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Idea to Innovation: A Real Story from an Inventor

Idea to Innovation: A Real Story from an Inventor

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Idea to Innovation: A Real Story from an Inventor
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Centre for Studies in Science Policy
School of Social Sciences, JNU

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Idea to Innovation: A Real Story from an Inventor

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Prof. Man Singh
School of Chemical Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, India

Venue: Room No. 227, 2nd Floor, SSS-1
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, 8th February 2017


Abstract: Idea is like a seed which grows to establish new landmarks as a new state of art which offers valuable solutions along with new standards in the relevant domain. The concept of theme thought theory becomes a real acid test of an inventor in launching the specific invention in service of society. In search of new science, a journey and experience of transforming an idea of Survismeter, NOSIA, Oscosurvismeter, and Friccohesity into reality has been an unbearable history of events to push forward the wheel of unbelievable hurdles. Currently the said new models of science have occupied a centre stage and have successfully been saving the valuable laboratory and human resources. Competently a live dynamics of the timeline had transformed all the odds into opportunity in developing new scientific products in areas of solution chemistry, pharmaceutical, biochemical, biophysical and nano-sciences in a most authentic manner. The sequence of events right from dreaming and pursuing, nurturing, experimenting for validation, calibration from NPL, patenting, commercialization, and acceptance by users have been the most difficult phases. The experiences and phases which have been encountered and emerged during an implementation of the integrating the new idea to new workable science will be shared in the lecture.

About the Speaker: Dr. Man Singh is a serial inventor and experienced innovator for commercialization of 4 out of 10 inventions. His commercialized inventions are Survismeter with Borosil Ltd, Visionmeter with Ana Lab Instrumentation, NOSIA (non-breakable sodium ignition apparatus) with BDH Laboratory and Scientific Equipments, Kuwait and Econoburette with Loba Chemie-Glasco Pvt. Ltd. He has been granted 2 international patents and 2 Indian patents. He has 10 pending international patents. He has 150 papers published in International Journals. Currently, he is a Professor and Dean at School of Chemical Sciences, CUG Gandhinagar. He started his academic career in the Department of Chemistry, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi. He obtained his Doctoral degree from Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, in year 1987. He has guided dozens of M.Phil and PhD students in University of Delhi and did postdoctoral work from School of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan. He is credited with several research projects from DST, UGC, Ministry of Environmental Sciences GOI, DAE-RRCAT, DRDO. He worked as associate professor Bahir Dar University Ethiopia from 1999-2001. He was Visiting Professor UKSW (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw) Poland since September to November 2015. He is working in areas of Molecular Interaction Engendering of nanomaterials like graphene functionalization, dendrimer, and ionic liquids. He has founded several equations and concepts. Friccohesity as dual force theory correlate cohesive and frictional forces of molecules. NOSIA (non-breakable sodium ignition apparatus), Econoburette, Visionmeter, Tentropy, and Mansingh Equation and Mansingh Constant have been his effective breakthroughs. He has availed several academic assignments in USA, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, Nepal, and Pakistan. He can be contacted at mansingh50@hotmail.com.

All are welcome to attend the lecture.

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.