Research, Innovation and Social Relevance

By Prof. R. K. Dixit | National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal

Learners enrolled: 328

Research and innovation play a crucial role in the development of new processes, products and services. Support systems and networking at the local, regional and national levels need to be encouraged and developed to undertake socially relevant researches, launching start-ups and enterprises. Commercialisation, technology transfer and protection of output of research such as new processes, prototype / product development is essential in today’s competitive and fast-changing environment of Globalisation and industrialization. Research and social innovation with a philanthropic approach need to be encouraged as a way to mitigate social problems, resulting in new or improved solutions, for the community at large.

Faculty of technical institutions need to play an active role in promoting research and innovation of social relevance to remain at the frontiers of development with a strong base of networking and fundraising. They need to be trained and updated in concepts and related dimensions of Research, Innovation, Creativity, Design Thinking, Process & Product development, Value Engineering, Intellectual Property Rights, Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, Technology-transfer, Social Innovation, Philanthropy, Commercialisation, Fundraising, Technology Forecasting and Scenario Planning so that they, in turn, can develop the culture of research, innovation and all these dimensions in students who are the torchbearers for tomorrow.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Teacher Education
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Continuing Education
Start Date :	29 Jan 2024
End Date :	30 Apr 2024
Enrollment Ends :	29 Feb 2024
Exam Date :	18 May 2024 IST
Exam Shift :	Shift-2

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Unit 1 : Creativity and Research

1. Creative mindset, thinking big and global thinking,

2. Design thinking: Principles, key steps, tackling “wicked” problems

3. Identification of problems for research - social relevance.

4. Process of research, qualitative and quantitative researches, Innovative research process.

5. Research project life cycle: issues, concerns and management.

6. Outcome of research: Publications, prototype, innovative solutions.

7. Impact of research on society, business and industry.

8. Collaborative research: hub and spoke model.

Unit 2 : Converting Researches to Innovation: Innovation Types and Models

1. Basic Concept of Innovation

2. Innovation Types and Model

3. Triple Helix Model of Innovation

Unit 3 : Product Development, IPR and its Commercialisation

1. New Product Design and Value Engineering

2. Prototype and New Product Development

3. Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)

4. Intellectual Property Rights and Protecting Research by patent and Copyrights

5. Filing Patent application

6.Technology transfer and Commercialisation of Intellectual Property

Unit 4: Support System to Develop Culture of Research and Innovation

1. Developing a Culture of research and Innovation

2. Undergraduate education and research, Leadership in research and development

3. Research opportunities in the Indian context, Indian funding agencies, Grant proposal writing

4. The Roles of Incubators, Accelerators, Co-working Spaces, Mentors, and Events in the support system to develop culture of research and innovation

Unit 5 : Philanthropy and Social Innovations

1. The increasing impact of global philanthropy, Societal impact.

2. Non-profit organizations- Nature and Characteristics,

3. Motivation for giving, Ethical concerns

4. Social Innovation & Related Business Concepts-Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR), Corporate Social Innovation(CSI), Inclusive Business Model

Unit 6 : Commercialisation of research and innovation

1. Challenges in innovation, Translating laboratory science to market/entrepreneurship opportunities.

2. Technology commercialisation process. Technology commercialisation policy initiatives, science and innovation policy

3. Planning for commercialisation, Market driven innovation, Potential Markets, Costs and Complementary assets to fit corporate goals.

4. Technology Transfer Avenues-Consultancy assignments, IPRs, Enterprise and

business creation at different levels (self-employed, micro, small, medium service or

manufacturing enterprises), Start-up, Spin-offs, Licensing.

Unit 7 : Fund raising – Research and Innovation

1. Basic principles and practices of fund raising

2. Sources of fund-raising, influencing factors, Start-up funding, pre angel, angel, series A, B, C, D, etc., Funding agencies

3. Planning, Capital campaigns, Annual giving and communications

Unit 8: Envisioning Innovation and Scenario Building

1. Introduction to Technology forecasting

2. Approaches to Technology Forecasting

3. Delphi Method

4. Scenario Planning or Building,

5. Scenario Planning Models

Instructor bio

Prof. R. K. Dixit

National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal

Prof. R.K.Dixit is currently working as Professor in the Department of Management Education at National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal. He is having 33 years of experience in training, education, research, industry, consultancy and extension activities. He has published more than 50 research papers. He has conducted more than 50 visits for accreditation of under-graduate and post graduate engineering programmes as well as diploma (engineering) programmes as a chairman and an expert-member. He has been consultant, the World Bank, The Govt. of Madagascar, National Project Implementation Unit and various state governments for technical education.

Contact details: rkdixit@nitttrbpl.ac.in, Mobile No.:9425163874

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