First programme of NCLTEC - a good response

Dear Friends,


On behalf of NCLTEC, I thank all the volunteers for making this programme a big success. We give our special thanks to our Director Dr. Sivaram, for his simplicity and generous attitude toward student led activities.
We also thank Prof. David Secher, for his wonderful motivating lecture and for his simplicity.

Mr. Elangovan Mani, invited the speaker Prof. David Secher, the Director Dr. Sivaram and Dr.Vidya S Gupta, PMB lab.

Dr. Sivaram welcomed the speaker Prof. Secher with flower bouquet and stressed the importance of entrepreneurship in an organisation. He was extremely happy with the progress and motivated us to plan more programmes.

Mr. Nagraj gave introduced the speaker and Mr. Rakesh Singh delivered vote of thanks.

This lecture is a joint outcome of NCLTEC and Innovation park  incharge Dr. Premnath’s motivation and inspiration.

We express our Sincere thanks to our entire research scientist team for their wonderful cooperation. I would like to address few volunteers, for their sincere contribution to this lecture.
Mr. Nishant Varshney and Ms. Sofia Banu – took care of the speaker Prof. Secher and accompanied him throughout the programme
Dr. Bhushan B Dholakia – took care of the Director Dr. Sivaram
Mr. Pradeep soni and Mr. Krishna Kulkarni – entire arrangements in lecture hall
Mr. Sarvesh Soni, Ms. Manasi Mishra – arrangement of tables, boards and refreshment
Ms. Rasika Bhagwat – photography

Lecture by Professor David Secher on 9th Jan 2008

NCLTEC Opening Seminar by Professor David Secher - Chief Executive of N8, UK

 

Professor David Secher will deliver a lecture on "Technology Transfer - some trends in the UK and USA" at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.

Professor David Secher has been involved in enterprise promotion for over 30 years. He has created environments that favour enterprise, specialising in the practical aspects of commercialising the results of academic research. He has done much to influence the culture shift towards commercialisation by UK universities.

During his tenure as Director of Research Services at Cambridge University (2000-2005), Professor Secher was responsible for over 100 new licences and 15 spin-out companies. In 2002 he founded Praxis, a not-for-profit organisation running a training programme on knowledge transfer for commercialisation staff in UK academic institutions. This self- sustaining programme has been so successful that it is now seen by Universities, Public Sector Research Establishments and the NHS as a key resource for training their business development staff.


Professor David Secher is the recipient of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion 2007, as announced in the London Gazette on Saturday, 21 April 2007. The award recognises Secher’s leadership role in advancing enterprise in the UK and improving the UK innovation and knowledge transfer sector. Most particularly, Secher has played in promoting a culture shift in enterprise and innovation amongst researchers and business managers. Professor Secher co-founded the UK’s pioneering research commercialisation (technology transfer) training programme Praxis, with Lita Nelsen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA) and was founding Chairman until 2006. The establishment of Praxis addressed a critical gap in the existing skill base and ensures that the UK has a trained workforce can maximise research and further business for the full benefit society and the economy.

Since 2002, approaching 1200 individuals have been trained through Praxis, and Praxis is now recognised as standard training for knowledge transfer staff. Through its training, Praxis fosters a network of best practice across sectors and with mobility within the employment market sees this best practice actively transferred amongst sectors as KT professionals move between industries.

Secher is also Chairman-elect of Unico, the UK’s research commercialisation organisation representing universities and other research institutions. Unico provides thought leadership on pressing issues in innovation and offers a range of services including national conferences, strategic fora, and the annual UK commercialisation survey. He is also a member of the AUTM (Association of University Technology Managers, USA) Membership Committee.

Professor Secher is Chief Executive Officer of N8, which represents the eight most research-intensive universities in the North of England. The N8 group provides leadership and coordination in university-based research in the North of England and will further the application of research to the economic benefit of the region.