide an opportunity to receive first-hand information including recent Judgment on various issues from the experts in the fields.
Dates: 16-18th September 2012.
Venue: Hotel Hilton, Andheri East, Mumbai,
Contact: Ms. Meenakshi Khurana, (M)91-9910307992, 91-9810281321
E-mail:- meenakshi@iiprd.com, iiprd@iiprd.com
Ph: +91-120-2342010, Fax: +91-120-2342011

INFUSE Venture Accelerator (IVA) lunched by CIIE at IIM Ahmedabad

INFUSEVentures is a cleantech focused early stage venture capital fund managed by CIIE at IIM Ahmedabad.  IVA aims to compress 24 months of progress in 6months by providing access to seed capital and the best cleantech ecosystem in India. CIIE will work together with early stage startups and help them identify gaps, define a roadmap andfacilitate their work in every functional segment to achieve their milestonesmuch faster than if done alone.
What do you gain from the INFUSE VentureAccelerator?
Unlimited access to a huge ecosystem of cleantech experts in technology and policy, distribution networks, potential customers, suppliers, designers, collaborators etc.  
Mentoring by the best in the field.
Brainstorming sessions with relevant functional and domain experts.
Customized program for each startup.
Huge endorsement of potential.
Seed funding upto $50,000 (Rs. 25 lacs) against equity, per venture.
Access to subsequent rounds of funding from INFUSE Ventures of up to $2 million (Rs. 10cr).
Key activities are stated below:

·       Acceptance of online applications at www.f6s.in/inva: 2^nd to 31^st Aug

·       Announcement of finalists for the boot camp at IIM Ahmedabad: 7^th Aug

·       8-day start-up bootcamp at IIM Ahmedabad:27^th Oct to 3^rd Nov

·       Nov 3^rd – Final selection of start-ups for incubation and seed investment

·       November 2012 to May 2013 – Incubation period

·       May 2013 – Re-evaluation of start-ups for follow-on funding.

Corpus Fund for Crop Advisory

Dr DSK rao is  forming a 'All India Crop Advisory Group' comprising of members drawn from across fields as follows:

Soil Scientists and Farm Preparation Experts from Public & Private Sector : 10
Water & Irrigation Experts from Public & Private : 10
Fertilizer Experts (Chemical) from Research & Industry : 10
Pesticides & Herbicides (Chemical) : 10
Organic Fertilizers & Farming : 10
Bio Pesticides & Herbicides : 10
Seed Industry including Seed Treatment : 20
Farm Management & GAP : 10
Harvesting & Farm Mechanization Experts : 10 
Post Harvest Processing : 10
Labelling , Packaging & Certification Experts including FSSAI : 10 
Retail Food Industry including Logistics, warehousing : 20 
Fisheries : 5
Poultry & Livestock : 5
Export & Import experts : 5
Agri Financing : 5
Agronomists : 5
Dairy Farming : 10
Apiculture, Sericulture .. : 5
Food Processing Technology Experts including Solar Drying/ Processing : 10
Agriculture, Horticulture & Plantation Experts : 5
Total 200

Industry Captains/ Research Organizations in Agriculture/ Rich Farmers and any others who would be keen on 'Donating' for this much needed group for supporting Agriculture in this country may contact:


DSK Rao
dskrao65@gmail.com

Is HemoGlobe device a US version of Indian innovation Biosense?

The Indian Innovation for detecting anemia in a non-invasive way is now on the road to commercialization by  Biosense, the start-up. The HemoGlobe was developed as part of a competition for a $250,000 seed grant in the Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development competition funded in part by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.(source:gigmag). 
Which is the original? 

Plea of entrepreneur for reasonable fee for transfer of technology for manufacture of R-WOOD & WATER PROOF GYPSUM PLASTER

Here is the request from a desperate entrepreneur seeking technology from govt funded research institute:

