NH4, Pune – Bangalore Highway, Agashivnagar, Malkapur, Maharashtra 415539

Objectives

  1. Promoting innovation: A CRIC’s primary objective is to promote innovation by supporting research and development activities, encouraging the exploration of new ideas, and fostering a culture of creativity and problem-solving.
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  3. Enhancing collaboration: A CRIC can serve as a hub for bringing together researchers, industry partners, and other stakeholders to facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing. By creating an environment that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration, a CRIC can help foster the development of new ideas and technologies.
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  5. Commercializing research outcomes: A key objective of a CRIC is to support the commercialization of research outcomes by providing the necessary resources and expertise to help researchers and innovators bring their ideas to market. This can involve developing business plans, securing funding, and identifying potential commercialization partners.
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  7. Supporting economic development: By promoting innovation and commercialization, a CRIC can contribute to economic development by creating new job opportunities, attracting investment, and fostering the growth of new industries.
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Addressing societal challenges: A CRIC may also have objectives related to addressing societal challenges, such as improving healthcare, reducing environmental impact, or enhancing social welfare. By supporting research and innovation in areas of societal importance, a CRIC can help drive positive change and make a meaningful impact on the world. (SOP)

Specific activities and services shall offer by a CRIC:

The Centre for Research Innovation and Commercialization (CRIC) is a facility that shall provide a range of services in terms of resources and expertise to support the research, development, and commercialization of new products, technologies, and services. The specific work undertaken at a CRIC includes but is not limited to :-

  1. Training and Mentoring Programs: Offering training and mentoring programs to help researchers and innovators develop their skills and knowledge about translational research and product development.
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  3. Research Facilitation: Providing access to state-of-the-art equipment and facilities to support research and development activities.
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  5. Research and Development (R&D) activities: CRIC often conducts R&D activities to support the development of new technologies, products, or services. Facilitating collaboration between researchers, industry partners, and other stakeholders to foster innovation. This involves a range of activities such as ideation, conceptualization, designing experiments, conducting data analysis, developing prototypes, testing and validation, regulatory approvals etc.
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  7. Technology Transfer: CRIC may work to transfer new technologies or innovations from academic research into the commercial sector. This can involve identifying promising technologies, supporting patenting and licensing activities, and building partnerships with the industry.
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  9. Entrepreneurial Support: CRIC shall provide support to entrepreneurs and startups through SPPU-Research Park Foundation and JBIIC. This can include mentoring, training, access to funding, and assistance with business planning.
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  11. Industry Partnerships: CRIC may build partnerships with the industry to develop new products or services. This can involve collaborating with companies to develop prototypes, conducting market research, and providing technical support.
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  13. Commercialization Support: CRIC may provide support to researchers and innovators to help them bring their ideas to market. This can include assistance with regulatory compliance, marketing and sales support, and access to funding.