Management of Partnerships Assoc Prof Santhi Kumaran Center

Management of Partnerships Assoc. Prof. Santhi Kumaran Center Leader, ACEIo. T UR-College of Science and Technology Email: aceiot. cst@ur. ac. rw/ santhikr@yahoo. com 1

Outline 1. Introduction 2. Key highlights on Partnerships 3. ACEIo. T Partnerships 4. A Sample : Partnership activities with an Industry Partner 2

INTRODUCTION A good indicator of economic success could be how small or wide the development gap is between an Innovative research finding and the translation of such finding into new products and industrial processes. • HIGHER EDUCATION • COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH (DLR#2. 4) Ø University Partnerships Ø Industry Partnerships “Science invents, Industry adapts and Society conforms” 3

Key highlights on Partnerships under ACEs Research Agenda in line with the National and Regional Priorities Research Agenda interface with academics, staff and students development • University Partnerships Ø Who have the capacity Ø Who need the capacity • • • Joint delivery of some of the activities of the ACE Joint proposals to build the infrastructure both at host and regional partners Partnership should benefit both parties in clearly defined terms • Industry Partnerships Ø Technology Awareness Ø Technology Transfer Ø Job Creation CHALLENGE: Laws and policies on transfer of research from University to Industry (IPs, Patents…) 4

ACEIo. T Partnerships University Partners State University of Zanzibar (SUZA), Zanzibar University of Malawi (UNIMA), Malawi Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Rwanda Campus University of Melbourne, Australia Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India Maastricht University, Netherlands (through PASET) Research Institutes East Africa Institute for Fundamental Research (EAIFR), Rwanda Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technologies (CETIC), Belgium International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy National Industrial Research and Development Agency (NIRDA), Rwanda Industry Partners Inmarsat, South Africa XM 2, Australia He. He Labs Limited, Rwanda ICT Chamber, Private Sector Federation (PSF), Rwanda National Policy Makers National Commission for Science and Technology, Rwanda Utility and Regulatory Agency (RURA), Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Rwanda 5

A Sample : Partnership activities with an Industry Partner INMARSAT § § Io. T Brainstorming, Use Case Mapping, Accelerating Prototyping –input into academic research topics. Creating opportunity for students to participate in Real World Experimentation through projects in collaboration with Inmarsat and it’s ecosystem of partners and customers. Potential for internships within the ecosystem. Benefits to ACEIo. T & Inmarsat: Ø Strengthen the link between academic domain, industry and the client domain and enabling technologies. Ø Involvement of vendors, partners and students early in the experimental phase. Ø Inmarsat - Better Return of investment in the long term ü Recording the experiences for both academic and for further business analysis ü Increasing sector domain expertise across the studies ü Generating the right souvenirs on the journey as inputs to product and business development Inmarsat to participate with ACEIo. T in establishing some Io. T infrastructure at the University and around Kigali or other sites to be used in potential research, specifically Lo. Ra. WAN so students can utilize as a basis for research. 6

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