Global Innovation Expert, Dr. Harold J. Raveché, Keynotes Conference in Orissa (Odisha), India
Dr. Harold J. Raveché, a globally recognized expert in technology development and innovation, will keynote a major session of the “Invest Bhubaneswar” conference, to be held at the Hotel Crown in the capital of the State of Orissa (Odisha), India, Dec. 18-20, 2010.
New York, NY (PRWEB) December 8, 2010
Dr. Harold J. Raveché, a globally recognized expert in technology development and innovation, will keynote a major session of the “Invest Bhubaneswar” conference, to be held at the Hotel Crown in the capital of the State of Orissa (Odisha), India, Dec. 18-20, 2010. Dr. Raveché will deliver a presentation titled “Academic Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the Economic Growth of Orissa and India,” Dec. 19, before an audience of distinguished business and government leaders, including the Chief Minister of the State of Orissa.
Dr. Raveché, Founder and CEO of Innovation Strategies International, is an internationally acknowledged technology innovator for business growth and economic development. From 1988 to 2010, Dr. Raveché served as the sixth President of Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, which under his administration rose to a consistent ranking among the top 100 National Universities.
During his session in India, Dr Raveché will include the recommendation to establish “The Orissa Institute for Transformational Research and Innovation,” as a means to advancing the transformational high-tech manufacturing environment that is currently being promoted in the State of Orissa. Raveché is also recommending the development of an Angel Investors Fund to help support promising pre - and post-revenue startup enterprises formed from university research. Raveché believes there are important lessons to be gathered on the part of the US and the West from the drive to innovate and compete globally that is gaining momentum throughout the Indian subcontinent and areas throughout Asia, including nations in Southeast Asia.
Bhubaneswar is the latest knowledge hub in India with heavy investments in the infrastructure, education, health, IT and tourism sectors from the Indian state and national governments. With special focus from national organizations like the Indian Department of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the goal is to develop the spirit of entrepreneurship in eastern India.
Founded in 2010 by Dr. Harold J. Raveché, Innovation Strategies International, LLC is an international consulting firm, which seeks to bring together the innovation fostered by the research-academic environment to heighten the competitive edge of free market economies.
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