Nirankar Saxena named IC Institute Fellow

The IC Institute is pleased to announce the newest IC Fellow, Nirankar

Saxena. IC recognizes his significant contribution in fostering Indo-US
collaboration in science, technology and innovation.
Nirankar Saxena is a Senior Director of the Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (FICCI). FICCI is Indias largest and oldest apex
business organization, representing over 250,000 companies and providing a
platform for consensus building within industry sectors and among industry,
government and society. Saxena heads FICCIs Centre for Innovation &
Technology Commercialization / Science and Technology. For the past nine
years, the Centre has recruited, assessed and commercialized innovative
Indian technologies domestically and internationally. The Indian Innovation
Growth Program (IIGP), a joint FICCI-IC initiative sponsored by Lockheed
Martin and Indias Department of Science and Technology, has achieved a
cumulative economic impact of $814 million plus employment of 3422,
according to a 2015 study completed by Ernst & Young.
Saxena led FICCI to become a founding partner of the Millennium Alliance.
The Alliance addresses development challenges by leveraging Indian
expertise and resources to scale innovative solutions developed in India that
will benefit developing and underdeveloped populations across India and the
world. Under FICCIs and USAIDs leadership, the Alliance brings together
stakeholders within Indias social innovation ecosystem to provide innovators
with needed resources and services.
Saxena also founded:

Science & Technology Policy Advocacy and Research Group

Industry Innovation Cluster Initiative to explore appropriate
measures of encouraging innovation-based entrepreneurship and
competitiveness among Indian MSMEs.

Saxena is a co-chair or member of the following Government of India or

United Nations committees:

Co-Chair of United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk

Reduction
C V Raman International Fellowship for African Research Selection
Committee
National Innovation Council Committee
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Disaster Management
Committee

National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development

Board
National Committee for setting up Innovation Hubs in Science
Centres & Organizations