Academia Industry Training (AIT) Programme 2023

Ten scientists from Swiss universities—part of this year's Academia Industry Training (AIT) Programme—will be spending one week in Bengaluru to discover the Indian market and seek collaborations with a view to solving global challenges at scale in the spaces of sustainability, deeptech and medtech. This includes technologies in low-cost electrolysers for green hydrogen manufacturing; heat exchange systems for efficient heating and cooling for built environments; robots for inspections/rescue operation and manufacturing; and sepsis detection in neonates. The cohort, which has been chosen via a competitive process and is among the best in Switzerland, will also be pitching alongside Indian innovators at the Bengaluru Tech Summit. Read about them below and meet them at the BTS on November 30 at 2 p.m.

Swiss Startups

    Openversum

    Laura Stocco

    Openversum empowers local entrepreneurs with tools and know-how to assemble and sell cutting-edge drinking water filters through microfranchising.

    Enerdrape Sàrl

    Margaux Peltier

    Enerdrape's geothermal panel captures geothermal and waste heat present in underground environments/infrastructures into renewable heat sources.

    RoBoa

    Alexander Kübler

    RoBoa represents robotic revolution for confined-space rescue and inspection. It uses unique locomotion design to go where robots, drones or humans cannot go.

    AeroSpec

    Nikunj Dudani

    Aerospec's cloud- and sensor-based environment-monitoring platform continuously monitors air quality and provides in-depth analysis and actionable insights.

    REMA

    Steven Schenk

    REMA's membrane-less electrolyser produces green hydrogen at a lower cost.

    EnviroHelix

    Anish Kirtane

    EnviroHelix provides DNA-based solutions for biodiversity monitoring needs.

    NEOSENS

    Karim Zahra

    NEOSENS is a point-of-care diagnostic system for neonatal sepsis, ensuring the right care at the right time.

    Ionix Innovations

    Donato Rubinetti

    Ionix provides a novel blade-less air-propulsion device combining ionic wind with air amplification to enhance airflow patterns, resulting in significant energy savings and reduced emissions.

    Obios

    Michele Serra

    Obios is a measurement technology for quantifying ingestive behaviour to forecast obesity treatment outcomes.

    IMPLANZ

    Patrik Wili

    IMPLANZ provides an efficient virtual-testing procedure for the new development of dental implants.
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Indian Startups

    Ignomagine

    Sumana Mandal

    Ignomagine provides AI-powered autonomous mobility and robotics for Industry 4.0.

    MovementForm

    Subrahmanyam Muramalla

    MovementForm is aimed at empowering physiotherapists, sports coaches and allied professionals to get to the root cause of pain/injury faster through gait analysis.

    Aivolved Technologies

    Sudip Chandra Gupta

    Aivolved's GluTrend is a non-invasive light sensor-based continuous blood glucose monitoring device using AI to predict glucose trends.

    bioLOCKEY Healthworks

    Anchal Chandra

    bioLOCKEY Healthworks is a multidisciplinary innovation-led startup pioneering the development of smart point-of-care diagnostics focussed on women's health using their proprietary nanobody discovery platform NANOdx.
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What is AIT?

The Academia Industry Training (AIT) India is an early-career development and market discovery programme for Swiss and Indian scientists looking to validate and convert their inventions into viable, marketable innovations. AIT is supported by the Swiss government’s State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation (SERI). It is mandated by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), which is the Leading House for South Asia and Iran. In Switzerland, it is managed by Venturelabs, while in India we at Swissnex manage and execute the programme.

Why AIT?

For over ten years, AIT India has been supporting multiple Swiss and Indian scientists understand the market potential of their innovation across geographies and helped convert many of them into entrepreneurs. It has enabled them to transform their ideas into viable, successful products. Several of these innovations are in the market across multiple geographies, and AIT alumni have gone on to become successful entrepreneurs and mentors to other startups. AIT is also a great barometer of technological shifts, and has been successful in identifying impactful technologies in key sectors like energy and sustainability. In short, tech in AIT today is tech for the world tomorrow.

Contact

    Aparna Kumaraswamy

    Senior Programme Manager
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