To foster innovative ideas and entrepreneurship development
Focus areas
Leverage the expertise and the benefits of RAAH network :
- To help innovators optimize their business processes and product development.
- To commercialize the innovations and research being done by students, faculty and alumni of RIT.
- To help innovative businesses get visibility in the international, domestic and beachhead markets.
- To help create a very conducive online B2B environment assisting in the growth of alumni businesses.
- To facilitate the development of entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem for students/recent graduates of RIT.
- To assist the RAAH community with industrial technical experts in the form of Alumni (spanning 33 years of experience) / outside experts in varied fields
- To help commercialize and improve Return on Investment (ROI) of the existing available RIT infrastructure in an optimal way.
- To channelize generated profits from successful implementation of various initiatives back into the RAAH ecosystem (involving alumni, faculty and students) to fund their further initiatives / ideas.
Past Initiatives
Sr. No. | Date | Topics | Presenter | Designation & Company |
1 | 13-06-2020 | Building entrepreneurship and R&D skills among RITans | Mr. Vyas Khanna | Works at Crossfire Consulting |
2 | 27-06-2020 | Support to students for project development work | Mr. Pankaj Jadhav | Cofounder , FINITE 3D, Pune |
3 | 04-07-2020 | Conversion of business opportunities from China to India i.e. Import substitution of Chinese consumer products by Indian manufacturers | Mr. Vyas Khanna | Works at Crossfire Consulting |
4 | 05-12-2020 | Business Innovations in Agro Industry | Mr. Subhash Jamdade | Vice President - Overseas Business, Rajarambapu Agro |
5 | 19-12-2020 | R&D practices in RIT | Dr. Anand Kakade | Dean R&D, RIT |
6 | 19-12-2020 | Overview of various product commercialized in RIT | Prof. Lokesh Patil | Asst. Prof., Dept of Mechanical Engineering, RIT |
7 | 26-12-2020 | Project Consultancy Presentation | Prof. Lokesh Patil | Asst. Prof., Dept of Mechanical Engineering, RIT |
8 | 17-04-2021 | Introduction of SFURTI scheme launched by government of India | Mr. Ankush Verma | Currently leading Bamboo division, Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company Ltd. |
9 | 17-04-2021 | Introduction of SFURTI scheme launched by government of India | Mr. Mayur Tambe | Sr. Executive (Paddy Procurement), Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company Ltd. |
10 | 24-04-2021 | Guidance for students regarding startups and business innovation, Introduction of DISQ | Mr. Sandip Shinde | Head, Alliances & Operations, Coach, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, at "Digital Impact Square, A TCS Foundation Initiative" |
Current Initiatives
- E-bicycle Project – Product development of personal transportation variant.
- Wind turbine for electric power generation at low wind speeds – project undertaken by B.E. students