I HAVE COME TO KNOW ABOUT THIS INSTITUTION FROM A WEBSITE THAT IT IS ALL SET TO PROMOTE ENTERPRENEURIAL QUALITIES & HELP FACILITATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SETTING UP BUISNESS WITH A DIFFERENCE. BUT IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WHENEVER ANY ENTERPRENEUR LIKE MYSELF WHO TRIES TO AVAIL ANY TECHNOLOGY FROM GOVT. FUNDED INSTITUTIONS LIKE "AMPRI" BHOPAL OR "CBRI" ROORKEE THEY DEMAND EXHORBITANT FEES IN THE RANGE OF 8 TO 10 LACS FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER WHICH FOR A SMALL OR AN UPCOMING ENTERPRENUER IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PAY UPFRONT. IT IS THE GOVT. OF INDIA WHO IS HIRING THESE SCIENTISTS TO MAKE SOME BEST OUT OF WASTE WHICH IS GENERATED BY THE INDUSTRIES. NOW AFTER HAVING MADE THIS INDUSTRIAL WASTE REUSABLE AFTER APPLYING THEIR KNOWLEDGE,SKILL,HOURS OF HARD WORK & ABOVE ALL LACS OF RUPEES OF INDIAN GOVT.THEY SIMPLY SIT ON THEIR SO CALLED TECHNOLOGY FOR YEARS WITHOUT ANY PURPOSE OR APPLICATION BY DEMANDING UNREALISTIC FEES FROM ENTERPRENUERS LIKE US WHO APPROACH THEM & WHO R WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK OF INVESTING LACS OF RUPEES ONLY ON THE WORD OR VERBAL ASSURANCES GIVEN BY THESE OFFICIALS.HOW FAR IS THIS FAIR?

SIR I HAVE APPROACHED BOTH THESE INSTITUTIONS FOR TECHNOLOGIES OF R-WOOD WHICH IS CLAIMED TO BE "SUBSTITUTE FOR WOOD" IN PERSON & FOR "WATER PROOF GYPSUM PLASTER" VIA TELEPHONE,BUT SADLY I HAVE TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE REDICULOUSLY DEMANDED FEES IN THE RANGE OF 8 TO 10 LACS IN THE NAME OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, WHEREAS "BMTPC" WHICH IS ALSO FUNDED BY GOI AGREED TO CHARGE HARDLY 10 TO 20 THOUSAND FOR THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY OF "CLC BLOCKS".

PL. GUIDE ME OR HELP ME IN THIS MATTER. I M REALLY INTERESTED IN ABOVE MENTIONED 2 TECHNOLOGIES VIZ. R-WOOD & WATER PROOF GYPSUM PLASTER.



UNNAT N ATHAVALE / BAKUL PATEL

9328962451,9173345797 / 9227929690
C/O. SHANTI INDUSTRIES
366/38,KAMAL PARK SOC.,
BHD. MATAWADI,
L.H. ROAD,
VARACHA,SURAT.
GUJARAT.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “MICROBIAL WORLD: RECENT INNOVATIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS” , November 22-25, KIIT

The Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) established in 1938 publishes a quarterly journal, “Indian Journal of Microbiology” for the last 45 years and holds a National convention annually at one of the well established centers of microbiology in the country. At present, there are more than 2500 life and annual members and about 400 corporate members of the Association. This conference is planned at KKIT, Bhubaneswar on the 53 annual AMI.


Contact: Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, Organizing Secretary, 53rd Annual AMI Conference &
Director, School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, msbiotek@yahoo.com

International conference on advances in biotechnology and patenting (ICABP -2013),February 18 –21, 2013 at Bharathidasan University

Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering along with School of Chemistry is jointly organizing this international conference. To read more: http://icabp2013.webnode.com/

Contact : Organizing Secretary (icabp-2013), Dr. S.Sivaramakrishnan, Assistant Professor

Department of Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, Tamil Nadu
India, Ph 09894269100

World Inventor Award Festival (WIAF) 2012 to be held on 15 DEC 2012 in Seoul, Korea

Established and directed by Korea Invention News, the award festival has put its focus on the importance of inventors behind intellectual property and innovative inventions for the advancement of worldwide industries and their national competitiveness. As well, discovering the valuable inventors who, in applying their technical, scientific and intellectual skills, have made major contributions as inventors to technological impact, economic growth and improvement in people’s daily life and society, giving the recognitions they deserve for their outstanding career of achievements and dedications with this year’s World Inventor Award Festival where the granted awards reflect their success and set sail as inventor exemplars, encouraging the future generation of inventors across the globe.

2012 AWARDS: 61 Inventor Orders of Merit to be presented in which each of them are singularly entitled from 16 different Merit Divisions & Foreign Special Awards at the WIAF 2012 award festival (ceremony) held on December 15 in Seoul, Korea.

Registration for Contest: FREE OF CHARGE (free document registration for entry in the competition!!)

Registration BY EMAIL : SUBMIT Registration Form to --> kinews@hanmail.net

Contact (English):

Moonsuk Chang

Director of International Co-operation

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