An expert lecture and interactive session was conducted at Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhopal on the topic “Building a Culture of Innovation to IPR”.
It was organized by Faculty of Science, Rabindranath Tagore University. Prof. Parag Bhargava, Professor, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai, came as a Resource Person and he has delivered an inspiring lecture as well as conducted an interactive sessions.
The lecture was highly appreciated by the students, faculties, HoDs and Dean(s) of Rabindranath Tagore University, as well as teachers of Graphite School and students of International Public School, Bhopal.
Prof. Bhargava has completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science from University of Alabama, USA and his Postdoctoral Research from Center for Ceramics Research, Rutgers University, USA. Prof. Bhargava’s research is focused on ‘Powder Processing’, ‘Near Net Shape Forming of Advanced Ceramics’, ‘Gel casting’, ‘Rapid prototyping’, ‘Rheology of Suspensions’, ‘Indentation Cracking of Ceramics’ and ‘Ceramic composites’. Prof. Bhargava has number of international peer reviewed publications, patents and he has also transferred technology to various ceramic industries.
His lecture was comprised of the demand and importance of Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and technology transfer from academician to industries in India. He has shown some nice comparative analysis chart of Innovations and Trade Balance in several countries like USA, Germany, China, Japan and South Korea with India and justified the immediate requirement of ‘Innovations of Products and Processes’ from economic point of view in India.
His thought provoking lecture has motivated the audience and students of International Public School, who have attended the lectures, have interacted with Prof. Bhargava with lots of questions and also shared their ideas on ‘Innovation’. In this session, students and faculties got a glimpse of the latest insights into the emerging technologies and advancements on ‘Innovation’.
Sudeshna Ray, centre director of ‘Advanced Material Research Lab’, Rabindranath Tagore University, along with her research scholar Prachi Tadge was the convener of this event and along with Neetu Paliwal, Dean, Faculty of Science and Sangeeta Jauhari, Research Cell Coordinator, Ray and Tadge have organized this wonderful session which has helped the students to gain strong foothold into research and innovation. They also got an opportunity to visit IIT Mumbau labs and for the discussion with IIT Mumbai students and faculties to enrich their knowledge related to innovation, technology transfer and IPR.