Independent governance
Reports to the Vice Chancellor, not a department head.
About · 001
LPU / Phagwara · Est. 2014
An independent lab inside a university.
Not a department, not a school, not a club. An independent multidisciplinary lab — open to every student — where the work is the curriculum.
- Founded
- 2014
- Floor area
- 50,000 ft²
- Active builders
- 1,240
- Domains
- 8
Live projects
0+
Papers published
0
Granted patents
0
Mentors on rotation
0
Operating philosophy
Four principles. No exceptions.
Held by every team, every project, every cohort — written on the studio wall the day we opened.
Studio Director"If a student leaves without something they shipped — a patent, a paper, a working prototype — we failed."
Dr. Asha VermaFounder · 2014
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Builders, not spectators.
Every student leaves with something they shipped — a patent, a paper, a product.
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Cross-disciplinary by default.
Robotics teams have designers. Biomedical teams have lawyers. AI teams have neuroscientists.
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Open floor, closed loop.
Anyone walks in. Every project is held to a real review — milestones, mentors, demo days.
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Research with receipts.
Papers tied to working prototypes. Patents tied to industry partners. No speculation slides.
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Inside LPU · Phagwara, Punjab
A studio inside India's largest education revolution.
Lovely Professional University is one of India's largest and most diverse single-campus universities — home to 30,000+ students across 200+ programs, drawn from every state and 50+ countries.
The Innovation Studio runs as an independent ecosystem inside that campus — a deliberate decoupling from any single department, so a biomedical student can sit next to a rocketry team next to a designer next to a founder. The university provides the floor, the funding, and the freedom. The studio sets the bar.
Plan a campus visit →Students on campus
0K+
Academic programs
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Countries represented
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Acre campus
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Cross-school admission
Open to every LPU student — first-year to PhD.
Faculty + industry mentors
Studio fellows from DRDO, ISRO, NVIDIA, AIIMS.
Institutional strength
The machinery behind every student project.
IIC · LPU
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IIC members
Individuals involved in the innovation cell
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Innovation ambassadors
Representatives promoting innovation initiatives
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Faculty mentors
Educators guiding innovation projects
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Pre-incubation units
Facilities supporting early-stage startups
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Incubation units
Spaces for nurturing established startups
0
IP facilitation units
Services assisting with intellectual property
181
H-Index
228,400+
Scopus citations
2,900+
Patents granted
₹97.78 Cr+
Funded projects
28,500+
Publications
550+
Tie-ups worldwide
Twelve years on the studio floor.
2014 — 2026
2014
Studio opens with 12 students and a borrowed 3D printer.
2017
First IEEE paper accepted. First patent filed. Rocketry program launches.
2019
AI lab opens with dedicated GPU cluster. First spin-out incorporates.
2021
50,000 sq ft facility. Nine specialised labs, from ideation to machining, commissioned.
2023
100+ patents, 300+ papers. Alumni in 12 countries.
2026
Eight active domains, 380+ live projects, $4.2M in external funding.
The people who hold the standard.
Full team →AV
Asha Verma
Studio Director
Former DRDO scientist. PhD, Aerospace, IIT Bombay.
RM
Rohan Mehta
Head, AI & Compute
Ex-NVIDIA. ICML 2021 best paper.
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Imran Sheikh
Head, Biomedical Lab
MD-PhD, AIIMS. 14 granted medical-device patents.
PN
Priya Nair
Head, Ventures & Partnerships
Founded two spin-outs. Ex-Sequoia scout.
BUILDERS, NOT SPECTATORS
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OPEN FLOOR, CLOSED LOOP
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RESEARCH WITH RECEIPTS
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CROSS-DISCIPLINARY BY DEFAULT
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BUILDERS, NOT SPECTATORS
·
OPEN FLOOR, CLOSED LOOP
·
RESEARCH WITH RECEIPTS
·
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY BY DEFAULT
·
BUILDERS, NOT SPECTATORS
·
OPEN FLOOR, CLOSED LOOP
·
RESEARCH WITH RECEIPTS
·
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY BY DEFAULT
·
BUILDERS, NOT SPECTATORS
·
OPEN FLOOR, CLOSED LOOP
·
RESEARCH WITH RECEIPTS
·
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY BY DEFAULT
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Visit the studio
Come see what's on the bench.
Open studio every Friday, 3pm to 7pm. Walk the floor. Talk to teams. No appointment.