The Innovation
Council of HMV celebrated the World Book and Copyright Day on a productive,
creative and an energetic note under the dynamism of Prinicipal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.)
Ajay Sareen and Dr. Anjana Bhatia, Incharge, IIC and IPR Cell. To begin with, the Student and faculty
members of IIC attended an informative talk streamed live on Youtube by MHRD
Innovation Council on the topic “From your PH.D/ Master’s Thesis to a Start Up.
The Resource Person was Dr. Anil Deshpande, Founder and CMD, Persistent
Systems, Session Chair was Prof. Anil Sahashrabuddhe, Chairman AICTE with Dr.
M.P. Poonia, Vice Chairman, AICTE, Prof. Rajiv Kumar, Member Secretary, AICTE
and Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief innovation Officer, MoE’s innovation Cell as
distinguished Guests of Honour. Dr. Anil
delivered a detailed talk on converting the idea of research into
entrepreneurship. He focused that business always starts from an idea and the
research ideas developed while pursuing doctoral or master degree can be
further extended practically into business by following a systematic process.
This also makes the research ideas and the purpose of writing dissertations
beneficial to the society in the real sense. He linked the idea development
with the process of Lean Manufacturing based on the concept of reduction of
waste. Similar is the process of putting ideas into practical shape by making
adequate and best possible use of available resources. The focus of education
is not sole academics but to promote creativity and generation of ideas among
youngsters. Addressing the Innovation team of the institution, Principal Dr.
Ajay Sareen reinforced the vision of United Nations Organization that books act
as a window to the world during COVID-19. Especially, now more than ever, at a
time when globally, educational institutions are closed for offline teaching
and students have more time to cultivate the habit of reading books. The power
of books can be leveraged to combat isolation, to reinforce ties between
relations and to expand their horizons, while stimulating their minds and
creativity. Dr. Anjana Bhatia informed that the goal of World Book and
Copyright Day is to promote reading, publishing and protecting intellectual
property around the world. IIC members Lt. Sonia Mahendru, Dr. Rakhi Mehta,
Mrs. Lovleen, Mrs. Navneeta, Mrs. Alka, Dr. Meenakshi Duggal Mehta, Mr. Ashish
Chadha, Mr. Vidhu Vohra, Mr. Rishabh Dhir, Mrs. Protima Mander, Dr. Simmi, Ms.
Harpreet and Dr. Jaspreet formed a part of the celebrations along with the
students.
