Transformative Hubs:
PIMR's Innovation Initiatives

PIMR has established Centers of Excellence (CoEs), with specific and well placed objectives. It is a prevalent, impactful and valuable practice in today’s academic landscape in India and across the world.

These Centers of Excellence are aimed to focus on specific domains, technologies, business objectives, or educational goals, by providing required infrastructure, expertise, technology, and operational support. 

The primary goal of CoEs is to enhance and excel in specific domains, technologies, business outcomes, or objectives within the educational institution. 

Establishing newer Centers of Excellence is a continuous process at PIMR.

Objectives and Benefits

Fostering Specialization

PIMR CoEs concentrate the efforts and resources on specialized areas of study or research. This specialization often leads to higher levels of expertise and innovation in those domains.

Promoting Industry Collaboration

By focusing on specific domains or technologies, CoEs often facilitate close collaboration with industries and businesses related to those areas. This connection can be highly beneficial for students, researchers, and the institution itself, as it helps align educational offerings with industry demands.

Enhancing Research and Development:

PIMR CoEs are focused on research and development activities. These are with support on research projects, access to cutting-edge technology, and partnerships with industry experts.

Supporting Knowledge Transfer

PIMR has created infrastructure with technology, and operational support. This support ensures that the CoE has the necessary resources to transfer knowledge effectively to students and researchers.

Elevating Educational Quality

The CoEs attracts top-tier faculty and researchers in their respective fields. This, in turn, improves the overall quality of education at the institution, making it a more attractive destination for students and faculty members alike.

Addressing Societal Challenges

The CoEs are instrumental in addressing pressing societal challenges, such as climate change, healthcare, and cybersecurity. By concentrating expertise and resources, these centers will contribute significantly to finding solutions to complex problems.

Global Recognition

The CoEs have gained international recognition for their expertise and contributions to their respective fields. This recognition enhances the reputation of the educational institution and attracts talent and partnerships from around the world.

Economic Development

The CoEs stimulate economic development in the surrounding region by fostering innovation, creating jobs, and attracting investments. This not only benefits the institution but also the local community and economy.

Capacity Building

The CoEs serve as platforms for training and capacity building. They will offer workshops, seminars, and courses that enable students and professionals to acquire specialized skills and knowledge.

List of PIMR Centers of Excellence

Industry 4.0

This Centre of Excellence (CoE) is a pioneering hub at the forefront of manufacturing innovation, established to harness cutting-edge technologies shaping the future of production.

Drone-tech

PIMR has established a Center of Excellence for Drone-tech with a focus on advancing the development and application of drone-based technology in upcoming sectors. The primary aim is to propel startups to the forefront of global opportunities.

On the Horizon
Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain

In today’s technology-driven VUCA world, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Blockchain have taken the driving seat. To achieve operational excellence, the application of IoT, blockchain and predictive modeling have become indispensable. Both academia and the corporate world are realising this need to become future-ready. The Centre will not only train students of MBA in areas like Big Data Analytics & Visualization, the role of AI & ML techniques and algorithms, prompt engineering, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Behaviour (IoB), cybersecurity, AR, VR, MR, Metaverse, but also provide hands-on training using cutting-edge software to provide practical training.

Sofware as a Service (Saas)

This CoE encompasses development of service applications like health-tech, fin-tech, and more. SaaS stands out as the most highly esteemed business approach. PIMR has designed a specialized program, "SaaStart," exclusively dedicated to nurturing and supporting SaaS-based business.

On the Horizon
Animation and Media

The Center of Excellence for Media and Animations will be a hub of creativity and innovation. It will nurture aspiring artists and animators, fostering a culture of constant learning and skill refinement.

On the Horizon
Analytics

PIMR aims to partner with leading analytics firms to create a CoE in Data Analytics. The partner will provide access to real-world datasets and analytics tools.

