IIT Delhi's Research & Innovation Park wins Façade Project of the Year Award 2021

IIT Delhi's Research & Innovation Park wins Façade Project of the Year Award 2021

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New Delhi, Updated on Dec 11, 2021 16:11 IST

The institute was judged on various criteria such as architectural merit, contribution to the built environment, façade engineering as a discipline, application of innovation and uniqueness of application, focus being on timely completion, quality and complexity of the project and sustainability.

The Research and Innovation (R&I) Park of IIT Delhi recently received Façade Project of the Year Award 2021 by the Construction Week India.

According to the official press release, “The R&I Park having utility services, restaurant, ATM, convention centre, parking space etc. was awarded this design accolade from several entries received from all over the country and through a rigorous evaluation process by an acclaimed design jury.”

The key objectives of the state-of-the-art research park include acceleration of research translation, amplification of technological and societal impact of R&D at IIT Delhi. It will also provide avenues for IIT Delhi students and faculty to interact more closely with industry and bring to market technological breakthroughs through incubation. The park will also amplify the technological and societal impact of R&D at IIT Delhi and galvanize entrepreneurial aspirations.

The institute was judged on various criteria such as architectural merit, contribution to the built environment, façade engineering as a discipline, application of innovation and uniqueness of application, focus being on timely completion, quality and complexity of the project and sustainability.

Professor V Ramgopal Rao’s (Director, IIT Delhi) brief envisaged this R&I Park as a physical assembly of spaces that would support the Institute, Industry and Government collaboration with an intent of creating high technology economic development, advancing Knowledge with focus on product innovation, the press release stated.

Prof J T Shahu, Dean Infra, IIT Delhi, said, “The R&I Park has been designed with an emphasis on sustainability, with flexible spatial configurations (of laboratories, offices, suites, multimedia) and modern state of the art amenities offering numerous resources to the users.”

For deeper engagement with the Institute, IIT Delhi’s interface body the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) is inviting industry and startups to come on board.

“The R&I Park is slated to become a prominent centre for research and innovation leading to advanced technology platforms and deep-tech start-ups. The Park is expected to strengthen the techno-entrepreneurship ecosystem and contribute to the regional economic development”, Dr Anil Wali, Managing Director, FITT, IIT Delhi said.

“As our R&I park opens to host marquee corporates, we are looking forward to expanding the list to include major industry partners looking to collaborate with IIT Delhi faculty and co-create new technologies and/or products for the betterment of the society. We are expecting the R&I park to catalyze our efforts towards entrepreneurship, innovation, and collaborative research”, Prof Anurag Rathore, Dean, Corporate Relations, IIT Delhi said.

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