Chitkara University TEC organized an industry-academia meet to commercialize academic projects & technologies on November 24–25, 2023, at Chitkara University, Punjab. The session featured a review of 31 academic projects by industry experts, technology commercialization experts, and startup experts in order to take academic projects to the next levels of technology and market readiness.

On Day 1, a total of 16 academic projects & technologies, presented their progress to the panellists. The jury was comprised of experts from industry: Mr. H.S. Lamba (President, Patiala Industry Association) and Mr. J.S. Sandhu (President, Patiala Chamber of Industries), tech-commercialization expert – Mr. Sanjay Bhatnagar, start-up incubation experts – Dr. Neeraj Kumar (CIIF) and a representative from CEED.

On Day 2, 15 presentations by the innovators were presented to the jury. The jury was comprised of industry experts: Mr. Rama Kant – Director, EPIC, Ambala; Mr. Harpreet Singh – Director, Eon Infotech Ltd., Mohali; and Mr. Sanjay Bhatnagar – Head, Tech Commercialization, Chitkara University, Punjab. The objective of this meet was not only to review the progress of the ongoing academic projects & technologies, but also to explore ways of scaling up these projects either through commercialization or start-up creation routes.