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About the Summit
- Date: Fri 27 November 2026
- Venue: The Lalit, New Delhi
Speakers 2026
Mr Amit Gossain
Managing Director,
KONE Elevator India & South Asia
Mr Sunil Kant Munjal
Past President, CII,
Chairman, Hero Enterprise
Mr Indrajit Mookerjee
Vice Chairman & Executive Director,
Texmaco
Mr Shantanu Roy
CMD,
BEML
Mr Shashi Mohanty
CEO & MD,
Essar
Mr Datta Kuvalekar
Chief Operating Officer,
Forbes Marshall
Prof V. Ramgopal Rao
Group Vice-Chancellor,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science
Dr Sharath K Rao
Vice Chancellor,
MAHE Manipal
Ms SJ Jayashree
COO,
Standard Chartered Global Business Services
Mr Vipin Sondhi
Chairman – CII IAP Awards, Independent Director & Chairman NBQP,
Former MD & CEO Ashok Leyland & JCB India
Mr Aniket Gandhi
Head R&D, Innovation, Strategy & Operation,
Hindustan Unilever
Prof Deborah Sweeney
Provost,
Western Sydney University
Prof Kamal Kishore Pant
Director,
IIT Roorkee
Mr Natarajan Malupillai
Group CEO,
IITM Research Park
Prof Raviraja N. S.
Vice-Chancellor,
Chandigarh University
Mr Rakesh Swami
Group President - Corporate Affairs,
Godrej Industries Group
Mr Sumit Madan
Vice President, Head Formulation R&D Orals,
Sunpharma
Mr Srinivas Peddi
Sr. Director and Site Leader,
Becton Dickinson Technology Campus India
Mr Ajit Pai
Lead Strategy Partner, Government & Public Sector,
Ernst & Young LLP
Dr Avantika Tomar
Partner and L&D Head,
EY-Parthenon
Prof Manu Santhanam
Dean,
IIT Madras
Prof Vivek Kumar Malik
Dean, Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy,
IIT Roorkee
Prof Madhu Veeraraghavan
Pro Vice Chancellor,
MAHE Manipal and MAHE Bengaluru Campus
Prof S. Gurunarayanan
Director-in-Charge, Off Campus Programmes and Industry Engagement,
BITS Pilani
Mr Davinder Singh
Vice President, Strategy & Growth,
BML Munjal University
Dr Ranjan Banerjee
Vice Chancellor,
Nayanta University
University Venture Industry Network (UVIN) 2026
The University Venture Industry Network (UVIN) is CII's flagship platform to connect university innovation with industry demand and venture capital.
It will provide a structured mechanism for discovering commercialization-ready technologies and high-potential university startups—creating pathways for industry adoption, licensing, investment and strategic partnerships.
UVIN Innovation Pathway
As part of the inaugural edition, CII will recognize the inaugural cohort of:
- Commercialization-Ready University Technologies
- High-Potential University Startups
- Faculty Entrepreneurs
Unlike traditional startup showcases, UVIN is designed as a discovery platform connecting universities, industry and investors beyond the Summit.
University Startups
View DetailsCommercialisation-Ready R&D Products
View DetailsFaculty Entrepreneurships
View DetailsOur Partners
Chief Patrons
Prime Partners
Associate Partners
CO-Associate Partners
Institutional Partners
Event Partner
Exhibition Partners
What You Will Experience
A structured mix of strategic dialogue, technology discovery and curated connects across the innovation value chain.
Industry Leadership Forum
Strategic conversations among industry leaders, academic leadership and policymakers on private R&D investment, technology priorities and the future of industry–academia collaboration.
Technology & University Startup Exhibition
Discover emerging technologies, prototypes, intellectual property, university startups and commercially promising research from leading academic and research institutions.
University Venture Industry Network — UVIN
A curated platform connecting university innovation with investors, corporate venture teams, industry adopters and commercialization partners — showcasing high-potential startups, commercialization-ready R&D and faculty-led innovations.
