Science & Technology in India

Department of Science and Technology

Government of India
 Science Structure In India

CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT
S&T
DEPARTMENTS/
STATE COUNCILS UNIVERSITIES
GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENT
S&T R&D INSTITUTES /
DEPARTMENTS / AUTONOMOUS
COUNCILS ORGANISATIONS

S&T IN
NON-GOVERNMENTAL IN-HOUSE
ORGANISATIONS R&D IN
PRIVATE
INDUSTRIES
 DST

DBT DAE

CSIR DSIR
CENTRAL DOS
S&T
DEPARTMENTS
MHRD
DHR
ICAR DRDO
MNRE
OTHERS MOES
MOEF DIETY
DST: Objectives and Functions
 Formulation of Science, Technology & Innovation Policy
and other enabling Policies for the R&D Sector
 Strengthening Basic Research and Expanding R&D base -
Human Capacity
 Strengthening Basic Research and Expanding R&D base -
Institutional Capacity
 Implementing Technology Development Programs
 Societal Interventions through S&T
 International S&T Co-operation/ Partnerships and
Alliances
 Brief Highlights of Indian Science
 Public investments into Indian science sector have
maintained a near 20-25% growth annually since 2005
 Relative position of India with respect to scientific
publications and patents have improved considerably since
2005 (from 13th to 9th and 16th to 12th)
 Average annual growth of publication has been 14% with
3.5% of world share; Engg Sciences has highest growth
 Several new institutions have been established for
expanding the R&D base
 FTEs in R&D is estimated to have increased from 154,000 to
170,000
 Private sector investments into R&D increased from 0.24%
to 0.33% of GDP
India’s performance at Scientific
Publication front Good news is that citation frequency has
doubled during the last few years

global power by 2017

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Performance growth of university
crore sector in h-indices over 1996-2006
to 1998-2008

15 crore

9 crore
6 crore
University
share of
publications
has
increased
from 15% in
2003 to
31% in
2010

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Profile of Average Citations per Paper
(2004-09)

UoH, PU, UoD, 19 institutions (including 7 universities)

UoPune, GDNU, above the national citation average of
UoM, JNU 3.47 per paper
Out of top 50 institutions in publication
sector, 23 are universities
 Indian Performance in Nano Science
5000

Indian growth rate is at

4500

 4000

9.1 per year

3500

No. of Publications
3000

India has emerged as

2500

 2000

the sixth major country

1500

1000

in nano science outputs 500

0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

 Focus on Nanotech Years

applications and Automotive filter

enterprises

Water filter
Improving gender parity in extramural R&D
projects supported by central S&T agencies

Number of female Project Investigators

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12 August 2012 DST Highlights
 Establishment of Science &
Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Technology Development Board (TBD)

Statutory Body for
innovation support system

21st August 2012 DST Highlights

National Board of Accreditation of Testing
and calibration of Laboratories (NABL)

The number of laboratories accredited has grown from ~670 to 1700

National Entrepreneurship Board (NEB)

Supports establishment of Science and Technology
Entrepreneurship Parks and Technology Business Incubation Parks.
Total of 64 parks have been supported. Incubated
more than 2600 start-up companies and led to more than 26000
employments.
Plans are made to scale up this initiative

21st August 2012 DST Highlights

 INSPIRE
has gained wide enrollment
from the science community

21st August 2012 DST Highlights

 INSPIRE IMPLEMENTATION STATUS

INSPIRE AWARD
65K INSPIRE AWARDS released CLASS
VI - X
Age 10-15

INSPIRE INTERNSHIP CLASS XI

~500 CAMPS HELD. 30 NLs joined
The
1,20,000 INTERNS GAINED Age 16-18
programme 3500 RESOURCE PERSONS ENROLLED
has made a
difference to INSPIRE SCHOLAR
the science SHIPS
~15000 AWARDED Age 17-22, BSc/ MSc levels
sector
INSPIRE FELLOWS
already ~1600 AWARDED Age 22-27, PhD level
74 awarded, 101 selected
Assured Career Opportunity in Research Age 27-32
21st August 2012 DST Highlights
Policy for Science and Science Policy
for Development
 Synergizing Science, Technology and Innovation

 Extent to which STI enterprise integrates vertically and

creates social and economic goods through innovation
with impact on the national development processes

 There is discovery element in science. There is also

solution dimension to modern science. Balancing and
interconnecting discovery and solution dimensions of
science need new mechanisms and pathways

 Enrolling Indian society and Indian industry as major

stakeholders in the process
 Priorities of STI Policy 2013
 Nourishing the root of science by promoting
excellence
• Focus on science education & teaching and attraction of
talents to science
 Combining Excellence with Relevance
• Grand challenge programs with matching deployment of
resources
 Performance-Reward Relationship
• Performance Related Incentive System (PRIS) for basic
research
 Delivery systems for STI outputs to stake holders
• Partnerships with socio-economic ministries and State
Governments for enhancing the stake holder value of STI
enterprise
 Priorities of STI Policy 2013
 Attracting Private Sector investments into R&D
• R&D for public and social goods objectives through PPP model

 Partnership among stake holders to scale R&D

successes
• Closing gaps in translational research leading to application of
R&D findings

 Gaining Global Competitiveness through collaboration

• Strategic partnerships and alliances with other nations for value
addition to national programs and addressing global issues
• Participation in global consortia for mega science projects
 POLICY GOAL
Serving India by connecting performance with
excellence and relevance

Accelerate the pace of discovery and delivery of

science-led solutions for serving the national goal
of faster, sustainable and inclusive growth

A strong and viable Science, Research and

Innovation System for High Technology-led path
for India (SRISHTI) is a policy goal.

