DW BUREAU / chandigarh Technology Enabling Centre (TEC) of Panjab University, Chandigarh in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII, Punjab) and Chandigarh Administration is organizing CRIKC-CII exhibition in Panjab University on 12th November 2022. Member Institutes of Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster (CRIKC) like PEC, IIT-Ropar, CSIO, NITTTR, IMTECH, CCET, etc have been invited to put their stalls in this exhibition. In the exhibition area, scientists/researchers from CRIKC institutes will display their technologies that they wish to commercialize. With support from CII (Punjab), Industry of the region has been invited to visit this exhibition. It is expected that, due to this exhibition some Technologies of Academia will get transferred to Industry. Vice Chairman of CII, Dr P J Singh shared that to promote Industry-Academia collaborations, 10 Interface clubs have been created with membership from Industry as well as Academia. These Interface Clubs are being led by people from Industry whom we are calling as Interface Champions. These Interface Champions will mobilize people from their respective club for participation in this exhibition. Dr. P J Singh also informed that now industries can utilize CSR funds for conducting R&D in Academic Institutions. It is worth noting that Panjab University has received letter of intent for CSR funding of Rs. one crore to set up battery testing facilities. Chairman of Management Committee of TEC, Professor C R Suri expressed that there are many technologies that are lying in different labs of CRIKC institutes and through this exhibition many technologies will get mined from labs in a very natural manner. (editor@dailyworld.in)