FITT Newsletter - A4 - Ap-Ju24 - Final
FITT Newsletter - A4 - Ap-Ju24 - Final
Intellectual Property
R&D Projects & Incubation & Research &
& Technology
Partnerships Entrepreneurship Innovation Park
Transfers
Collaborative R&D | IP Analytics & Due Diligence | Infrastructure | Managed Facility for creating
Technology Development | IP Filings & Management | Lab/Office Space | a knowledge and innovation
Expert Consultancy IP Audits Specialized Equipment | ecosystem
Skill Development Programs | Technology Scouting | Access to IITD Labs Spaces for corporates in
Workshops & Conferences Match-making | Technical Mentoring | manufacturing, R&D, D&D,
Industry | Technology Transfers & Licensing Business Mentoring Process Engineering
Government | Academia | IP Awareness | Business & Market Connects | Auditorium | Meeting/
Multilateral Organizations | Techno-legal Support Investor Connects | Conference Rooms | Training
CSR Funding Networking | Funding Support Rooms | Service Apartments
Design and Development of Indigenous ELINT System Kirti Dhwaj Centre for Applied Research in
Electronics
Establish and operate Centre of Excellence for Learning (CoEL) in Government Brejesh Lall Electrical Engineering
Technical institutions in Odisha
To develop a comprehensive storm water drainage decision support system Kumar Neeraj Jha Civil Engineering
and early warning system for Patna Nagar Nigam
Design and development of light weight auxetic armours Kusum Meena Mechanical Engineering
Accelerating the acceptance of LC3 in structural applications Shashank Bishnoi Civil Engineering
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Inspection of Grossly Polluting Industry(GPIs) Vivek Kumar Centre For Rural Development
And Technology
Project ABHAY for Truck Driver vision, wellbeing and road safety Vivek Kumar Centre For Rural Development
And Technology
Developing Machine Learning Models for Air Quality Forecasting and decision Sri Harsha Kota Civil Engineering
support in non-attainment cities of India
A POC (Proof of Concept) of immersion cooling for a 2W EV battery pack, that Dibakar Rakshit Centre For Energy Studies
basically focuses on the Battery Thermal Management
Bio-energy projects in the state of Uttar Pradesh physical inspection and Virendra K. Vijay Centre For Rural Development
meeting And Technology
Development of repair methodology for structures affected by premature Shirole Deepanshu Civil Engineering
reinforcement corrosion
Performance of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces aided 6G communication Shankar Prakriya Electrical Engineering
systems
Design curriculum of Vocational Education in Digital Design and Development Jyoti Kumar Design
(D3)
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FITT facilitates the commercialization of valuable intellectual property through technology transfer and licensing agreements.
Notably, 2 technology licensing deals were signed during this period.
For training
and testing
maintenance web-based
traditional diagnosis while enhancing it with robust predictive
Real-time process
Corrective action/
personal platform
replacement
analytics. Embracing an edge-centric Internet of Things (IoT)
framework, it circumvents the cybersecurity risks and time
Edge-centric
constraints often tied to cloud computing, ensuring swift and Decisions
platform for Developed
to in-house
secure data transmission. operators
continuous model
monitoring
Date of Licensing: 1st April, 2024
Company: Weedy Software Pvt. Ltd.
A modulation method and receiver for achieving high data rates in high mobility scenarios.
Zak-OTFS operates predictably under the crystallization con- Discrete DD Information signal
dition, ensuring non-fading input/output relations when de- M-1 N-1
lay and Doppler periods exceed channel spreads. Filter taps Σ Σx [k′, l′] δ [k - k′] δ [l - l′]
k′ = 0 l′ = 0
are directly extracted from a single Zak-OTFS point pulsone xs,dd [k, l]
*σ +
waveform, facilitating reconstruction under finite duration x0, dd [k, l] xd,dd [k, l] xdd [k, l]
and bandwidth constraints. The system’s predictability en-
ables model-free operation. A spread pulsone with reduced Point data
Channel
PAPR (6 dB) is constructed using discrete spreading filters, pulsones Spread
pilot
transforming its self-ambiguity function to a rotated lattice Λ*. ydd [k, l]
pulsone
This integration of communication and sensing within an OTFS
frame enhances effective throughput without time-sharing Channel Subtraction of
delay-Doppler resources. sensing spread pulsone
yd,dd [k, l]
Date of Licensing: 23rd May, 2024
ĥeff [k, l]
Company: Cohere Technologies Inc. Data
Delaware Corporation, USA detection
Channel
estimate
Detected
Information
symbols
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Major Collaborations 4. ADITI-iDEX - FITT has been selected (SIDBI) to promote and accelerate
as a partner incubator for the ADITI innovation led MSMEs/start-ups in
1. FITT and NCIIPC (A unit of NTRO)
challenges of DIO. The ADITI scheme defence and related sectors select-
has collaborated to foster innova-
has been introduced to develop ad- ed and supported by IDEX under
tion and entrepreneurship in the
vanced defence technologies that re- various challenges. As a part of this
deep-tech domain.
quire a high amount of funding. The collaboration, SIDBI has provided
2. OIL Drift TECH program, a collab- selected startups will get a grant of up an initial seed fund of Rs. 5 crore.
oration between Oil India Limited to Rupees 25 Cr as a matching contri- This MoU lays the foundation for an
and FITT, has been launched to fos- bution to complete the research and institutional funding mechanism to
ter innovation and technology de- development of the project. encourage development and com-
velopment.
5. FITT signed an MoU with Small In- mercialization of new technologies
3. FITT signed an MoU with the Sher- dustries Development Bank of India and innovations.
e-Kashmir University of Agricultural
Sciences and Technology’s Innova-
tion and Entrepreneurship center.
