A Team comprising Mr Viswas Goel, Mr Prasit Dutta, and Prof. Sagar Mitra won the AIT award 2017 of prize money worth INR 10 lakhs for “Ultra safe Lithium ion batteries” project. The finals of the competition was held in Switzerland.

The Academia-Industry Training (AIT) is a joint initiative of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), Switzerland and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. AIT aims to support scientists in transforming their high-level applied research into market application and discovering their entrepreneurial potential. By connecting scientists from top institutions in Switzerland and India, the program promotes an international network and enables access to one of the most promising markets and intellectual capitals in applied research.

Congratulations Vishwas and Team!

More details here:

www.swissnexindia.org/event/academia-industry-training-2017/

www.startupticker.ch/en/news/may-2018/grand-finale-of-the-ait-program-episode-4

www.venturelab.ch/The-best-entrepreneurs-from-Brazil-India-rewarded-in-Switzerland