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Science and Technology Research Players in India
The government has taken up several initiatives to create models favoring PPP in R&D, and to
create a robust infrastructure for innovation. Trade Associations play a crucial role in influencing
the companies in their network to support and participate in government initiatives. Building
and promoting regional technology-focused clusters has become beneficial.
Governments, academia, research institutions and corporates are promoting S&T collaborations
at international levels, encouraging innovative frameworks for partnerships. Such global
approaches when integrated with National Policy frameworks enable mobility of scientific and
technological faculties which can yield mutually beneficial outcomes through collaborative
advantages.
India has strong intellectual resources in terms of large and competent scientific establishments.
India boosts some of the best research facilities in all the key S&T sectors be it, Health, Energy,
Information Technology, Biotechnology, Space, Transport, etc. In addition to the renowned
autonomous institutions like the IITs and the IISc, there are thousands of engineering colleges
with a total intake of over more than 500,000 that are key knowledge resources of the country.
India is emerging as a favored Knowledge Processing Outsourcing (KPO) destiny in the world.
Significantly, the large talent pool across diverse areas of science, technology and management
prevalent in India, along with robust academic and research infrastructure and progressive
policy environment is spurring scientific and industrial R&D activities in the country and
increasingly making it a sought after country among global corporations for off-shoring their
R&D needs.
Having declared the Years 2010-2020 as the ‘Decade of Innovation’, the Government of India
is taking every step possible to make this programme successful. Policy reforms, new funding
schemes and programmes promoting PPP, international collaborations, technology transfers,
applied R&D, academia-industry linkages, cluster development, rural innovations and skill
development are significant steps towards India becoming one of the super powers in research
and innovation in the decades to come.
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