<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">For those who take a step forward and take up projects and finding solutions to problems earnestly pop up meets are held occasionally to have a healthy discussion with other project teams as well as faculty mentors. The project teams have complete access to the laboratories and Makerspace to experiment and build prototypes and even test them. The college also collaborates with industry majors like Infosys and IBM and offers resources like the [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM Centre of Excellence]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys Campus Connect]]. The college has also set up an [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/incubation-center Incubation centre] on campus which is up and running. All these resources exposes students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship and aim to get students involved in the same.</span></span></span>
==== <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span></span><br/> ====
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/our-faculty faculty at CMRIT] are very passionately involved in research mainly in their fields of study. The many technical papers presented and published are a testimony to the same.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The faculty use their expertise and experience to help students with their research and projects. Quite a few of them put in the extra effort to encourage students to take up innovative projects. They help with all stages from the initial planning to developing the prototype and presenting it at many external platforms. The students are also encouraged to discuss freely with the faculty their ideas/solutions and avail their mentorship. Certain faculty also initiate the change at the grass root level by introducing unconventional ways to present assignments.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Some notable names are-</span></span>
[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/sagar-m-baligidad/ <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Dr. Sagar Baligidad</span></span>]
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The feasible ideas and products that come up are taken through the Incubation centre to present it to the market.</span></span></span>
==== <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></span><br/> ====
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The college has a standard MoU for tech transfer with industries. In recent years many such MoU’s have been signed, notably with [[Www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/cmrit-inks...hitachi.../article8755678.ece|Hitachi]], [[Indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=39266|Sherpify and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]].</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The college also provides training in grant writing and even provides legal assistance.</span></span></span>
==== <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Facilitating university-industry collaboration</span></span></span><br/> ====
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The college is currently collaborating with industry giants such as [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]]. Apart from this we have access to knowledge parks such as the IKP knowledge park and the VTU CIL.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Being located in the IT corridor is also advantageous.</span></span></span>
==== <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts</span></span></span><br/> ====
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">A handful of projects aimed at improving the quality of life in the city are being worked on by teams in the college. The biggest projects include a solution to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCh0XcAmXxI purify the many contaminated lakes] in the city, which is being tested by local authorities, and an [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0XLLRqemesDTVFfQ2F4elFKX0RSTW0zYWM1OS1fUjZQZXhN improvement to the operation of current traffic signals]. These have been lauded by local authorities for serving the need of the hour, and have [[Tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com › ... › Akhil MS › Adarsha M › 3D printer|engineered a low-cost 3D printer]].</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">A team is also working towards developing a mobile platform for [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/scholarships scholarships], crowd funding for farmers.</span></span></span>
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