Prof/ Ahmed Ghallab Mohamed _Aswan University president_ declared that according to state plan and its strategy for sustainable development (Egypt 2020) which depends on the current vision which is based on economic development to support innovation and invention and encourage innovators and inventors in addition to promoting small, medium and micro industries whereas the interest of Aswan University in obtaining funding from the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology to establish complex of technology Innovation commercialization offices at Aswan University (TICO-Aswan) to provide real and more effective services to connect the university and scientific research with industry and Society needs.
Prof. Ahmed Ghallab Mohamed _Aswan University President_ directed in his last meeting the director of TICO project team, Dr. Abo el-Hassan Al-Shazly Ahmed Younis, to increase patent applications for researchers from the university and innovators from outside. University President indicated that the university administration gives high priority, complete and comprehensive care for this type of projects and offices that contribute in solving society problems and working on connecting them with industry, including the benefit and prosperity for our beloved Egypt. Prof. Ahmed Ghallab Ali confirmed on project team to increase efforts to achieve desired goals from office complex and making protocols with nearby factories in governorate and discuss ways of mutual cooperation and searching for industrial and technological challenges of companies and factories to be presented to Graduate Studies Council in preparation for inclusion it in university’s research plan.
For his part, Dr. Ayman Othman, Vice President for graduate Studies and Research_ added that he wished for the work team to success in the next stage, as he said that (TICO- Aswan) registered 38 patent applications, it was able to have about 20 prototypes of valuable innovations, and also contributed to establishing about 4 Emerging companies, and (TICO- Aswan) and its innovators won many awards in local and international innovation exhibitions, the team also attended more than 60 training and workshops and made more than 7 visits to factories and industrial companies in the governorate, and TICO- Aswan also contributed for registering Aswan university to programs of European Union projects and activating the identification code of Aswan University (PIC number), as well as the participation of Aswan University in of African Universities Federation based in Accra_ Ghana, as well as the participation of Aswan University in World Association of Universities based in France in the last three years.
Prof. Ahmed Ghallab directed researchers at university and all innovators and inventors of Aswan Governorate, to communicate with the (TICO –Aswan) team and presenting proposals and ideas that need financial, technical or academic support, by entering on (TICO- Aswan) website and applying for 2030 innovation challenge competition, whether for training in field of Self-employment and entrepreneurship, or to start in establishing startup companies for Youth, or to build a prototype for innovation preparing to participation in local and international competitions and to market it, or to help in registering a patent, and to save to the researcher about 17,000 from the project budget.