Rolls-Royce launches India Open Innovation Programme

Rolls Royce has today launched its India Open Innovation programme (IOiN-RR) which is designed to help identify, to buy or license technologies or techniques outside Rolls-Royce’s traditional areas of operation that are new and potentially beneficial to Rolls-Royce. IOiN-RR also provides Indian organisations with the opportunity to leverage their solutions globally.  

“Through this programme, we are seeking to identify technologies or techniques in industries outside of which Rolls-Royce usually operates, and in small and medium sized companies Rolls-Royce does not currently work with.” said Paul Stein, Chief Scientific Officer at Rolls-Royce. 

The challenges will focus on three critical areas test and measurement, repair, inspection and servicing technologies and novel designs and manufacture of large components and tools. 

Organisations that have been in existence for minimum two years are eligible to apply. The solutions submitted by the participants should be beyond concept stage and should lie between a successful prototype and ready for industry stage. After an initial screening, shortlisted applicants will be invited to register online and submit a detailed proposal. 

Kishore Jayaraman, President, Rolls-Royce India said, “Rolls-Royce has an 80-year history of strong and successful partnerships and collaborations in India, and we hope to establish more partnerships of mutual benefit through this initiative.”