Aiming to bridge the gap between academia and industry, the Academia-Industry Training (AIT) India program helps researchers pursue an entrepreneurial journey by transforming their high-level applied research into market applications. This year’s edition with ten startups from each country takes place digitally in India and Switzerland.
AIT India has been one of the most successful initiatives by Swissnex in India, Venturelab and ZHAW (the Leading house for South Asia and Iran), enabling over 130 researchers from India and Switzerland to take the plunge into entrepreneurship. In its 8th edition, AIT has transitioned into the ‘digital mode’ as the pandemic uncertainties linger. The program features startups that are more technologically advanced and Edtech, Sustainability and Carbon Neutrality as new focus areas, in addition to conventional fields like Medtech.
The upcoming program – from 15 -18th November 2021 in India and the 6 - 9th December 2021 in Switzerland – offers startups a platform to learn, network and understand cultural and business contexts, international markets, foster new partnerships and collaborations and understand the market potential for their product. The bootcamp will help accelerate the Innovation-to-market journey and firm up go-to-market strategies for rapid internationalisation.
The Ten Swiss startups in the program are
Arka Banerjee, Project ContraRna | is revolutionising family planning and population management with a cutting-edge, non-hormonal and non-invasive contraceptive technology for men
Theodore Caby, Qaptis | tackles climate change in the transportation industry by capturing the CO2 at their source
Amitabh yadav, SyncMind | streamlines the interpretation process of neural signals by making custom integrated circuits to help brain-computer interfaces advance healthcare
Gregory Segala, Fluosphera | the University of Geneva spin-off uses the precision of fluorescent light to measure several biological processes in different cell types simultaneously.
Alexandre Porcello, Kylys | based in Geneva, Kylys aims to provide individuals and patients with highly effective and safe products based on hyaluronic acid. Applications include aesthetic and medical (dermal filers, reconstructive surgery, long-lasting viscosupplementation and cell or drug therapy vectors.
Mai Sirry Elbassiouny, Smart Squirrel |is a game app providing financial information in a fun and easy way to help users learn financial concepts and reveal their cognitive biases.
Fajer Mushtaq, Oxyle AG | uses its catalyst driven technology to improve water quality by eliminating the discharge of persistent and toxic pollutants at their source.
Lisa Waldovgel, Plastogaz | developed a process for transforming plastic waste into value-added products and energy and plastic material production.
Bettina Muller, NIMBLE | is developing an ultra-light suction device for improved skin characterisation
David Nusbaumer, e-Fishiency | Using Next-Generation Sequencing and the latest algorithms from evolutionary biology, the startup helps breeders to maximise fish offspring performance and avoid inbreeding.
(RAN)
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