Academia and Industry: An Essential Alliance for a Sustainable Future Editorial

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Published: Feb 10, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.63654/icms.2025.02001
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Academia, Collaboration, Industry, Sustainable

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Dr. Bikram Keshari Agrawalla
Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8076-8348
Prof. Susanta Banerjee
Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur - 721302, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0358-3198

Abstract

For centuries, the collaboration between academia and industry has driven mutual progress, with academic innovations transforming into products and services through industrial channels. This symbiotic relationship has empowered both sectors to achieve their goals, fueling academic research to address real-world challenges and inspiring groundbreaking solutions. Industry, in turn, gains access to cutting-edge technologies and a highly skilled workforce. Through this partnership, technological advancement, entrepreneurship, and workforce development are accelerated. Now, the time has come for this influential alliance to transform to collaborative ecosystem, where the mutual benefit combines harmoniously with broader positive impacts on the surrounding environment or community. Both academia and industry must embrace sustainability as a core principle in guiding innovation and practices. By combining their strengths, they can optimize resources, minimize waste, and create more environmentally friendly solutions. In doing so, academia and industry can help shape a sustainable future that benefits laboratories, the environment, and society as a whole.

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Academia and Industry: An Essential Alliance for a Sustainable Future: Editorial. (2025). Innovation of Chemistry & Materials for Sustainability, 2(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.63654/icms.2025.02001
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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025)
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Author Biographies

Dr. Bikram Keshari Agrawalla, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Bikram Keshari Agrawalla has been with Roche Diagnostics GmbH since 2018, serving in the Department of Protein Chemistry-I within the Division of Rare Reagent Development. His work focuses on advancing immunoassay performance and enhancing diagnostic detection limits. Prior to joining Roche, Bikram gained three years of postdoctoral research experience at Ulm University and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz. He earned his PhD in Chemistry from the National University of Singapore in 2015 and completed his master’s degree at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Kolkata, in 2009. With a strong background in both academia and industry, Bikram has contributed to numerous high-impact publications and patents in his field.

Prof. Susanta Banerjee, Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur - 721302, India.

Susanta Banerjee has been with the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur for over 19 years. He previously served as the head of the Materials Science Centre from May 2014 to May 2017 and is currently the Institute Chair Professor and Chairperson of Central Research Facility. Prior joining to IIT Kharagpur, he spent 14 years as a Scientist at DRDO and the GE India Technology Centre in Bangalore. He has been awarded the prestigious AvH fellowship from Germany and is a fellow of the WAST. Prof. Banerjee has supervised more than 30 doctoral and 45 master’s theses in polymer and materials science and engineering. He has led numerous innovative projects at DRDO, GEITC, and IIT-Kharagpur, driven by his commitment to endorse future sustainability.

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Academia and Industry: An Essential Alliance for a Sustainable Future: Editorial. (2025). Innovation of Chemistry & Materials for Sustainability, 2(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.63654/icms.2025.02001

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