Open Innovation
A proposed scientific collaboration platform — so Solukhumbu becomes not merely a place resources come from, but a place where science happens.
The Open Innovation Lab is a future platform, in development. Its purpose is to connect researchers, students, and institutions to shared scientific work grounded in the Himalayas.
Nepali researchers and students, universities, diaspora scientists, international researchers, biotechnology companies, natural-product and conservation scientists, and entrepreneurs.
Collaborative research, training, medicinal-plant and natural-product research, molecular biology, botanical authentication, analytical science, and student research.
Building scientific capacity in Nepal keeps knowledge, method, and value close to the biological resources themselves.
Potential Functions