Cambridge and India

Bangalore-Cambridge Innovation Network
SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, 13 September 2012

12:00-13:00
Registration and Lunch

13:00-13:05
Welcome

Dr Parameshwar Iyer (Principal Research Scientist, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

13:05-14:05
Opening addresses

Mr. M.N. Vidyashankar (Principal Secretary, Department of Commerce and Industries, Government of Karnataka)
Mr Ian Felton (British Deputy High Commissioner, Bangalore)
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz (Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge)
Professor Padmanabhan Balaram (Director, IISc, Bangalore)
Dr Shai Vyakarnam (Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge)

14:05-14:15
Launch of Bangalore-Cambridge Innovation Network

14:15-15:30
Plenary presentations

14:15-14:30 Jugaad innovation: A frugal, flexible and inclusive way to grow
Professor Jaideep Prabhu (Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise, and Director of the Centre for India & Global Business, University of Cambridge)

14:30-14:45 An example of frugal innovation: Cardiac surgery in Bangalore
Dr Devi Prasad Shetty (cardiac surgeon and founder, Narayana Hrudayalaya) - to be confirmed

14:45-15:00 An example of IISc Innovation
Professor G K Ananthasuresh (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IISc)

15:00-15:15 What SMEs are doing for cleantech
Dr Ashok Das (Founder CEO, SunMoksha; and Chair, CleanTech Special Interest Group, TiE, Bangalore)

15:15-15:30 Translational medical research: Forging frameworks and models
Professor Ashok Venkitaraman (Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research, University of Cambridge, Director of the Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit, and Jubilee Professor of the Indian Academy of Sciences)
Professor Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan (Director, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore)

15:30-16:15
Tea break

16:15-17:30
Working groups (to develop Bangalore-Cambridge Innovation Network)

Frugal innovation
Co-chairs:
Professor S. Rajagopalan (International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore)
Professor Jaideep Prabhu (Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise, and Director of the CIGB, University of Cambridge)

Cleantech
Co-chairs:
Professor J. Srinivasan (Chairperson, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Dr Ashok Das (Founder CEO, SunMoksha; and Chair, CleanTech Special Interest Group, TiE, Bangalore)
Mr Martin Garratt (Chief Executive, Cambridge Cleantech)

Life science
Co-chairs:
Professor Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan (Director, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore)
Dr Taslimarif Saiyed (Director and COO, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms, NCBS, Bangalore)
Professor Ashok Venkitaraman (Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research, University of Cambridge, Director of the Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit, and Jubilee Professor of the Indian Academy of Sciences)

Entrepreneurship
Co-chairs:
Professor K. Kumar (Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore)
Dr Shai Vyakarnam (Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge)

Commercialisation and Intellectual Property
Co-chairs:
Dr Tony Raven (CEO, Cambridge Enterprise)
Professor Jayant M. Modak (Chief Executive, Society for Innovation and Development, Indian Institute of Science)

Corporate innovation
Co-chairs:
Professor Christoph Loch (Director, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge)
Professor M.H. Bala Subrahmanya (Chairman, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

17:30-18:00
Reports/actions from working groups and closing remarks

18:00-19:00
Reception and informal networking