On the Horizon
Cybersecurity

PIMR aims to collaborate with leading cybersecurity companies to create a CoE for cybersecurity education and research. The partner will supply the latest cybersecurity software, simulators, and incident data for analysis. This CoE produces cybersecurity experts who help protect critical systems from cyber threats.

On the Horizon
Innovations

PIMR aims to establish a CoE in innovations, in association with a top level company / agency. The partner will provide expertise, and access to use-cases. The CoE will conduct research on innovations which can be sector or problem specific.

On the Horizon
Deep-Tech

PIMR aims to partner with tech giants to create a focused CoE, on key areas like artificial intelligence (AI), clean-tech, etc. The CoE will have cutting-edge hardware and software, conduct regular workshops.

Industry Partnerships

S.No.Signing PartnerDescription
1.Innovivi Center of ExcellenceTo promote & support Employability, Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship with a broad alignment of international internships, masterclasses, and other related services.
2Department of MSME (M.P.)To support the startup ecosystem of the state jointly.
3.WomennovatorA Virtual Incubator (supported by MSME Ministry and UN Women) for women entrepreneurs who have exceptional ideas and want to get a platform to grow. To promote & support events and capacity building programs for women-led startups.
4.Edify AcceleratorsTo create a robust Startup Ecosystem.
5.VASPLFor Startup Mentoring, Networking and Funding Connect.
6.Crest innovations FoundationPIMR, Indore Signs MoU with Crest Innovations, Delhi.
7.CRISP BhopalTo support Startups, Ventures & Innovators For Mentorships, Planning, networking, & funding connections.
8.Kambill SystemsMoU with Centre for Research and Industrial Staff Performance (CRISP) Bhopal. The Aim of The MoU Is To Support Students, Startups, Ventures & Innovators From Central India For Skill Development, Employability, Professional & Entrepreneurship Skills Enhancements.
9.Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT DelhiThe aim of MoU Is to impart Co-Operation in setting up drone lab, related research and application development. The initiative, along with Prestige Institute of Engineering Management & Research, will focus on drone pilot training, developing drone initiatives and promote drone startups in the region.
10.Paras Aerospace Pvt Ltd, MumbaiTo enable innovations and technopreneurship, business partnerships, technology development, consultancy, collaborative R&D, technology commercialization, development programs, corporate memberships etc.
11.Manush LabsThe MOU underlines doing drone-tech based business jointly and participative research in this high growth segment. This initiative is going to be very useful for startups incubated at AIC-Prestige and students & faculty of PIEMR.
12.Two52 Clearlydefined IP Consulting (IP-FY)To guide, train, nurture, fund, and scale entrepreneurs from Central India. The goal of the programs is to disseminate entrepreneurship education and train innovators from Central India.
13.Afthonia Labs Pvt LtdThe MoU with the aim to support the startups incubated at AIC-Prestige with their management of Intellectual property, technology transfer & jointly conduct various capacity building programs on entrepreneurship.
14.E-Cell IIT KharagpurTo connect the incubated startups with investors and also support for Go-to-Market startegies. The Afhtonia majorly focuses on the Finctech domain startups.
15.Microsoft for StartupsFor launching various events in support of startup ecosystem. The events are Empresario, Global Entrepreneurship and various other flag ship events.
16.FUND EnableTo guide, train, nurture, fund, and scale entrepreneurs from Central India. The goal of the programs is to disseminate entrepreneurship education and train innovators from Central India.
17.I-TTOFor supporting early stage startups of the region majorly across three verticals: Investment Banking, Innovation Management and technological learning.
18.The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT BombayFor supporting startups towards IPR related understanding.
19.TRIF - Transform Rural India Foundation (TATA Trust initiative)For launching various events in support of startup ecosystem.
20.InfoBeans Technologies Ltd.For collaborative research, training and consultancy.
21.TRIF - Transform Rural India Foundation (TATA Trust initiative)For providing formal training to Infobeans Technologies.