Technopark@iitk organized its first industry event titled “IIT Kanpur Opens up to Local Industry: Prospects & Opportunities” to reach out to industry in Kanpur. The event was well attended by around 30 big, medium, and small enterprises of Kanpur including the Lohia Group of Companies. The event started with an address by Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director, IITK and was followed by a series of talks by IITK professors giving insights into the thriving R&D ecosystem that has been built over a span of 60 years. The exhibit of the patented and commercialized technologies garnered a positive response from industry participants who then interacted with the technology owners some of whom are students. Towards the end of the event, a panel discussion was held to initiate a dialogue with the local industry to open channels of active R&D collaboration with IIT Kanpur.