Academic Industry Joint Partnership A Partnership for Innovation

Academic – Industry Joint Partnership A Partnership for Innovation and Economic Growth July 02, 2004 Sukant K. Mohapatra, Ph. D skmohapatra@ieee. org

Agenda Three Corners of a Triangle – Industry, Academics, and Government. Industry – Academics: Need and Scope of Joint Partnership Industry – Collaboration, Benefits and Challenges Academics – Collaboration, Benefits and Challenges A Small Step Forward – A Thought from Orissa Perspective How NRO/OSA can Possibly Help 10/28/2021 Sukant K. Mohapatra 2

Three Corners of a Triangle Industry, Academics, and Government Industry Private Sector Public Sector Govt. Sector (e. g. , Defense) Industrial Research Labs Ex: Bell Labs, IBM Research, Sandia, RRL … Academics Institutes and Universities – Public and Private Government Enabler – Policy (e. g. : Intellectual Property Policy. . ) Seed Capital – Encouragement Ex: NSF, NIH, Faraday Partnership, OST-UK, CFI - Canada… 10/28/2021 Sukant K. Mohapatra 3

Industry-Academics Need and Scope of Partnership Today’s World – Why Partnership is Critical Innovation has driven economic growth and societal progress What is Innovation – Successful exploitation of new ideas High Quality and Value Goods for Consumer Sustained and Improved Growth for Business Technology and scientific understanding is changing our world faster than ever Science and Technology providing new Opportunities for Business to Compete Today’s expertise may be obsolete tomorrow Globalization and Cost competitiveness Areas and Scope of Partnership Collaborative Research and Technology Innovation Areas varies from IT – Telecom – Healthcare – Agriculture –Management. . § § 10/28/2021 Specific project and/or problem area Joint patent and marketing of a solution and/or innovation Knowledge Enterprise Zone – Incubators Joint research and publication Sukant K. Mohapatra 4

Industry-Academics Need and Scope of Partnership Training Leverage institutes as training center for a specific product/application (e. g. , Cicso certification program, Sun Java certification program. . ) on royalty/fee basis § Cost effectiveness and best use of teaching/training talent Industry staff training Academic faculty visit and student training Joint Exchange Program – Faculty and Industry Personnel Cross fertilization of ideas Bring solution/innovation to real-word problems Joint use of R&D Facility Cost effectiveness Potential Joint Product Development Computer Games ($17 Billion worldwide market - 2003) 10/28/2021 Sukant K. Mohapatra 5

Industry – Collaboration, Benefits and Challenges Collaborative Efforts Industry Partnered Grant – Fund, Equipment, Workshops. . Industry Partnered Salary Award – Investigator’s salary, Research chairs Industry Partnered Student Award – Fellowship, Assistantship Industry Personnel Training – at Academic Institute 3 rd Party Training Programs – Outsourced to Institutes Benefits Innovation Future and current workforce trained in industry specific products/applications Cost competitiveness Challenges Mindset – Engineer vs. Scientists Faith in un-guided process of academic research Willingness to get involved 10/28/2021 Sukant K. Mohapatra 6

Academic – Collaboration, Benefits and Challenges Collaborative Efforts Product innovation Focus on solving real-world problems and issues Personnel Training beyond Academic Interest Specific Product/Application Management Skills, Psychology (e. g. team work, stress relieve techniques. . ) Offer Training Programs for Industry Specific Application to General Public Benefits Financial Stability – Generate resources Faculty and students exposed to real-world problems Challenges Align themselves with industry priority – Time constraints Conflict of interest, commitment and intellectual property 10/28/2021 Sukant K. Mohapatra 7

A Small Step Forward – A Thought Orissa Perspectives The Imperative to Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast Start with areas where there are minimal risk and high degree of success Industry Personnel Training – based on focused need Training Center for Product/Application Training Build-up collaborative relationship and credibility Research projects from DST etc. – Relatively easy, built up confidence and credibility Collaborative research publication Big Picture How NROs/OSA Possibly can Helping to foster partnership ideas and awareness via different forums Conference on Information Technology (CIT) and Other Symposia § Industry exhibit part of the conference § Panel discussion/liaison for joint partnership While visiting academic institute and/or industry on various seminar talks share the idea and encourage people NRO Cell – Make support of Industry-Academic-Government Partnership as one of its charter 10/28/2021 Sukant K. Mohapatra 8

Thank you 10/28/2021 Sukant K. Mohapatra 9