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International Partnerships & Alliances
 Mandate: Identify, facilitate and promote India’s international
cooperation in frontier and emerging areas of STI under bilateral and
multilateral programs
 Guiding Principles:
Technology Synergy
 Parity based international relationship based on co-funding
and reciprocity
Technology Diplomacy
 Investing into promoting international relationship with
developing countries
Technology Acquisition
 Need based investments for technology acquisition,
development and transfer
Private Public Partnership
 Promoting industrial R&D & technology development for
innovation and techno-entrepreneurship
 International Cooperation
 Leverage ‘international collaborative advantage’ for national
programs and addressing global challenges
 Bilateral agreements with more than 83 countries with active
cooperation with 41 countries
 Cooperation significantly strengthened with Australia, EU, France,
Germany, UK and USA with co-investments exceeding US$180 m
during last five years
 Average Impact factor of publications through cooperation is 5.4
compared to 3.7 from national publications
 Cooperation with African countries launched through new India
Africa S&T Initiative
 Bi-national S&T Bodies with France, Germany, Russia and USA
 Global Innovation Technology Alliance (GITA) as a platform to
engage in industrial R&D, technology development and innovation
 Industrial R&D cooperation with Canada, France, Germany, Israel,
Russia, USA
 India’s International S & T Engagements
Asia North America South America Europe
• Israel • Canada • Argentina • Austria
• Japan • Mexico • Brazil • Belarus
• Korea South • USA • Chile • Belgium
• Myanmar • Mexico • Bulgaria
• Singapore • Czech Republic
• Sri Lanka • Finland
• Thailand • France
• Vietnam • Germany
• Hungary
Africa • Italy
• Netherlands
• India Africa Initiative • Norway
• Botswana • Portugal
• Mauritius • Romania
• South Africa • Russia
• Tunisia Multilateral / Regional • Slovenia
• Spain
Oceania ASEAN IOR • Sweden
BRICS NAM • Switzerland
• Australia
EU TWAS • Ukraine
• New Zealand
IBSA SAARC • UK
 Modalities of International Cooperation
Contact Building through
 Joint Workshops/ Seminars/Symposia and Exhibitions
 Visitation, Fellowships & Internships
 Exchange of S&T Information and Systems
 Exploratory visits
 Lectures by Eminent Scientists
 Fielding young researchers scholars to international meets with Peers

Provide Support for

 Joint R&D Projects of mutual interest
 Project mode mobility based exchange
 Training and Advanced Schools
 Access to Advanced Facilities
 Participation in international Mega-science projects

Facilitate and Promote

 Creation of Joint R&D Centres
 Virtual Centres of Excellence
 Multi - institutional R&D projects
 Catalyzing creation of Joint Ventures
Modalities of International Cooperation

Promote Commercial R&D and Innovation

 Academia – Industry R&D Projects
 Public Private Partnership for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
 Facilitate Technology Development & Transfer
 Hold annual Technology Summit with a partner country

Establishment of Bilateral S&T Bodies

 Indo-French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research
 Indo-US Science & Technology Forum
 Indo-German Science & Technology Centre
 Indo-Russian Scientific & Technological Centre
Capacity Building in R&D: 2012-17
Building critical research mass in selected areas
 Computer & mathematical sciences, earth & environmental sciences,
glaciology, clinical medicine, cognitive sciences, etc.
Expanding Human capacity base in R&D
 Overseas doctoral & post doctoral fellowships & Re-entry schemes
for expats & foreign researchers
Strengthening University Research
 Special schemes like FIST, PURSE, CURIE etc.
Competitive grants for decadal institutional R&D programs in areas
 Climate change, new energy and sustainability science
National Action Plan for Climate Change Research
 Sustaining Himalayan Eco System
 Strategic Knowledge on Climate Change
Participation in Global Mega-science R&D Projects
 Off shore investment (CERN, FAIR, DESY, TMT)
 In-country Experiments (INDIGO, INO)
Capacity Building in R&D: 2012-17
Stepping up Nano Mission
 With focus on industrial R&D and applications
Establishment of National Centers for Advanced Research
 Water technologies, advanced manufacturing, robotics, sensors &
integrated systems, geospatial technologies, super computing
Investments into solution science through PPP model
 In solar energy, water, health, security technologies etc.
Developing Technology Platforms through PPP model
 Membrane technologies for sensors, computational materials
engineering, next generation wireless systems, distributed off grid
power systems, etc.
National and Bi-national R&D centers
 Clean energy, automotive research, biomedical devices & therapeutic
technology etc.
Thank you