KOCHI:
The Research Innovation Network Kerala (RINK) under Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) is conducting a Demo Day on July 29, facilitating online presentation of ten products before an expert panel.
Being organised to boost the commercial prospects of research-based ideas and product, the event in association with the startup-promoting TiE Kerala will see select items from National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) which is a constituent lab of CSIR.
Registrations can be made at https://bit.ly/KSUMRINKDay.
NIIST Director Dr A Ajay Ghosh will make the opening remarks at the function, followed by a ten-minute speech by CSIR-NIIST Principal Scientist R S Praveen Raj.
The products at the Demo Day will include biodegradable cutleries, cups, glass and plates from agri-waste; dehumidified drier for food/agri produces; modular onsite wastewater treatment-cum-resource recovery unit; compact food-waste biogas plant and manufacturing of gel-bonded gypsum bricks and CLC foam blocks. The second half will see process knowhow for the development of bio-degradable lignocellulose fibre-based mulching mats and sheets for modern farming, process for preparation of white paper, bio-filter technology for industrial odour control and value-added syrups for palm neera and coconut neera, besides ready-to-cook tubers, starchy vegetables and pulses.
Each presentation will be of ten minutes, followed by a five-minute question-answer session.
Through the event, RINK conceives to make ideas and products commercially viable by facilitating links between research organisations, start-ups, industry, corporate houses and government agencies.
KSUM is the nodal agency of the Kerala government for entrepreneurship development and incubation activities in the state.
