Innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship : case studies from IIT Kanpur

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Khandekar, Sameer
• Phani, B.V.
• Chandra, Amalendu

Publisher

Singapore: Springer Nature, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9789811033339

Series

IITK directions 1

Subject(s)

• ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS

Notes

. . Index: p. 71

Abstract

This book focuses on promoting entrepreneurial ecosystems within universities and educational institutes. It especially emphasizes the thriving systems and practices existing within the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK). It discusses cases and successes of the SIDBI Incubation and Innovation Centre in the Institute. This edited volume highlights the vision of IITK and describes a few of the major achievements of the past few years. It especially showcases the requirements and challenges of creating, sustaining, and boosting such entrepreneurial ecosystems and incubation centres. The contents of this book will be useful to researchers, administrators, and corporate collaborators working in the area of monetizing technology coming from educational institutions by converting it to successful products and business ideas.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xvi, 71 p.

Dimension

29 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

• Bridging the Technology Gap: Linking IITs with ITIs (Srivastava, S. C.)
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem at IIT Kanpur: A Journey of Serendipity (Khandekar, Sameer (et al.))
• Laboratory to Market: A Case Study (Gupta, Tarun)
• Manning the Unmanned—The Aarav Story (Singh, Vipul)
• The 4 I’s of Innovation (Kumar, Sanjay (et al.))
• The Game Changers—Seekers to Creators (Patel, Snehil (et al.))
• The Role of Experimentation in Fostering Innovation (Bhattacharya, Bishakh)
• Withering to Weathering—A Farmers’ Friend (Agrawal, Sonu)
• Winds of Change (Singh, Rita)

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