The MoU will foster a fertile ground
for innovation and provide pro-
fessional growth opportunities for
faculty, researchers, and students
through joint programs, workshops
and training. FITT also organised a
half-day workshop on grant writing
and funding opportunities for start-
ups and innovators in the agricul-
ture sector. It also highlighted open
opportunities like BIRAC BIG and
Solve for Tomorrow.
Recent Highlights Panel Discussion on “Lab to Market: Bridging the gap for ef-
fective technology transfers”.
Delhi Innovation Summit (DIS)24
The Delhi Innovation Summit (DIS) 24 was an extraordi-
nary triumph, bringing together innovators, entrepreneurs,
investors, and thought leaders nationwide! The Summit
was inaugurated by Prof Rangan Banerjee, Director at the
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, followed by a keynote
address by Ms. Padmaja Ruparel, Co-Founder, Indian Angel
Network.
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BIG-BIRAC
FITT has invited applications from the
Biotechnology Ignition Grant Scheme
24th Call. Program is designed to offer
innovators financial support and men-
torship, enabling them to develop and
refine their technologies into products.
The successful applicants can receive a
funding grant of up to INR 50 lakh. Till
now FITT has been a BIG partner and
helped nurture and support these in-
novators. FITT promotes outreach pro-
gram for organizations, universities, and
Incubators.
NTRO
Cython 2024 - an initiative by NCIIPC
(A unit of NTRO), in collaboration with
FITT is a premier platform aimed at fos-
tering innovation and entrepreneurship
in the deep-tech domain. Cython 2024 :
6th April 2024: brought solutions across
domains like:
1.
Android Security: Development of
Android Security Framework based
on OWASP Mobile Top 10 2023 3. Authentication Security: Develop- tomated Web Pentesting & Vulnera-
Vulnerabilities, ment of Customisable browser ex- bility Discovery tool,
tension in Email & Web Login por-
2. Android Security: Development of 5. Fuzzing: Development of Depen-
tals,
tool for Android kernel Debugging dency Aware Linux Kernel based
enabling vulnerability analysis, 4.
Web Security: Development of Au- Fuzzer
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DIO - iDEX
FITT in collaboration with iDEX - DIO, or-
ganised an informative session address-
ing DISC XI challenges and ADITI 1.0.
The session began with the keynote ad-
dress of Rear Admiral Iqbal Singh Grew-
al, ACM (Mod), followed by a discussion
on ADITI 1.0 and DISC XI. Dayanand
Sharma (Program Director, DIO) dis-
cussed the support system for startups
to participate in the challenges.
The event held a technical outreach IIT Delhi to him, exploring further oppor- mar, VSM, Directorate General of Infor-
where officers from the Indian Navy tunities in the combat areas. mation Systems, Indian Army, on 18th
briefed about the problem statements He visited the Indian Army cell at IIT April 2024.
of DISC XI, and startups got the oppor- Delhi and discussed the academic part- During his visit, he interacted with the
tunity to discuss the core technicalities nerships and projects between IITD and
of the challenges and get crucial insights startups working in the areas of In-
the Indian Army. formation systems/Cyber security,
to take ahead for innovation.
The event opened the door for inno- DGIS Visit FITT IIT Delhi – FITT had an AIML and Communication systems hav-
vators to discuss their innovations and opportunity to host Lt General Rajiv Ku- ing possible applications for Indian Army.
explore further opportunities, and pave
a path towards success in the Indian De-
fence Ecosystem.
DGCE Visit to IIT Delhi- FITT had an op-
portunity to host Major General Harpal
Singh, VSM, Director General of Combat
Engineers, Indian Army, on 26th April
2024.
During his visit, he interacted with the
startups working in the different areas
having possible combat applications. The
showcase was followed by a technology
briefing session where academicians and
scholars presented research projects of
Samsung SFT
FITT has partnered with Samsung India
for the third edition of “Solve for To-
morrow”. Its a global program and runs
in 63 countries. The Samsung Solve For
Tomorrow is a national education & in-
novation competition using STEM & De-
sign Thinking.
It has two distinct tracks – School Track
and Youth Track. The overarching theme
for school track is - community and in-
clusion and youth track is environment
and sustainability. In order to maximise
ots impact, the program reaches out to
students/early stage startups /grass root
innovators with innovative ideas and solu-
tions to the challenges related to environ-
ment and sustainability. For the youth
track, over 15 in-person outreach events
were conducted across India. For the
school track, more than 20 roadshows, in-
cluding design thinking workshops, were
held to expand the program’s reach. Ad-
ditionally, online sessions were hosted to
connect with potential participants.
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Student Excursion
Exploratory visit by the students of Ma-
haraj Surajmal Institute. The students
were apprised about FITT’s offerings
and how it is helping in bridging the gap
between industry and academia.
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Event Brief
Delegation from Dominican A delegation led by Mr. José Ramón Holguín Brito, Deputy Minister of Monitoring and Government
Republic Coordination of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic. Deputy Minister Holguín visited the R&I Park
to explore the innovation ecosystem at IIT Delhi.
25th ATB meet 25th Army Technology Board (ATB) meet was conducted at R&I Park. The meeting was chaired by
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (CD&S) and 20 niche technology proposals were shortlisted.
NEDO-IITD Japanese Deep The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in collaboration with
Tech Collaboration IIT Delhi, held an interactive event where 5 Japanese startups made presentations for Indian students.
NEDO Director, General Takeshi Yoshida, shared his plans to partner with IIT Delhi`s students for
Japanese deep-tech startups. This collaboration aims to boost innovation and growth for both the
nations.
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Foundation for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship BotLab Dynamics Pvt Ltd