Transforming Educators to Innovation Professionals
The Forge.Fellows program transforms educators into innovation
professionals capable of shaping the next generation of innovators
while driving meaningful industry collaborations
PHASE 1
INNOVATION
EDUCATORS
Educators are given a strong foundation in innovation and
entrepreneurship-learning the core principles of fostering
creativity, developing entrepreneurial mindsets, and
understanding the frameworks needed to guide students in
early-stage innovation projects.
PHASE 2
INNOVATION
MENTOR
Educators advance to a more hands-on role, focusing on
hardware technologies and the innovation practicum - with
emphasis on practical experience, thereby enabling
educators to mentor students through the application of
technological tools and methodologies in real-world
contexts.
PHASE 3
INNOVATION
MANAGER
Educators transition into leadership roles, managing
product development processes and facilitating co-creation
with industry partners. In this capacity, they oversee the
end-to-end innovation lifecycle, from ideation to
execution, ensuring that IPLs generate impactful and
scalable solutions.
Harnessing Tools & Technologies to develop Industrial Solutions
Forge’s Innovation Catalyst program leverages a sequence of
systematic, structured sprints to inculcate an innovation mindset in
students - from understanding problems to delivering prototypes,
ultimately enabling them to leverage frameworks, tools and
technologies to create impactful industrial solutions.
1
Engineering Sprints
that enable students to engage in problem-solving and
systems thinking, gaining a deep understanding of technical
challenges and breaking them down into manageable parts.
2
Design Sprints
where students dive into customer discovery, validating the
problem, and exploring various solutions. Through this
process, they refine their understanding of user needs and
industrial demands.
3
Innovation Sprints
that enable students to translate their ideas into tangible
product designs and leverage rapid prototyping techniques
and tools to iterate on their designs.
4
Ideation Sprints
where students harness their technical knowledge and the
insights gained from earlier sprints to generate innovative
solution concepts - developing and demonstrating
proof-of-concept (PoC) demos, and showcasing how these ideas
can address real-world industrial challenges effectively
FOSTERING TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ProtoSem® is a 20 week Graduate Innovation Engineer Certification
offered as a comprehensive skills and competency development
programme that integrates an innovation-centric approach into the
Engineering Curriculum. Pre-final & Final Year Engineering students
work towards designing, developing, and deploying innovative
solutions to solve real world problems provided by the Industry and
in that process get transformed into employable individuals and to
even emerge as technical entrepreneurs. This first-of-its kind
program offers expert training, tech & innovation mentoring through
a flipped classroom approach and hands-on activities, nabling
students to actively develop Minimum Usable Prototypes (MUPs) -
thereby gaining deep exposure to tools and techniques for
prototyping innovative solutions using creative technologies
covering IoT sensors, edge computing & networks, additive
manufacturing industrial automation, robotics, artificial
intelligence, AR/VR etc.
Addressing the rapidly widening skills gap and embracing innovation,
ProtoSem equips students with the expertise needed for the evolving
industry through project-based learning, industry-sponsored
challenges, and hands-on experience in cutting-edge technologies
like AI, IoT, robotics etc. It provides a comprehensive
multidisciplinary skill development in advanced industrial
technology domains to the students along with the requisite
professional capability paving way to differential employability &
tech enterprises.
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