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STRATEGY FOR NEW INDIA @ 75 TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION (WHAT SHOULD…
STRATEGY FOR
NEW INDIA @ 75
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
WHAT IS GOAL OF GOVT.?
GOAL 1. INDIA SHOULD BE AMONG THE TOP 50 COUNTRIES IN THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX BY 2022-23
IT IS 57TH IN GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2017
GOAL 2.• FIVE OF OUR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE AMONGST THE TOP 100 IN THE WORLD.
TODAY NONE IN IS TOP 100
GOAL 3• INDIA SHOULD AIM TO SPEND AT LEAST 2 PER CENT OF GDP ON R&D
CURRENTLY GOVT. SPENDS 0.7% OF GDP ON R&D EXPENDITURE
LOW COMPARED TO THE
2% IN CHINA
4.3% IN ISRAEL
EVOLUTION OF S&T FRAMEWORK
IN 1971 DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ESTABLISHED.
IN 2000 NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION WAS SET UP TO FUND
INNOVATIONS AT GRASSROOTS
2003 POLICY BROUGHT TOGETHER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2013 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION (STI) POLICY FORMULATED.
2016 ATAL INNOVATION MISSION (AIM)
AIM IS CRITICAL AS INDIA IS HOME TO 3RD LARGEST STARTUPS IN INDIA
WHAT ARE CURRENT ISSUES IN S&T SCENARIO
0.7% OF GDP EXPENDITURE ON R&D ONLY
LOW SCIENTIFIC R&D PROFESSIONALS
IN INDIA AT 218 PER MILLION
WHICH IS LOW WHEN TO CHINA'S 1113 AND USA 4019
WEAK SYNERGY
B/W HIGH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM
NOT FOCUSED ON CULTIVATING A SCIENTIFIC TEMPERAMENT AT AN EARLY AGE RATHER IT FCUSES ON ROTE LEARNING
EVEN AT HIGHER LEVEL LACK OF CARRER OPPORTUNITIES IN BASIC SCIENCES LEADS TO DIVERSION OF POTENTIAL RESEARCHERS TO OTHER REWARDING SECTORS
“LAB TO LAND” TIME IS TOO LONG
IN INDIA MANY PUBLIC FUNDED INS. HAS DEVELOPED MANY FRONTLINE TECHNOLOGIES
HOWEVER, THE RATE OF TRANSFER OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO INDUSTRY AND FOR SOCIETAL BENEFITS IS LOW
INADEQUATEPROTECTION TO INDIGENOUS INNOVATIONS
AS
INDIAN INDUSTRY FREQUENTLY VIOLATES PREFRENTAIL MARKET ACCESS AND END UP LARGE SCALE IMPORT FROM FORGIEN COMPANIES
POOR PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF AFFORDABLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR RURAL AREAS
LIKE AGRICULTURE, AGRI-PROCESSING
WHAT SHOULD INDIA DO?
INTEGRATED APPROACH TO BE ADOPTED
SYNERGY B/W EDUCATION &RESEARCH
INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
CLUSTER BASED APPORACH
WHAT IS CLUSTER BASED APPROACH
MERGING SEVERAL SMALL DIFFERENT UNITS (SATELLITES) TO A MOTHER UNIT (HUB).
TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION BY PUBLIC FUNDED R&D INSTITUTIONS
TO RESOLVE DELAY IN LAB TO LAND
CREATION OF NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
DATA BANK
FOR COORDINATION WITH ALL PUBLICLY
FUNDED R&D INSTITUTIONS.
SO THAT READINESS CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR DEPLOYMENT OF DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY
SHIFTING FOCUS TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF SOCIALLY RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES IN AREAS SUCH AS
CLEAN DRINKING WATER, SANITATION, ENERGY, AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, ORGANIC FARMING, ETC.
THESE TECHNOLOGIES HAVE LARGE POTENTIAL FOR COMMERCIALIZATION.
GOVT. PROCUREMENT REFORMS
TENDER FOR PROCUREMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPLIER SHOULD ONLY BE FLOATED ONLY WHEN INDIAN INDUSTRIES ARE UNABLE TO FURNISH IT
THIS WILL PROMOTE MAKE IN INDIA ALSO
TO PROMOTE GRASS ROOT INNOVATIONS
A NONLAPSABLE “DISTRICT INNOVATION FUND” WITH A CORPUS
OF ABOUT INR 2 CRORE IN EACH DISTRICT MAY BE CREATED
AIM HAS SET UP OVER 1000 ATAL TINKERING LABS
IT MUST BE INCREASED AT LEAST 5,000 BY 2019 AND 10,000 BY 2020
FOREIGN COLLABORATION
IN CRTICAL TECHNOLOGIES LIKE
NANO TECH, STEM CELL RESEARCH, GENOMICS ETC