SDG 9: Industry Innovation & Infrastructure

Interdisciplinary Research Clusters

Amity is committed to promote interdepartmental translational research in areas of high national and global relevance such as Cancer Research, Lipidomics, Computational Biology, Infectious Diseases, Nano Science and Technology, Environment and Human Health, Climate Research, Agriculture and Herbal Drug Design and Technology.

Directorate of research & Publications

At Amity University Gurugram multiple Center of Excellence has been established to promote Research & Development in diversified areas.

Amity Patent Cell is highly active in promoting ‘patenting culture’ among faculty, students and research scholars.

Research Laboratories

The research ecosystem of the University is strongly supported by over 100 most high-tech laboratories. It offers cutting edge practical exposure to the students and train them to be industry ready professionals. Science, engineering and technology laboratories equipped with modern equipment’s such as Confocal microscope Inverted fluorescence microscope, Ultracentrifuge, Gel imaging system, FTIR spectrophotometer, Fluorescence spectrophotometer, Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer ST 8000, NASA-AERONET Multi-Spectral Sun-Sky Radiometer- Model # 133, Modeling of Air Pollution And Networking (MAPAN), (AQMS) – A suit of PM, Gas and Met Sensors- Model: ESA, Weather and Environmental Monitor (Pocket Weather Tracker)- Model: 4500NV, Aethalometer (Black Carbon & Biomass Burning Analyzer)- New Generation AE-33 to name a few.

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Central Instrument Research Facility (CIRF)

The central instrument research facility (CIRF) is housed at Amity University Haryana, Gurugram provides a central facility of latest and advanced analytical instrument for research and for promoting interdisciplinary research

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Amity Lipidomics Research Facility (ALRF)

ALRF was established at the Amity University, Haryana in 2018, with funding from Department of Science and Technology (DST-FIST) Gov. of India and Amity University, Haryana.

The purpose of establishing this facility is to provide the scientific community (within Amity University and external researchers, both academia and industry) with state-of-the-art mass spectrometric techniques for separation, identification and quantitation of biomolecules like lipids, metabolites and proteins.

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Amity Materials Research Facility (AMRF)

AMRF established at Amity University Gurugram in 2020, with funding from Department of Science and Technology (DST-FIST) Govt. of India and Amity University Haryana, is open to usage by scientific community and industry people. The purpose of establishing this facility is to provide the scientific community (within Amity University and external researchers, both academia and industry) with state-of-the-art Particle Size & Zeta Potential Measurement, Thermoanalysis and Spectroscopy Facility for material science research in diverse fields of Applied Sciences.

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Library

The libraries at AUH are an Integrated knowledge resource centre that is stocked with more than 50 thousand books, periodicals, references, national and international journals, conversing all aspects of academic studies and research materials. The Library has online journals and access to e-journals, databases etc, extensive E-database such as - EBSCO, IEEE, ACM Digital Library, Oxford University Press, Institute of Physics, Nature Journal, Portland Press, Royal Society of Chemistry, Taylor & Francis, American Institute of Physics, AIP,DELNET, SCC Online, Manupatra.

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Amity Innovation Incubator

Incubator at Amity University Haryana has a clear philosophy to encourage and incubate technology based new enterprises with innovative products and services with a mandate to strengthen collaboration between industry & academia and turn ideas into visible businesses have to encourage the students for entrepreneurship. The thrust areas are ICT, Environment & Health Care, Agribusiness, Biotechnology and Nanoscience, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics.

Broadly, Amity Innovation Incubator provides the following services to its incubatees:

• Mentoring and Advisory
• Financial Advisory and Support
• Infrastructure and Support
• More than 28 Student start-ups
• Strong pipeline of high potential innovative start-up ideas
• More than 50 events on Entrepreneurship promotion and workshops have been organized during last one year to support existing entrepreneurs and students community
• Direct support to Meity Entrepreneurs via academic partnership with University
• Strong advisory and mentoring committee with decades of relevant experience and networking with more than 1000 leading companies and a pool of more than 200 industry mentors. Networking with other Institutions/Labs/Academia: MoUs with reputed international Universities and R&D Centres for education and research.

Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell)

Further, E-Cell operating is actively involved in creating an ecosystem of entrepreneurship and start-ups in the campus by involving students in various entrepreneurial events & activities, providing various opportunities to students to interact with entrepreneurs and helping them in developing business ideas and providing start-up support to the students through Amity Incubation Centre.

• Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps
• Fortnightly lecture series – ‘Real Entrepreneurs, Real Story’
• Idea and design thinking workshops
• B.Plan competitions
• Hackathons
• Entrepreneurship Boot camps
• Brainstorming sessions

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Institute Innovation Council under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India has established 'MHRD's Innovation Cell ‘MIC’ to systematically foster the culture of Innovation amongst all Higher Education Institutions. The primary mandate of MIC is to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by supporting them to work with new ideas and transform them into prototypes while they are informative years.

