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FITT — Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi

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FITT, IIT Delhi's tech-transfer society since 1992, has filed 200+ IP applications, licensed ~40 technologies in a decade and graduated 15 spin-offs — India's government science portal cites a 20% jump in patent filings and 4x licensing revenue growth in 2019.

>200
IPR applications filed (over two decades)
~40
IIT Delhi technologies licensed (over ten years) (over ten years)
~15
Spin-offs graduated
~15
Startups resident in incubation facility
356 INR million
Accumulated reserves (FY2014-15) (FY2014-15)
150
IPs filed by IIT Delhi (2019) (2019)
20 %
Increase in IPs filed vs 2018 (2019)
4x
Increase in IP-licensing revenue (2019) (2019)
FITT — Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi
Period
1992–present
Keywords
university technology transfer, patent licensing, startup incubation, industry-academia interface

Context

Registered as a society in 1992, FITT (Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer) is IIT Delhi's interface between academic research and industry, managing IP protection, technology licensing and startup incubation.

Results

Over two decades, FITT has filed more than 200 IPR applications and, per an independent peer-reviewed case study, aided the licensing of around 40 IIT Delhi technologies over ten years, with close to 15 spin-offs graduated and another 15 startups resident in its incubation facility; by FY2014-15 it had built accumulated reserves of roughly INR 356 million. India's government Science, Technology and Innovation portal singled out 2019 as a strong year: IIT Delhi filed 150 IPs, a 20% increase over 2018, alongside a four-fold increase in IP-licensing revenue.

Conclusions

No more recent public breakdown was found to confirm whether the 2019 growth in IP filings and licensing revenue has been sustained since.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
IP protection and technology-licensing staff, Incubation-facility managers

Conditions for success

  • Dedicated, formally registered interface body between the university and industry
  • Sustained IP filing pipeline over decades
  • Physical incubation facility for resident startups

Common failure modes

  • No more recent public data found to confirm whether the 2019 growth in IP filings and licensing revenue has been sustained

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