Wadhwani Foundation has inked a tie-up with AICTE, IIT Delhi, Bombay, Kanpur and Hyderabad, IISc Bangalore and C-CAMP to establish Wadhwani Innovation Network Centres of Excellence (WIN-COEs). This partnership aims to operationalise academic and laboratory research into real-world applications which can be sold, used, or implemented in various industries.

Six WIN-COEs, established at the four IITs, IISc Bangalore and C-CAMP will receive annual funding of up to USD one million each. The COEs will aid home-grown research and discoveries to create an ecosystem involving emerging technologies-like advanced AI, synthetic biology and bioengineering, healthtech, semiconductors, and others, while fostering collaboration between industry, universities, research institutions, and the government, for inclusive and equitable solutions.

Establishing WIN COEs will augment such solutions and catalyse application in real-world scenarios. The initiative also collaborates with AICTE’s 13 Indovation Centers, alongside 100 next-tier academic institutes nationwide. Moreover, an additional joint investment with AICTE of USD 10 million annually will support the research and translation activities of the next 100-plus institutes in the country.