1. Department of Science and Technology Government of India
Science & Technology in India
Department of Science and Technology Government of India

2. Science Structure In India
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT S&T DEPARTMENTS/ COUNCILS
STATE
GOVERNMENT S&T DEPARTMENTS / COUNCILS
UNIVERSITIES INDEPENDENT R&D INSTITUTES / AUTONOMOUS ORGANISATIONS
S&T IN
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
IN-HOUSE
R&D IN
PRIVATE INDUSTRIES

3. DST DBT DAE DSIR DOS CSIR MHRD ICAR MNRE MOEF DRDO DHR OTHERS MOES
CENTRAL
S&T
DEPARTMENTS
MHRD
ICAR
MNRE
MOEF
DRDO
DHR
OTHERS
MOES
DIETY

4. 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

6. 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

8. India’s performance at Scientific Publication front
Good news is that citation frequency has doubled during the last few years
5% target and 6th major global power by 2017
Slope change is ~ 5 times
From Thomson Reuters Data base
Scopus data base

9. Performance growth of university sector in h-indices over 1996-2006 to 1998-2008
30 crore
15 crore
9 crore
6 crore
University share of publications has increased from 15% in 2003 to 31% in 2010
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10. Profile of Average Citations per Paper (2004-09)
19 institutions (including 7 universities) above the national citation average of 3.47 per paper
Out of top 50 institutions in publication sector, 23 are universities
UoH, PU, UoD, UoPune, GDNU, UoM, JNU

11. Indian Performance in Nano Science
Indian growth rate is at 9.1 per year
India has emerged as the sixth major country in nano science outputs
Focus on Nanotech applications and enterprises
Automotive filter
Water filter

12. Improving gender parity in extramural R&D projects supported by central S&T agencies
Number of female Project Investigators
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DST Highlights

13. Establishment of Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Technology Development Board (TBD)
Statutory Body for
innovation support system
21st August 2012
DST Highlights

14. 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
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DST Highlights

15. INSPIRE has gained wide enrollment from the science community
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DST Highlights

16. 3500 RESOURCE PERSONS ENROLLED
INSPIRE IMPLEMENTATION STATUS
INSPIRE AWARD
65K INSPIRE AWARDS released
CLASS VI - X
Age 10-15
INSPIRE INTERNSHIP
~500 CAMPS HELD. 30 NLs joined
1,20,000 INTERNS GAINED
3500 RESOURCE PERSONS ENROLLED
CLASS XI
The programme has made a difference to the science sector already
Age 16-18
INSPIRE SCHOLAR
SHIPS
~15000 AWARDED
Age 17-22, BSc/ MSc levels
INSPIRE FELLOWS
~1600 AWARDED
Age 22-27, PhD level
74 awarded, 101 selected
Assured Career Opportunity in Research
Age 27-32
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DST Highlights

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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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21. 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

22. 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

23. India’s International S & T Engagements
Asia
North America
South America
Europe
Israel
Japan
Korea South
Myanmar
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam
Canada
Mexico
USA
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine UK
Africa
India Africa Initiative
Botswana
Mauritius
South Africa
Tunisia
Multilateral / Regional
Oceania
ASEAN
BRICS EU
IBSA
IOR
NAM
TWAS
SAARC
Australia
New Zealand

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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)

27. 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.

28. Thank you