Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi
Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi
Hon'ble Union Minister for MSME
Ms. Shobha Karandlaje
Ms. Shobha Karandlaje Ms. Shobha Karandlaje
Hon'ble Minister of State, MSME
Advanced MDP  on  Innovation, Incubation &  Intellectual Property Rights.
Advanced Management Development Programs

Advanced MDP on Innovation, Incubation & Intellectual Property Rights.

An Advanced Management Development Program (AMDP) on “Innovation, Incubation and Intellectual Property Rights” sponsored under ESDP scheme of Ministry of MSME, is being organized by School of Enterprise Management, National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ni-msme) (An organization of Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India & ISO 9001:2015 Certified), Hyderabad in association with CSIR-IMMT (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India), Bhubaneswar from March 13 -18, 2023 at Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Hall of the Institute at Bhubaneswar.

The major objective of this residential intensive training program is to train and nurture the participants on various aspects of Innovation, Incubation and IPR and to make them ready for the entry to entrepreneurial and allied sectors. This program is attended with about 60 participants including Entrepreneurs, Startups, aspiring technologists from various R&D Institutes and Universities from different parts of the country such as Assam, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nādu, West Bengal and Odisha. The program includes theory and practical sessions, interactions, demonstrations, lab visit and a filed / industrial visit spanning over six full days, wherein the participants get a very insightful knowledge on the practical aspects of Innovation, Incubation and Intellectual Property Rights.

The Inaugural function is held on March 13, 2023 at 9:30AM and Dr Glory Swarupa, Director General, National Institute for MSME (ni-msme), Hyderabad as the Chief Guest addressing the program and delivering the inaugural speech. Dr G Narahari Sastry, Director, CSIR-IMMT has given the opening remarks and Smt. V Swapna, Associate Faculty (ni-msme) & Programme Director addressed the participants briefing about ni-msme activities. Dr A K Sahu, Chief Scientist, Dr Y S Chaudhary, Senior principal Scientist, Dr D S Rao and Dr T Pavan Kumar, Senior Scientist and Convener of this workshop were among the other who played key role in fruitful conduct of the program. Inaugural event was being graced by about 200 invitees including the program participants.

In the valedictory, Prof Supriya Pattnayak, Vice Chancellor, Centurion University was the Chief Guest and delivered the valedictory address. The event was attended by about 100 audiences including the program participants. Interaction and feedback from the participants were taken before the start of formal function. Mr. Muthyala Sarath, Associate Faculty Member, NIMSME, Dr D S Rao, Head- HRD, CSIR-IMMT, and Dr T Pavan Kumar, CSIR-IMMT were the dignitaries on the dais and Dr Pavan Kumar summarized the entire event briefly followed by the address of two dignitaries on the dais and then the program concluded with presentation of the certificates to all the participants and group photograph.
All the participants expressed a great satisfaction for the arrangements and overall conduct of the program.