Cluster Innovation Centre

The Cluster Innovation Centre (DU-CIC) is a Government of India funded center established under the aegis of the University of Delhi. It has been founded in 2011 and introduced Innovation as a credit based course for the first time in India.

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Delhi University-Cluster Innovation Centre (DU-CIC)
Latin: Universitas Delhi - botrum innovationis centrum
MottoEvolving Senses, Dissolving Boundaries[1]
TypePublic
Established2011[2]
FounderProf. Dinesh Singh
DirectorProf. Shobha Bagai
Academic staff
faculty of Cluster Innovation Centre
Undergraduates280
Postgraduates20
Location
Delhi
,
Delhi
,
India

28°35′3.65″N 77°9′46.62″E
CampusDelhi University, North Campus
AcronymDU-CIC
Websitecic.du.ac.in

Objectives

The University of Delhi has set up Cluster Innovation Centre (CIC) with the objective of fostering an ecosystem of innovation and connecting research with application for the benefit of society. The CIC aims to support application oriented research to solve real world problems by developing ideas into innovative applications that can be commercialized successfully. The CIC will focus on developing affordable innovations that reach a large number of people and at the same time are commercially viable to be sustainable and relevant.[3] The main objectives of the Cluster Innovation Centre are:

  • Encourage an environment of innovation in the system
  • Develop innovative degree programs.
  • Educate and sensitize students, teachers by launching schemes on innovation programmes in colleges
  • Select ideas with potential by conducting training/orientation programmes/modules on innovation and researches
  • Develop ideas into innovative applications
  • Facilitate collaborations and partnerships with industry, academia and other stakeholders
  • Commercialize innovations and take them to the end users
  • Develop meaningful linkage with various segments of society.

References
  1. "Home". ducic.ac.in.
  2. Thilak, Nandini (4 September 2011). "DU set to introduce B Tech in Innovation". Indian Express. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. Objective CIC DU
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