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Professor Haldar travels to India to complete the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship
Professor Pradeep Haldar from PCGS has traveled to Coimbatore in India to complete
his final assignment for his prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship in April and May
of 2022. His work will involve developing comprehensive teaching, research, and entrepreneurship
environment to encourage the commercialization of sustainable energy-related technologies
by initiating collaboration amongst industry and academia in the US and India.
Major Objectives of his visit to the host organization, PSG Institute of Advanced
Studies (PSG-IAS), Coimbatore, India, as a Fulbright-Nehru scholar: Advance the science
and engineering research base of sustainable technology innovations as well as provide
training for creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem within this field in India, by
leveraging PSG-IAS’s synergistic intellectual assets related to unique state-of-the-art
facilities and laboratories. Professor Haldar will use his expertise to provide mentoring
on training and commercialization initiatives amongst faculty, students, and industry
researchers at PSG-IAS.
His visit will help advance the science and engineering research base of sustainable
energy innovations. Examples of his activities will include: (a) providing lectures
and seminars on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in clean energy and sustainability”
to graduate and undergraduate students and training faculty on the skills required
to manage R&D projects and start technology ventures; (b) organizing an internal scouting
effort to identify potential technologies and student entrepreneurs amongst the institute's
community at an early stage; (c) serving as technology and commercialization advisor
to teams of students and faculty interested in creating new ventures; (d) providing
coaching and mentorship to students and faculty to develop business plans/models;
(e) introducing a network of potential investors, strategic industry partners to researchers;
and (f) training teams to make effective presentations to articulate their ideas.
The goal is to create a comprehensive sustainable and entrepreneurial environment
at the host institution.