UIL primarily focuses on to bridge the gap between Academia and Industry. It serves as the point of contact for national R&D organizations, Academia, Industry, and National/International funding agencies/organizations to foster stakeholder collaboration for joint industrial R&D initiatives, technology transfer and commercialization of Intellectual Property. In pursuance of so, the section extends maximum possible facilitation to IST faculty/researchers for industry-focused research, collaborative projects and acquiring hands-on technical experience.
Number of R&D projects have been initiated on account of licensing technologies to the Industry. While, several technologies transfer endeavors no. of projects were executed and completed with renowned engineering firms like, TeReSol, ABM SATUMA, U-Health International Hospital, Joyn, SoluNox, National/International R&D organizations and many other industrial partners. ORIC’s UIL has also established close linkages/MoUs with chamber of commerce(s) to bridge the gap with industrial partners for joint collaborations etc.