Guanajuato, Gto., November 14, 2017.-The University of Guanajuato (UG) consolidates as a liaison entity that contributes to the growth of the productivity and the competitiveness in the productive and service sectors, being certified as a Technology Transfer Office (OTT) by the federal government.

With this accreditation, the progress of the University of Guanajuato in generating knowledge, innovation and development of technological projects is acknowledged.

Additionally, the liaison opportunities with institutions that generate knowledge and the productive sector increase; it will ease the technology transfer, consulting, licensing and UG will become an articulate institution in the research-innovation-liaison ecosystem.

This accreditation was obtained because of the summon for the Recognition of Technology Transfer Offices of the Sector Fund of Innovation of the Department of Economy and the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt).

127 institutions participated in the summon: public and private universities, research centers and businesses. However, only 57 were approved, among them, the University of Guanajuato, due to its fulfillment of indicators in industrial property, technology transfer, project realization with the sectors, development of prototypes, infrastructure for research and development, habilitation of the academic personnel, among others.

The recognition of UG as a Technology Transfer Office was received by the Director of Liaison at the Institution, Dr. Salvador Hernández Castro, within the 6th congress organized by the OTT Network Mexico and the "Benémerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla."

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