Vigyan Gurjari (Gujarat Branch of VIBHA) and i-Hub Gujarat
On 19th January, 2026, Vigyan Gurjari (Gujarat Branch of VIBHA) and i-Hub Gujarat organized a brainstorming session on strengthening mentoring frameworks for researchers, innovators, and startups across Gujarat. Senior leadership, institutional heads, and representatives from national research institutions, universities, and government bodies participated in a discussion. The discussions covered the following key focus areas: - 𝐓𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 "𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭." - 𝐓𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 (𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥) 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 - 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐀𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐫𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭” 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 - 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 - 𝐓𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚, 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 Moving forward, Vigyan Gurjari and i-Hub Gujarat will work towards creating structured mechanisms to align academia, industry, research institutions, and the startup ecosystem in Gujarat.
