JNTU Hyderabad to Launch Hub for Research Activities
- JNTU Hyderabad to launch a new research and development initiative known as ‘J-Hub’ for wider innovation on the campus.
- The initiative will be implemented in 2 levels with its partner colleges setting up local i-cells, working closely with J-Hub.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTU-H) is all set to launch a new research and development initiative for wider innovation on campus known as ‘J-Hub’.
Launching this academic year, the initiative intends to create a better environment for graduating engineers across colleges inspiring them towards tech product development, knowledge-based innovation, and entrepreneurship.
The institute has formed an industry advisory council comprising members from start-ups, product initiative leaders, industry and R&D centers. On Thursday, the council suggested the ‘hub-and-spoke’ model with innovation cells established in its partner colleges working closely with a central R&D and innovation cell i.e. JNTUH hub on the University campus.
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Vice-Chancellor of JNTU-H, Professor A. Venugopal Reddy on this occasion said that the initiative will be executed in two levels where institutes shall set up local i-cells for innovation seeding and creating great enthusiasm around innovation.
He explained that the university will enable these activities through its industry partners and the established i-cells will grow into incubation/ innovation units at the college level through the workshops which will be held regularly on hackathons, design thinking, ideation and innovation showcases. He further informed about the university’s role and said that the varsity will create a wide framework to link its colleges with tech product leaders, industry, and product-based startups and provide incubation and innovation support in a pyramid kind of structure.
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Reddy added that the tech prototypes from the colleges will concentrate more on the training which will be given for about six months for quicker startup progress in the university. This year, so far 30 colleges have made their mind to begin i-cells and more than ten colleges are ready to showcase innovative products. Starting this July, ten of these products will go through training in the university accelerator.