‘Innovation Day’ is celebrated at Amity University Gurugram, every year on 28th September, to mark the spirit of innovation and to showcase innovative practices at different Amity campuses.
The highlights of the celebrations this year were some path breaking innovations in various domain like Ayurvedic Biotechnology, Waste Water Treatment with Nano Particles, Nano structured materials for bullet proof jackets Nano Biosensor, AI integrated Humanoid, Drone based smart agriculture, intelligent robot for fire fighting and nano energy generators for next generation electronic devices.
On this occasion a state of the art, higher end Central Instrumentation Research Facility, (CIRF facility) with some of the best research equipments and instruments, such as microscope, FACS, Gel Doc, HPLC, UV-VIS Spectrometer, was inaugurated by Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President of Amity Group and Dr Aseem Chauhan, Amity University Gurugram’s Chancellor. This research facility will provide a multi user environment and foster multi disciplinary research for researchers.
Prof. GP Talwar, Padam Bhushan, the famous scientist, known as father of Indian immunology praised Amity University as research & innovation and mission oriented university which is rare in Indian universities. Dr Talwar invented vaccine for leprosy which is equally effective in treating drug resistant tuberculosis. He further added that he is working on developing a vaccine on terminal cancer for which will be suitable for any type of cancer.
Dr. Ashok K Chauhan in his address to university faculty, research scientists and students said obstacles come in life but we have to learn to get out of it. I breathe innovation, I dream innovation and sleep innovation. What we teach in Amity are Sanskars & values which are not taught in Harvard or MIT’s.
Dr. Aseem Chauhan emphasized on the need for path-breaking research for the development and welfare of society and the nation. He said, “The change we see today is because of the hard work of researchers who made it possible”. He further said, “Our students and faculty have the competence and the responsibility to work towards the development of our nation”.In his inaugural address, Prof. PB Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Amity University Gurugram shared that Amity University Gurugam has an exemplary achievement of filing 100 patents in just 1 year in varied areas and set a target to file 200 patents in the next year.
Prof (Dr) Padmakali Banerjee, Pro Vice Chancellor, Amity University Gurugram stated that innovation and Amity are synonymous. Talking about excellence in education she shared Amity’s academic framework of 6 C’s that focuses on creativity and critical thinking among others.
Prof Liz Maw, President of Presidio Graduate School, USA was conferred upon with Honorary Doctorate degree. She talked about Amity’s sustainable Leadership and entrepreneurship.
Prof Rajendra Prasad spoke on the research and development in the university. He informed the audience that 24 projects of Rs 9 crores have been awarded to AUH, including the international projects. The major focus is on Data Science, he informed about the Centre for Excellence in Lipidomics, Infection Diseases, Nano Technology, Stem Cell, Robotics, AI which have been established in Amity University Gurugram.
The focal point of the event was the innovative projects by the students of Amity across the campuses in all areas including Science, Technology, Biotechnology and Liberal Arts. The day concluded after students’ innovative vigour and zest culminated into a colorful, cultural show by various institutes of Amity Gurugram.