Academic Leaders Roundtable
A high-level dialogue among Vice Chancellors, Directors and senior academic leaders on building entrepreneurial, industry-connected and innovation-led institutions.
Curated Industry–Academia Connects
Structured interactions to explore joint R&D, sponsored research, technology licensing, validation, startup engagement, talent development and other partnership opportunities.
CII Industry–Academia Partnership Awards 2026
Recognition and felicitation of industry and academic institutions demonstrating exemplary partnerships in R&D, innovation and talent development.
Strategic Objectives
What the Summit sets out to achieve for industry, investors and academia.
For Industry
Access Innovation Beyond Corporate R&D
Discover university technologies, specialized research capabilities, intellectual property, faculty expertise and high-potential startups relevant to future business priorities.
For Investors
Discover Innovation Before It Reaches Mainstream Visibility
Access a curated pipeline of research-led startups, faculty-founded ventures and emerging technologies from Indian universities and research institutions.
For Academia
Move Research Beyond the Laboratory
Present institutional capabilities before industry leaders, investors, technology experts and potential collaborators.
Why Participate
The value the Summit creates for industry, investors and academia alike.
For Industry
- Identify technologies for licensing and adoption.
- Explore joint and sponsored R&D.
- Engage universities around specific technology challenges.
- Find partners for testing, validation and prototyping.
- Access university startups and faculty-led ventures.
- Build talent and capability-development programmes.
- Participate in policy conversations on R&D and innovation.
For Investors
- Interact directly with university founders and faculty innovators.
- Evaluate early-stage, IP-led and DeepTech opportunities.
- Understand the science and research behind emerging ventures.
- Mentor startups on investment readiness and market positioning.
- Build relationships with university incubators and technology-transfer offices.
- Connect promising ventures with potential industry adopters.
For Academia
- Showcase technologies, intellectual property and market-ready research.
- Present university startups and faculty-led ventures.
- Identify industry partners for joint R&D and technology validation.
- Explore licensing and commercialization opportunities.
- Build sponsored-research relationships.
- Strengthen faculty entrepreneurship and incubation.
- Enhance visibility as an innovation-led institution.
Technology & Innovation Focus
The Summit will spotlight research, technologies and ventures across sectors critical to India's industrial competitiveness.
BioScience
Biotechnology, life sciences, biomanufacturing, diagnostics and research-led biological innovation.
HealthTech
Medical devices, digital health, healthcare technologies, diagnostics and clinical innovation.
DeepTech
Artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum technologies, robotics, advanced computing and other frontier technologies.
Mobility
Electric vehicles, autonomous systems, batteries, intelligent transportation and next-generation mobility.
Advanced Manufacturing
Automation, Industry 4.0, industrial AI, advanced materials, precision engineering and smart manufacturing.
Green Energy
Clean energy, energy storage, industrial decarbonization, climate technologies and sustainability solutions.
Who Should Participate
The Summit brings together leaders across the innovation value chain.
Industry
CXOs, CTOs, R&D Heads, Chief Innovation Officers, business leaders, strategy teams, corporate venture capital teams and industry–academia partnership leaders.
Academia and Research
Vice Chancellors, Directors, Deans, research leaders, faculty innovators, technology-transfer offices, incubation leaders and scientists.
Investment Community
Venture capital funds, corporate venture capital, angel networks, family offices, institutional investors and DeepTech investors.
Government and Innovation Ecosystem
Policymakers, funding agencies, technology missions, incubators, accelerators and industry associations.
International Partners
Global universities, research institutions, corporations, innovation agencies, technology-transfer organizations, investors and accelerators.