MIC has envisioned encouraging creation of ‘Institution’s Innovation Council IICs’ across selected HEIs. A network of these IICs is established to promote innovation in the Institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation promotion eco-system in the campuses.

Amity University Gurgaon strongly believes in relentless pursuit of innovation and excellence at all levels of activities. Serving to the society as a whole and providing a formidable support to the Government policies and technology missions towards realization of our dream of a developed and prosperous India, Amity University is inhabited by enlightened and capable people, empowered with the rich wealth of knowledge and power of innovation to cause scientific and technological breakthroughs to make impossible, possible and serve the vast humanity with Aatmiyata and devotion.

Amity University Haryana Institution Innovation Council is primarily responsible for fostering entrepreneurial skills amongst students and assisting budding entrepreneurs by providing them with necessary resources. Our vision is to develop, support and deliver the Entrepreneurship spirit among students in their quest to achieve success in establishing their venture at all junctures. Our mission is to explore the opportunities for self-employment and inculcate the spirit of ‘Entrepreneurship’ in young Amitians and nearby societies To foster the brightest ideas to one platform and convert them into business.

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Rural Innovation and social Entrepreneurship (RISE)

Amity rural innovation incubator will incubate rural innovation based ventures virtually through its execution partner and Amity Venture fund will invest Seed Capital in those ventures to take it to the next level. Execution partner will scout & select potential innovations and provide on ground incubation support to the ventures for running it successfully The ‘Rural Innovation Incubator’(RII) at AUH is aimed at providing low cost need based technological solutions for rural areas which are technically feasible, economically viable, socially acceptable, environment friendly, consistent with household endowment and relevant to the needs of rural people. Under RII, students have done a survey of nearby villages and worked out on providng alternative solutions to the power and energy needs of these villagers. As a result, the incubator has ‘beta-tested’ Solar technology in Langra village. The Solar Street Lights and Solar Batteries have been installed and their results were monitored. The feedback has been taken from the local villagers which was very positive and enthusiastic.

Courses on Entrepreneurship and Skill Development

AUH is a multidisciplinary University offering UG, PG and PhD programmes in various disciplines of Science, Technology, Management, Liberal Arts, Law, Earth & Environmental Science and Medical & Allied Health Sciences in which about 6000 students are enrolled, including over 500 PhD research scholars.

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship had empanelled AUH as training partner under PM YUVA Yojna to educate and equip potential and early stage entrepreneurs. The University has target to impart formal training of entrepreneurship and prepare 2,500 entrepreneurs in next 5 years. under this Entrepreneurship course is being offered as full time Flexible certification course with 18 credit and 6 tracks. Various programmes are offering Entrepreneurship development as one of the subjects for the awareness and understanding of entrepreneurship.

The University has been selected for the prestigious ‘Hunar Sai Rojgar Tak’ under the scheme of Capacity Building for Service Providers’ of Ministry of Tourism;

The University has selected by National Institute of Solar Energy, Ministry of Renewable Energy for ‘Suryamitra Skill Development’ Training in Solar PV Installation.

Suryamitra Skill Development Program in association with NISE

MoU with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and other sector Skill Development Councils to impart skill based courses to students;

Events

University Spin offs

Amity Innovation Incubator & ECell worked towards motivating students' ideas and help them to convert into ventures. More than 28 ideas converted into ventures in recent years and few of them graduated are listed below:

• Plabs Solutions Private Ltd is an enterprise based upon an innovative idea with Intellectual property right, received funding from Meity for support. It’s Pre-Doctor diagnosis platform. PreDoc is India’s First AI based Audio Visual Platform used for Diagnostics of Symptoms of a Patient.
• Legal Bites: Mr Mayank Shekhar alumni student of Amity Law School, his venture Legal Bites is an Ed-tech platform. The website offers opportunities in the form of competitions, events and jobs relevant to the legal fraternity. It has constantly been working to create affordable, high-quality particulars on cases, codes, articles and interviews while catering a cosmopolitan responsibility.
• Elnio Fitment Pvt Ltd: Mr Ayush Awasthi, engineering graduate had dream to start something of his own and started venture during final year of engineering. Specialize in casual and Official wear for males and females.
• Samzan Pvt Ltd: BBA Grauates from Amity Business School Mr Faizan & Ms Samiya started this venture during their graduation at Amity. SAMZAN PVT LTD is a renowned and trustworthy Manufacturer and Supplier of Cookware Products, Household Products & Food Products.