S. Vishnu Sharma
IIT Roorkee has turned centre of attraction when for a second year in a row it has been selected by CII for Industrial Innovation Awards. IIT Roorkee has been awarded the first position under the Most Innovative Research Institutions category.
The second and third positions have gone to IIT Madras and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS – Hyderabad).
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The awards were announced today at 27th DST-CII Technology Summit in the presence of Dr. Srivari Chandrashekhar and Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan.
Dr. Chandrashekhar is the secretary of Department of Science and Technology of Government of India. Krish Gopalakrishnan is the chairman of CII Industrial Innovation Awards.
Innovation ecosystem
The awards are based on both, the institute’s innovation ecosystem and actual innovations produced by the institute. The innovation ecosystem is defined by following parametres:
$ Institutional strategies and research depth.
$ Innovation portfolios (sponsored research, IPR generation, translational research).
$ Initiatives by the institution to promote and champion innovation.
$ Innovation Impact (industry-academia partnership, international collaboration, technology transfer, societal impact, etc)
Innovations
It is not only innovation ecosystem at IIT Roorkee, various other innovations have also contributed to IIT Roorkee being selected for this award.
The innovations at IIT Roorkee are given below:
$ Visco-elastic Energy Dissipating Link Elements for Earthquake resistant housing construction by Prof. Pankaj Agarwal, Dr. Amit Goyal, Dr. Nidhin and Mr. Naveen, all from the Department of Earthquake Engineering at IIT Roorkee.
$ Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide (N-rGO) for High-Performance Supercapacitor from Prof. Anil Kumar and Dr. Sahil Thareja from the Department of Chemistry of IIT Roorkee.
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$ Novel hybrid adsorbent for simultaneous removal of arsenic and fluoride from contaminated water by Professor Prasenjit Mondal, Dr. Vineet, Mr. Rahul, Mr. Hemant, Dr. Lokendra and Ms. Shubhi, all from the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Roorkee.
Compendium
The above-mentioned innovations of IIT Roorkee, along with the innovations of the other leading Innovative Organizations of 2021, will feature in a compendium launched by CII.
Dr. Srivari Chandrashekhar
He congratulated all winners and other participants for their innovation and urged everyone to continue nurturing their innovation framework to revolutionize our industries for an exciting future.
He further said that India is still is an agriculture country and 65% of total Indian population depend upon agriculture sector, hence we need to bring innovative solutions to uplift the sector for better life and health of the people.
He further added for innovations to be successful, industry has to handhold and nurture innovation so that innovations become translatable.
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Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan
He mentioned that innovation combined with entrepreneurship and a focus on research, innovation and entrepreneurship is the key to achieve our goal of $10 trillion economy.
IIT Roorkee director
Director of IIT Roorkee Professor Ajit K. Chaturvedi said they are delighted to be recognized by CII’s Industrial Innovation Award for two years in a row.
IIT Roorkee provides an ambience and ecosystem which inspires its students and faculty to focus on industrial innovation, in addition to academic research, said IIT Roorkee director.
The mindset of the Institute and the facilities available in the campus provide a smooth ride from ideation to creation. This award reinforces our belief that we are on the right path and we need to continue to nurture the best
practices we have in this space, IIT Roorkee director.
About IIT Roorkee
IIT Roorkee is an institute of national importance imparting higher education in engineering, sciences, management, architecture and planning, and humanities and social sciences. Since its establishment in 1847, the Institute has played a vital role in providing technical human resources and know-how to the country.
About CII Innovation Awards
CII Industrial Innovation Awards were instituted in 2014 to identify and celebrate innovative Indian enterprises across industry segments and sectors.
The awards provide an opportunity for enterprises to shine and be known nationally and internationally for their innovative products and services. The special category of research institutions under the CII Industrial Innovation
Awards 2021 acknowledges all those significant contributions of innovative solutions, which are crucial to practice innovation in a sustained manner and develop effective solutions for the industry, government and society at large. In the last seven consecutive years, these awards have established themselves as one of the country’s most coveted innovation awards.