India, June 11 -- Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma on Wednesday said valuable research must move beyond laboratories and academic journals to reach industry, government and society as practical, scalable solutions. He was speaking at the inauguration of TRANSIT 2026, an international innovation acceleration platform at the Pune International Centre.

Anchored by COEP Technological University and CANEUS International, with the Government of Maharashtra as host state, the three-day workshop focuses on bridging the "Mid-TRL" (Technology Readiness Level) gap that often prevents innovations from reaching the market.

The Governor launched the Mid-TRL Innovation Acceleration Handbook, a roadmap for moving technologies from laboratory valid...