One day workshop on “Transforming ideas to business: Case  studies of  Manipur innovators”

Program introduction:

Manipur, though small in size and population, has proved its prowess in sports by producing world class sports person year after year. We feel proud  our rich cultural heritage. However there is  one thing we never thought of – innnovation power house at the grassroot level. Manipur has one of the highest number of innovations in the registry of NIF. Recently, state innovation council was established to take grassrrot innovations to a higher level. It is also a matter of great concern that there are very few commercial success. With this view in mind, it’s important to dissect the underlying problems and understand the factors that drag our innovators behind. One of the best ways is to take up their innovations as a case study.

This unique program is designed cater the needs of innovators ; technical, financial and moral support, for scale up and commercial success.

Targets:

Govt authorities (eg. Sc and Tech)

Innovators

Media

Policy makers

NGOs / association working in the area of innovation

Management faculty and students

Tentative Date: Nov. 2012

Details will be webcasted soon.