Overview

The Knowledge and Technology Transfer Division (KTTD) serves as the innovation arm of the University, dedicated to transforming research outputs into tangible societal impact. KTTD fosters collaboration among researchers, industry partners, and government agencies to ensure that university-generated knowledge is effectively transferred and utilized for inclusive economic growth.

The Division is composed of specialized units that oversee intellectual property management, startup incubation, product prototyping, and technology commercialization. Through these synergized functions, KTTD supports innovators, faculty researchers, students, and MSMEs in bringing technologies from lab to market.

The University envisions to contribute to nation building by producing experts, knowledge and technological innovations. Technological innovations as outputs from researches in the University can lead to the development of commercial products. In the present knowledge-based economy, innovation is the most efficient means to sustainable economic growth. Protection of innovations and other related works of the university researchers through IP rights ownership are deemed necessary. These intellectual property rights in practice can generate wealth while creating impact to a wider community. This is where the work of the technology transfer comes in, to transfer scientific findings from one organization to another for the purpose of further development and commercialization.

In essence, innovation is invention plus commercialization. The emphasis is on securing intellectual property and serving as steward of the newly created asset in such a way that it creates value for the university and the community through various modes: licensing, start-ups/spin-offs, joint venture and outright sale.

To ensure that research outputs or creative works are IP protected, and/or policy translated, and/or technological innovation incubated, and/or new product developed, value-added and commercialized, and/or scientific knowledge published and/or disseminated.