ARCH Founder & Director, Archana Surana was welcomed as a Speaker in the CII Global Summit on Technology, R&D & Intellectual Property 2025, held on 16–17 December 2025 at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi. The summit, themed “From Dependence to Dominance: Research, Deep Tech, and IP for Atmanirbhar Bharat,” brought together leaders from industry, academia, policy, and research to shape India’s innovation future.
Representing ARCH, Ms. Archana Surana, Founder & Director, spoke at CII’s session on “Reimagining Industry–Academia Collaboration for a Global R&D and IP Economy.” She represented the voice of design education, emphasising the shift design institutions must make—from skill execution to inquiry, from service delivery to co-creation, and from employability metrics to innovation-led impact.
Sharing the platform with leaders from ANRF, ProInn, Tata Motors, IIT Roorkee, and C&S Electric, Ms. Surana highlighted the role of design-led thinking, interdisciplinary learning, and industry-connected education in building future-ready innovation ecosystems. Her perspective aligned strongly with the vision of NEP 2020, underlining how research, policy, industry collaboration, and student entrepreneurship are deeply interconnected.
The session reinforced a shared belief that innovation cannot thrive in silos and must be co-created through sustained collaboration between classrooms, companies, and communities—reaffirming ARCH’s commitment to bridging education with industry and purpose-driven progress.
Archana Surana, Founder and Director of ARCH College of Design & Business, has been re-elected as Board Member of the Cumulus Association Executive Board for the 2025–2028 term. She previously served as the Vice President from 2022 to 2025.
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