Research and Development is critical to fostering innovation, advancing scientific knowledge, and addressing societal challenges. Applied Research and Development (R&D) serves as the critical bridge between fundamental research and real-world technological applications. In an increasingly competitive global landscape, effective harnessing of applied R&D can lead to the development of breakthrough technologies, strengthen innovation ecosystems, and drive economic growth.
While significant investments are made in R&D, the challenge lies in translating these efforts into scalable and market-ready technologies. Innovation enablers must adopt robust business strategies to align R&D activities with needs, foster commercialization, and create measurable societal and economic impacts.
To address these challenges, the workshop aims to equip researchers with strategic tools and frameworks to strengthen commercialization, enhance linkages, and achieve long-term financial and operational sustainability.
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
(IICT), Hyderabad, established in 1944, is a constituent
laboratory of Council of Scientic and Industrial Research
(CSIR), New Delhi. With the expertise in chemistry and
chemical technology, the Institute provides solutions to
challenges faced by Industry, Government Departments
and Entrepreneurs through basic and applied research
and process development. The institute is internationally
recognized for the contributions to chemistry research
and is an ideal place for taking ideas to commercialization
through state of the art research and development. More
than 150 technologies developed by CSIR-IICT are now in commercial production. The Institute has
state of art facilities like National MolBank, HTS for
chemical library generation & screening, LC-MS,
NMR (upto 700 Mhz), Laser Raman, Ultrafast Laser
spectroscopy, Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy,
Automated synthesizer, XRD, SEM, TEM, AFM,
ESCA, etc.
(www.iict.res.in)
