Kanpur: The TiE UP chapter in association with Technopark@iitk organized an hour-long webinar to address the challenges faced by the MSMEs and the various collaboration opportunities that exist with IIT-Kanpur for product upgradation and technical solutions. The main speaker for the event was Reema Mittal, chief operating officer, Technopark@iitk who highlighted the philosophy behind setting up of IIT-Kanpur Research and Technology Park (Technopark@iitk). Conceived under ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ vision, research parks in India are supported by governmentto accelerate industry-academia collaborations and to take them to next level, she added. MSMEs or any other company can engage with Technopark by either setting up their R&D base in its premises or availing annual membership. And this collaboration will open IIT-K research ecosystem, built over 60 years, for the industry to tap into. tnn