Background
Involvement of the industries is an essential part for the expansion of any activity. In many developing countries the benefits of university-industry collaboration are clearly visible. As an example, a study in Chile and Colombia showed that collaboration with universities substantially increased the propensity of firms to introduce new products and application for patent (Marotta et al., 2007). Collaboration may differ, it should be either formal or informal, from formal equity partnerships, contracts, research projects, patent licensing, and so on.
Key Activities
Organising Industry Meet
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Create a functional and effective interface among academia, industry, development and financial institutions through need assessment, industry-student-faculty directory, industry meet, job fair, etc.
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Assess industry needs, identify partners and areas of collaboration /partnership with involvement of students, faculty and industry players
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Create a comprehensive industry-student-faculty directory, update regularly and share among all stakeholders
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Organise regular industry meets and job/placement fairs, etc. to support industry need
Strengthen Industry-Academia Participation
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Participation of industries in academia through visiting lectureships, industry internships, sponsored research, consultancies and co-development of technologies
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Organise visiting lectureships and mentoring from experienced industry veterans
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Institute industry internships for students for hands on experience and increased employability
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Encourage industry sponsored research, consultancies and co-development of technologies between industry and institute
Agri-Business Incubation Unit
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Mentoring and hand holding of student start-ups to promote entrepreneurship among fisheries professionals
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Facilitating and supporting student start-ups with linkages with industry and financial institutions
INTERACTION MEET
Industry-Farmers Interaction Meet
Industry - Farmers interaction meet conducted at ICAR-CIFE Rohtak with participation of 200 farmers and 25 Industry personnel each on 08/12/2018 and 05/02/2020
Industry-Academia (Student/Staff) interaction
Industry interaction meet at ICAR-CIFE Mumbai with participation of 21 Industry personnel on 28/02/201 and 17 Industry personnel on 28/02/2020 ...
CAAST Faculty-Industry Interaction & Field Visit
Industry interaction- CAAST faculty attended the inauguration programme of ITC-FSAN (International Training Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) ...
Trainings and Lectures
Training & Research Programmes
Two consultancy training programs for students through the industry-consultants at ICAR-CIFE ...
Lectures from Industry Persons
Various lectures were organised at ICAR-CIFE on Certificates requirement in fish processing industry on 06/06/2019 ...
Student Start-up & Proposed Ideas
Two students trained under NAHEP project are under incubation and in initial phase of start-up ...
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An MoU was signed between ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai and TERI, New Delhi to promote environment and society oriented research, development and implementation of technologies.
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An MoU was signed between ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai and Non-Veg Mart for upscaling and commercialisation of technologies.
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An MoU was signed between ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai and Erfinden Technologies Pvt. Ltd for developing a proof of concept to identify fish based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT)
