Call for Statements from Industry
Call for Statements from Industry
About TIH Foundation for IoT & IoE (TIH-IoT)
TIH Foundation for IoT & IoE (TIH-IoT) has been setup as a Section-8 company (not-for-profit) by IIT Bombay under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), being implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Technology Innovation Hub for IoT & IoE (TIH-IoT) at IIT Bombay is focusing on creating a self-sustaining innovation continuum by fostering translational research for technology & product development, building highly knowledgeable human resource and a vibrant start-up ecosystem, in the technology vertical of Internet of Things (IoT). The goal is to help India become a pioneer in technology led economic growth and prepare the country to be the world leader in the technology arena. One of the many programs in TIH-IoT is CHANAKYA (Comprehensive and Holistic Advancement of National Knowledge Yield and Analytics) fellowship.
CHANAKYA Fellowship Program
Comprehensive and Holistic Advancement of National Knowledge Yield and Analytics (CHANAKYA) is an initiative under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) with a focus on human resource development.
Engineering colleges/ Technical institutes in India are a huge pool of human resource in the form of students, but they are not sufficiently oriented towards reaching out to industry or solving problems that can benefit society. To overcome this gap and
produce graduates trained in CPS who can be problem-solvers or turn entrepreneurs. TIH-IoT has initiated CHANAKYA fellowship Program with a focus on human resources development in the emerging technology area of Internet of Things (IoT), whereby we invite applications from undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students to work on a project/problem statement including those from industry in the broad domain of the IoT. In the present call, project/problem statements are invited from industry for the TIH-IoT CHANAKYA Fellowship program 2023. For the selected projects/problem statements from the industry, TIH-IoT will later invite call for proposals from reputed institutes to work on them.
Collaboration with Industry for CHANAKYA Fellowship program
TIH-IoT looks forward to aligning CHANAKYA fellowship program to focus on projects that are important for solving real-world problems and challenges faced by Industry in the broad domain of IoT.
As a first step in that direction, we look forward to understanding the challenges faced by the industry in a broad domain of IoT, development of industry relevant use cases in the domain of IoT and facilitating innovative solutions for the same through our fellowship program. We would like the industry partners to share with us, the industry requirement/problem statement for which a project can be taken up by young and bright undergraduate and postgraduate students from reputed institutes and solutions generated, that are beneficial for the industry. Identified students will take up these challenging projects and will be supported by way of fellowship and contingency grant for the focused project execution.
As a first step in that direction, we look forward to understanding the challenges faced by the industry in a broad domain of IoT, development of industry relevant use cases in the domain of IoT and facilitating innovative solutions for the same through our fellowship program. We would like the industry partners to share with us, the industry requirement/problem statement for which a project can be taken up by young and bright undergraduate and postgraduate students from reputed institutes and solutions generated, that are beneficial for the industry. Identified students will take up these challenging projects and will be supported by way of fellowship and contingency grant for the focused project execution.
Role of Industry
- Share with TIH-IoT the problem statements relevant to the industry in the area of IoT.
- Participate in the evaluation process for selecting project proposals received for their specific problem statement(s).
- Provide mentors to the selected teams
- Provide lab facilities and testing field for pilot testing/ proto-type development, co-working spaces, as applicable.
- Possible Co-Support in funding for the fellowship (Team members can be either UG, PG or group of UG+PG students) as below.
| UG Fellowship | PG Fellowship |
|---|---|
| Duration: up to 10 months | Duration: up to 2 years |
| Monthly fellowship of INR 10,000/- per student | Monthly fellowship of INR 12,400/- per student |
| A maximum of INR 20,000/- per student towards consumables and contingency. | A maximum of INR 50,000/- per student per year, towards consumables and contingency. |
- Possible Collaboration for commercialisation of the solution/product of the selected projects under mutually agreed terms.
Way Forward?
- Please share 4-5 requirements/problem statements with a brief description of maximum 100 words, by 7th August 2023. The problem statement can consider deliverables to be given in a maximum of 10 months by a UG fellow and a maximum of 2 years by a PG fellow.
- Submission Deadline: We request for the Problem statements to be submitted before the stated deadline.
- Eligibility: Problem statements must come from legitimate companies or organizations within the stated industry sector. This will enable created solutions to have a significant potential for growth and breakthrough technology potential.
- Confidentiality: TIH-IoT and industry agree to hold in confidence all information/data designated as confidential, which is obtained/disclosed from either party or created during the performance and will not disclose the same to any other party without mutual written consent. The industry understands and agrees that the problem statement provided by them to TIH-IoT for dissemination and possible support will be made publicly available on TIH-IoT website and shall not be considered as confidential.
- Intellectual Property: Any intellectual property related aspects including commercialisation of the solution/product of the selected projects will be dealt with under mutually agreed terms, keeping in mind the nature of the Chanakya Fellowship program support.
- The Industry is expected to support the selected candidates/team in understanding the nuances of their industry, mentoring, understanding plant & machinery (if that is the problem area), facilitate visit to the plant for problem understanding/implementation at required stages of proto-typing and pilot stage as the case maybe for best outputs.
- Compliance: Each party agrees to perform its activities in compliance with all applicable statutes and regulations that are in force at that time.
- Due Diligence: The parties agree to maintain the highest ethical standards in all aspects of collaboration including but not limited to data collection/usage, storage, analysis, and maintaining confidentiality.
- Dispute Resolution: Any and all disagreements / differences / disputes arising hereunder shall be resolved amicably by the designated senior executives / officers of both Parties.
- The term of TIH-IoT CHANAKYA Chair Professor Program for Industry Personnel will be initially for 2 years, which may be extended further for one year subject to outcome and performance.
Contact
For any queries related to the application process please write to us at
chanakya-iot@tihiitb.org