About J-Hub:
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad has launched a University wide Innovation and R&D initiative J-Hub- JNTUH Innovation Hub , from the academic year 2017-18. J-Hub is envisioned to provide a unique platform for the graduating engineers, faculty, research scholars and alumni to pursue innovation, Applied Research and tech-entrepreneurship. The initiative will impact the quality, confidence and competitiveness of the students and prepare them for 21st century Knowledge Economy. Leveraging its momentum to improve teaching, research, skill development and entrepreneurship the University has planned to create a unique space in the form of J-Hub for its stakeholders. The Innovation Hub offers access to its stakeholders, a spectrum of programs, experts, labs, equipment, collaborators, networks and spaces to catalyze innovation, knowledge intensive businesses and tech-enterprises. The University with its strategic position as the largest technological University in the Telangana State believes that the University Innovation Hub would become the focal point for creating technology startup companies and technology solutions critically relevant to the social and economic challenges of the state.
The Vision:
The JNTUH – Innovation Hub (J-Hub) is a dedicated facility to provide access to resources to the students, staff, alumni and entrepreneurs to support University wide RD &Innovation. J-Hub is envisioned to be recognized as a leading hub of innovation, research translation, tech-product development and knowledge intensive tech-startup incubation . Launching this academic year the hub is all poised to establish numerous programs for all the stakeholders university wide to participate in the support of innovation, applied research, and startup incubation. J-Hub assists in the formation of tech-startups critically complementing the efforts of the local industry and startups in generating new solutions, new jobs and retaining the talent. The Innovation Hub also designed programs to concurrently equip the graduates with skills to compete for and succeed in high demand jobs. As the majority of the Research and Development of the state especially in Engineering and Technology is taking place at JNTUH, a technology park where academic institutions, private organizations, government organizations and entrepreneurs co-locate is proposed to be established. The technology park shall be catalyst to create a culture of innovation in attracting the creative students and best researchers. The Hub shall become the focal point of the creative engineers, collaborations, tech-solutions for the university and the state in general.
The Mission:
The mission of J-Hub is to nurture and catalyse ideas, match the strength of student talent and R&D across the university with the entrepreneurship and networking opportunities in the region and globally to incubate tech-enterprises and solutions.