Anil KakodkarChairman TIFAC

www.tifac.org.in

Technology is the key to comprehensive national power

Technology empowers citizens, societies and nations

(double edged? Need to ensure stability)

Provides strategic autonomy ( against restrictive regimes driven by political, economic, military, … interests)

Robust decision making that avoids vulnerabilities

Minimum disparity, Accessible quality education

Food, energy, raw materials*, --- security

Resilient infrastructure Smart Governance

Strategic mindset -- avoid vendor driven policies and decision making Demand driven research

Conducive innovation eco-system

India is and would remain a large and diverse society. This would have a bearing on technological solutions for addressing prerogatives of people.

“Technology in the service of India: ensuring the security, enhancing the prosperity and strengthening the identity of every Indian”

---in 22 Indian languages

Education Medical Sciences & Health Care Food and Agriculture Water Energy Environment Habitat Transportation Infrastructure Materials Manufacturing Information & Communication

Technology

1. Guaranteeing nutritional security and eliminating female and child anaemia

2. Ensuring quantity and quality of water in all rivers and aquatic bodies

3. Securing critical resources commensurate with the size of our country

4. Providing learner centric, language neutral and holistic education to all

5. Understanding national climate patterns and adapting to them

6. Making India non-fossil fuel based

7. Taking the railway to Leh and Tawang

8. Ensuring location and ability independent electoral and financial empowerment

9. Developing commercially viable decentralised and distributed energy for all

10. Ensuring universal eco-friendly waste management

~0.16 million @Rs.7million/FTE

We need to make our R&D investments more productive

Indian R&D spending larger than Israel, Canada, Sweden, UK , Switzerland, Finland .....

Per FTE spending in India comparable to best in the world

Industry investment very low

While investments in R&D need to grow commensurate with the size of our economy, there is an urgent need to make it much more productive.

Industry and Society engagement in Universities

Model rural eco-system for economic growth

Science centres Science innovation Activity Centres (one in every district) Mobile science exhibitions

Industry Internships Stage l – 2 months Stage ll – 6 months

New start ups Research Parks

( Say 50 to start with)

Smoothening the entry barriers

Motivation for industry - R&D lab partnership --Precompetitive research --Competitive product development --Concurrent development of large technology platforms

Modular development

Leveraging Mega purchases / offset policy

Establishing supply chain to avoid vulnerabilities