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Translating Academic Climate Research into Industry Implementation | CLIMAFIX Summit 2025

Translating Academic Climate Research into Industry Implementation | CLIMAFIX Summit 2025 This panel at CLIMAFIX Summit 2025 examines how academic climate research can move from the lab into industry deployment. Panelists discuss platform models, funding gaps, TRL bottlenecks, philanthropic and blended capital, industry–academy collaboration, and practical measures to scale research into commercial impact. Panel focus: building repeatable platforms that link universities, research centers, alumni, funders and industry to translate research (TRL 2–4) into deployable solutions (TRL 5–7+). Speakers: Moderator: Satya Seshadri - Energy Consortium (IIT Madras) Mirik Gogri - Spectrum Impact / membrane research initiative Ajeya Bandyopadhyay - International Finance Corporation (IFC), Energy Transition & Industrial Decarbonization Nishani Manohar - Head of Operations, IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA) Raghuttama Rao - Gopal Krishna Pande Center (GDC), IIT Madras ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 – Opening music & session intro 00:41 – Panelists take their seats; session context and goals 01:05 – What the platform aims to solve: scaling research → implementation 02:02 – Energy Consortium’s venture-studio approach & deployment partners 03:16 – Call for a replicable, scalable model across universities 04:18 – Raghuttama Rao (GDC) — GDC mission, TRL gap and commercialization challenge 06:55 – Ajeya Bandyopadhyay (IFC) — IFC’s role, de-risking instruments & policy alignment 09:25 – Nishani Manohar (IITMAA) — alumni engagement: time, talent & treasure 14:04 – Mirik Gogri (Spectrum Impact) — industry perspective; membrane hub & India Translational Research Initiative 16:12 – Examples of gap-driven infrastructure (CGMP, vaccine/mRNA facilities) 18:06 – Discussion: grant capital, blended finance & philanthropic funding models 21:21 – IFC: de-risking, specialized funds & alternative instruments for pilots 22:20 – GDC: the missing pieces — funding failure tolerance & entrepreneurial human capital 25:04 – Mirik: rallying philanthropic capital and mindset change for donors 28:38 – Alumni giving: donor preferences, trust and willingness to fund riskier innovation 30:38 – Are researchers willing to tackle hard problems? Ambition and incentives 32:30 – Global comparisons: policy, incentives and ecosystem structure (US / China / Israel) 34:55 – Positive signals: discovery, industry awareness & opportunity to surface research 37:05 – Panel recommendations: platform design — outreach, problem prioritization, entrepreneur support 39:38 – IFC & panel: connect to global innovation networks and market feedback loops 41:06 – GDC: need for trained entrepreneurs who understand science + tolerance for failure 42:36 – Balancing audacious long-term research with short-term wins / revenue paths 42:56 – Closing summary: openness, knowledge-sharing, failure tolerance & next steps 43:24 – Thanks, wrap-up & mementos