Reinventing India through Science, Technology and Innovation

 The idea of science, technology and innovation need to be seamlessly integrated is gathering momentum in India due to its emergence as a global innovation hub. This is also supported by the proposed 2013 Indian Science, Technology & Innovation Policy and declaring the decade 2010-20 as the Indian Decade of Innovation. India was not famous for innovation until recently. There used to be a joke that around 500 AD, India invented the number zero—and that was how many innovations Indians developed thereafter. No longer can anyone say that. Smart Indian organizations have come up with new technologies based on science. With large skills base and human talent, India is emerging as a global innovation hub with its ability to produce world-class products and services. Integration of science, technology and innovation would make India more competitive and lead to accelerated inclusive growth improving social well-being. This talk provides several examples of global and Indian academic institutions and researchers who have been able to successfully integrate science, technology and innovations in their work. I will present new ideas that are emerging on the cost-conscious frugal science.

About Dr. Aravind D. Chinchure :

Aravind Chinchure has a Ph. D. in Physics with 18 years of experience in R & D, intellectual property, innovation, investment, business strategy, policy and teaching. He has worked on diverse technology areas in the field of materials, chemistry, physics, electronics, renewable energy and information technology. Currently, he is working as “Asst. Vice President – Innovations” at Reliance Innovation Leadership Centre (RILC), Pune. RILC supports the Reliance Innovation Council (RIC) whose members include Nobel laureates, global thought leaders and management gurus. Prior to joining RILC, he has worked at Honeywell Technology Solutions, Bangalore, General Electric (GE) Global Research Centre, Bangalore, Kammerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, Netherlands, and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.

Aravind was a visiting research student/scientist at the University of Oxford, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Southampton University, UK, Institute of Applied Physics (IAPD), Dresden, Max-Plank Institute, Stuttgart & Dresden, Germany, and Paul Scherer Institute (PSI) Zurich. He is recipient of international fellowships from European Union, Dutch Academy of Sciences, Max-Plank Institute, TIFR and Department of Science & Technology (India). He has authored 28 research articles published in international journals in the area of condensed matter physics and has filed 4 patents as lead and co-inventor in different geographies including US, Europe, Japan in the area of fuel cells.

Aravind is a (i) Fellow of Society for Technology Management, (ii) Co-Chair of IP Strategy group on Innovation and Technology Development constituted by Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), (iii) member of the Sectoral Innovation Council of Ministry of Trade and Commerce, Government of India, (iv) member of Confederation of Indian Industries’ (CII) Innovation Council (v) member of CII’s National Committee on Intellectual Property, (vi) member of CII’s National Committee on Entrepreneurship, (vii) member of advisory council of the Institute of International Trade (IITrade), Kolkata, (viii) executive member of the TIFR Alumni Association, (ix) member of advisory council of Gujarat Innovation Society, (x) jury member for several national level innovation and business competition awards, (xi) Visiting Faculty at the Deshpande Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Hubli, and Symbiosis Law School, Pune, and (xii) mentor to several entrepreneurs and start-ups in India and USA.

Recently, Aravind has received Innovation Excellence Award from Indira International for his contribution in spreading aware on innovation across India. He is a regular speaker at various events in India and abroad on the topic related to innovation, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, and R&D.