Venture Center

Road Show: Knowledge session on iDEX Challenges-DISC 12 and ADITI 2.0

Venture Center is happy to announce Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX), DIO Roadshow 2024

Knowledge session on iDEX Challenges-DISC 12 and ADITI 2.0

Organized by

iDEX, DIO
Venture Center

When

Friday, 08 Nov 2024 | Time: 03:00 pm onwards

Where

Online via Zoom video conferencing

Who will benefit from the workshop

  • Startups
  • SMEs
  • Students
  • Individual innovators & researchers
  • Faculty and researchers of research & academic institutes
  • Technology providers

Potential Gains:

To Know More About

  • Recently launched challenges for Defence India Startup Challenges-DISC 12 and ADITI 2.0
  • DISC-12 (funding support up to 1.5Cr)-  DISC Challenges aim to support defence projects which require funding support upto Rs.1.5 Crore (https://idex.gov.in/disc-category/28)
  • ADITI 2.0 (funding upto 25 Cr)- Quantum of Grant up to 50% of product development budget (PDB) with maximum limit of Rs. 25 Crore, leading to a PDB around Rs. 50 Crore or beyond (https://www.idex.gov.in/disc-category/29)
  • Get practical insights from  iDEX winners on defence project execution
  • How to build a winning proposal for the iDEX challenges

Event Schedule

3.00pm to 3.05pm Welcome & Introduction to Venture Center
3.05pm to 3.45pm Keynote Address by iDEX official
3.45pm to 4.30pm Panel discussion -iDEX winners
4.30pm to 5.00pm QnA session


Profile of Panelists

Mr. Amit Borundiya

Amit is currently the CEO for Optrel India Private Limited which is declared as a iDEX-DIO DISC 7 Winner.  He is a technocrat with strong business acumen and leadership experience of 16+ years in technology research, engineering, commercialization, strategic planning, product life-cycle management, P&L management, program management in Europe, Asia, China and America geographies.His experience also includes establishing new business unit, products, and departments for MNC in India from scratch. Amit has Masters from Ohio University and B.Tech from NIT, Kurukshetra and have worked in Teradyne California, Bosch and Nasscom Center of Excellence in IoT&AI.

Captain Javed Hasan

Captain Javed Hasan (Retd.) has accomplishments of more than 25 years encompassing the field of Marine Operation, CBRNE defense, Project Management, Fire and life safety, Research & Development, International Defence Cooperation & Maritime Force Protection. He has innate expertise to build, motivate and lead cohesive teams to achieve synergistic success in challenging environment. He has been actively involved with Indigenization, Joint Ventures, System Integration, Research & Development, Project Management and Gap Analysis. He also has the background to provide critical inputs on Interaction with Industry, Defence PSUs, Shipyards, Defence Research & Development Organisation and Foreign OEMs toward undertaking Business Development, Capacity Assessment and Trials & Testing. He has had more than 2 decades of experience in the field of System Integration of Fire Safety for Naval Platforms &, Armoured Vehicles, CBRN Technologies and Explosive Safety. Captain Hasan is the founding director of Adisan Systems.

Mr. Harsh Pathak

Harsh, a lawyer by education and an inventor by profession, leads operations at Technotreon, a notable Intellectual Property Development Company in India. With a strong focus on innovation, Harsh has overseen the creation of over 104 in-house patents, helping to transform ideas into patents and patents into tangible products. Under the IDEX project, Technotreon is developing a pioneering device set to become the foundational technology for driverless train operations in India. With a mission to scale India’s intellectual property landscape, Harsh and the Technotreon team are pushing the boundaries of invention and advancing technological progress across sectors.

The event is FREE for participants. 

Registration:

Interested participants must fill out the registration form online at: https://forms.gle/xNDpK7AT8y9vydYm6
The Zoom link to attend the event will be sent a day prior to the event to the registered participants only.

For  queries

Contact : Ms.Gayathry S | gayathry.s@venturecenter.co.in | +91-8956226078
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