Introduction

The Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization – ORIC at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University of Technology and Skill Development – BBSUTSD has been constituted with the aim to enhance research, innovation, and commercialization activities and programs. ORIC at BBSUTSD has the mandate to promote research and development activities, capitalize commercializable inventions, and enhance innovation in addressing the problems faced by industry and society at large.  ORIC extends its strategic and operational support to RIC activities at campus.  As technologies have grown more sophisticated and emerging industries have become more high-tech, universities have become more important players in the processes of invention, innovation, and commercialization. To support the invention, innovation, and commercialization processes ORIC at BBSUTSD has played a central role since its inception. The university is in the initial phase of development and being the infant ORIC several initiatives have been taken to support and promote RIC activities.

The continuous professional development and technical trainings of faculty and researchers to conduct research remains at core services of ORIC. Considering this, ORIC at BBSUTSD is continuously striving to equip researchers with required technical and professional skills for publishing quality research and innovating inventions to cater growing needs of industrial sector. In this connection, several research seminars, trainings, and workshops on various topics of interest are being organized from time to time for university fertility. ORIC is committed to continuing career development programs in research, innovation, and commercialization. In pursuit of strengthening research, innovation, and commercialization activities and programs, ORIC at BBSUTSD has framed this framework and comprehensive research policy with the following mission, goals, and objectives.  

Mission Statement

To provide strategic and operational support to research, innovation, and commercialization activities and programs of university, by facilitating research community for research capacity building and productivity, innovation to commercialization, industry-academia linkages, technology transfer, and intellectual property management.

Objectives

• Considering its mission statement, ORIC at BBSUTSD has outlined objectives and goals.

• Build research capacity of researchers and faculty.
• Establish, maintain, and promote research activities and programs.
• Enable congenial and conducive environment for research.
• Promote research publications and products.
• Identify potential sources for research funding.
• Enhance innovation in addressing the problems faced by industry and society at large.
• Cultivate the culture of commercialization.
• Establish industry-academia linkages for RIC activities.
• Extend and energize entrepreneurial initiatives.
• Enable technology transfer programs.
• Manage intellectual property rights.
• Facilitate and support researchers for publication and presentation of research work.
• Proactively provide information about research funding opportunities to researchers.
• Facilitate timely completion of funded research and development projects.
• Maintain efficient and productive communication channels with funding agencies.