Road show on Chunauti 4.0 at IITM Research park, Conducted by STPI - Chennai
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About IITM Research park
India’s first university-based research park, IIT Madras Research was conceived by the visionary Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala. With his leadership, IITMRP epitomises what can be achieved by a confluence of bringing unlike minds together. Today, it has become a paradigm for innovation ecosystems across geographical boundaries. Courted by 5 individual towers interconnected by skywalks, IITMRP was designed by one of India’s leading architects. Spread across 11.42 acres, IITMRP provides over 1.2 million square feet of workspace with several formal, informal, theme-based meeting and networking lounges. Aptly named, the Industry-Academia Bridge links IITMRP to IIT Madras – a globally renowned Technology Institute.
With 16 Departments, over 600 Globally acclaimed Faculty, 3,500 Research Scholars, Hitech Laboratories, testing facilities, Innovation Centres and Students – who are among India’s best technology talent, IIT Madras is the bee-hive for academic excellence, research and innovation. Having incubated close to 200 startups with the nodal IITM incubator, IITMRP represents the commercially successful, scalable and innovative solutions it produces. It is is a vital extension of IIT Madras by driving creativity, innovation advancement and growth and entrepreneurship.
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President – IITMIC & IITMRP
Ashok Jhunjhunwala is Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras at Chennai, India. After his B.Tech from IITK, he got his MS and PhD from the University of Maine. From 1979 to 1981, he was with Washington State University as faculty. Since 1981, he has been teaching at IIT, Madras.
Dr. Jhunjhunwala is considered the pioneer in nurturing Industry -Academia interaction in India towards R&D, Innovation and Product Development. He conceived and built the first Research Park (IIT Madras Research Park) in India which houses over 100 R&D companies in its 1.2 million square feet built-up area. TIE conferred him the title of Dronacharya for his contributions to the cause of entrepreneurship, as he incubated and nurtured over 100 companies at IIT Madras. He heads the IITM Incubation Cell and Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI). He founded and had been leading the Telecommunications and Computer Networks group (TeNeT), which has worked closely with industry in the development of a number of products for Indian telecom, banking and power industries.
One of his key focus over the last two decades has been to drive telecom R&D. As a developer of the first Wireless in Local Loop (CorDECT WLL) product in India, he recognizes that in the absence of adequate wire-line infrastructure, India would need to deliver higher and higher bit rate per Hz of available spectrum, but with lower and lower power per bit. 4G and 5G wireless technologies are focused towards this. The R&D tasks in India are to contribute to new fundamental ideas and acquire enough IPR in the area and drive international standards. The first objective would be to get India as a net-royalty inflow nation. At the same time, there has to be a focus on driving telecom design and manufacturing in India, so that its net-imports in telecom goes to zero. Simultaneously, he has been working on using telecom and ICT to make a difference to lives of people in India, especially for its rural people. Using ICT to drive health-care, education, agriculture, livelihood and financial inclusion has been the focus of his work. He was the founder chairman of Mobile Payment Forum of India, which enabled mobile payments in India.
Director, STPI – Chennai
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