CREST organized a panel discussion in collaboration with CII and Accenture Ventures on "Commercialization and Social Impact of Deep-tech Research” as part of ICONN 2021, a startup corporate connect initiative on November 18th 2021, 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm. The distinguished panel had discussed on the increasing relevance of creating commercial use and achieving social impact for the deep-tech research and project activities in leading institutes of higher education in the country. The panel also had discussed the role of start-ups in the use of deep-tech and the infrastructure and institutional support needed to nurture such start-ups.