Past Speakers 2025
Chief Guest
Jitendra Singh
Hon’ble Minister of Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; Prime Minister’s office; Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions; Atomic Energy; Space Government of India
Speakers
Ajay Kumar Sood
Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India
Shivkumar Kalyanraman
CEO, Anusandhan National Research Foundation
Jitendra Kumar
MD, BIRAC, Dept. of Biotechnology, GoI
T. G. Sitharam
Chairman, AICTE New Delhi
Bhuvnesh Pratap Singh
Deputy Secretary, DPIIT
Chandrajit Banerjee
Director General, CII
Amit Gossain
MD, KONE Elevator India & South Asia
Datta Kuvalekar
COO, Forbes Marshall
V. Ramgopal Rao
Group Vice-Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Aniket Gandhi
Head R&D, Innovation, Strategy & Operations, HUL
Subi Chaturvedi
Global SVP, Chief Corporate Affairs & Public Policy, InMobi
Dilip Singh Gaur
Chairman – ABSTC; Director – Novel Jewels
Vipin Sondhi
Chairman – CII IAP Awards; Former MD & CEO, Ashok Leyland
Rohit Bansal
Group Leader, Reliance Industries
Shireesh B. Kedare
Director, IIT Bombay
Rangan Banerjee
Director, IIT Delhi
Basuthkar Jagadeeshwar Rao
Vice-Chancellor, University of Hyderabad
Raviraja N. S.
Vice-Chancellor, Chandigarh University
A. Seshadri Sekhar
Director, IIT Palakkad
Swati Ganeti
MD, Masters' Union
Saurabh Shresth
Director Biology, Personal Care S&T, Unilever R&D
Srinivas Peddi
Sr. Director, Becton Dickinson Technology Campus India
Jitendra Sharma
MD & Founder CEO, AP MedTech Zone (AMTZ)
Ritu Garg
Chief Growth & Innovation Officer, Fortis Healthcare
Sanjeev Sachdeva
Global Head – Advisory & BPS Life Sciences, TCS
Avantika Tomar
Partner & L&D Head, EY-Parthenon
Balan Gurumoorthy
Director FSID & Faculty, Mechanical Engg, IISc
P Rajalakshmi
Director TiHAN, IIT Hyderabad
Manesh Thomas
CEO, Manipal–Govt of Karnataka Bioincubator
Reema Mittal
COO, TechnoPark IIT Kanpur
Shipra Chowdhary
Senior Director, Government Affairs, SAP India
Sundararaman G
Chief Scientist & Head, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering
Sangeeth Sudhakar Nambiar
Director, Innovation & Research, Bosch BGSW
Saharsh Sharma
VP Investments, Chiratae Ventures
Maheshwer Peri
Founder & Chairman, CAREERS 360
Mohan Krishnamoorthy
Director IRIS, BITS Pilani
Shipra Sharma
CSR Leader, IBM India & South Asia
Avnish Sabharwal
MD, Accenture
Kaushalkumar A. Desai
Dept. of Mechanical Engg, IIT Jodhpur
A Proven National Platform
The 2025 edition brought together:
Senior representatives from government, industry, academia, research institutions and the investment ecosystem came together for the 2025 edition. The 2026 edition builds on this foundation with a stronger emphasis on research commercialization, university entrepreneurship, technology discovery and outcome-oriented partnerships.
Ways to Participate
1. Participate as a Delegate
Register online to attend the Summit and engage with senior representatives from industry, academia, government, research institutions, startups and the investment community.
Delegate registration provides access to:
- Summit sessions and leadership discussions
- Technology and University Startup Exhibition
- University startups and faculty-led ventures
- Networking opportunities with industry and academic leaders
- CII Industry–Academia Partnership Awards 2026
- Networking breakfast, lunch and evening high tea
Please note: On-the-spot registration will not be available. Seats are limited, so please register online early.
2. Partner as a Sponsor
Organizations can associate with the Summit as sponsors and gain opportunities extending beyond just one day event participation. Depending on the selected sponsorship category, benefits may include:
- Speaking and thought-leadership opportunities
- Priority access to university startups and faculty innovators
- Curated industry–academia and technology connects
- Innovation and technology showcase opportunities
- Brand visibility across the Summit ecosystem
- Engagement with policymakers, investors and academic leaders
- Opportunities for technology scouting and partnership development
- Complimentary delegate passes
The number of complimentary passes and other benefits will be directed by the applicable sponsorship matrix.
Glimpse
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