1. Team Name - Desh Premi
Team members
Sneha Arolkar
Naveen Phani Krishna
Prashant Takker
Shivam Seth
Aastha Pandey
Brain Gain - Promoting Research & Innovation in India

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Ph.d
M. Phill
Post Graduate
Under Graduate
PG Diploma
Diploma
Certificate
Integrated
India
Level Wise Enrollment Of Students in
Universities(2010-2011)
India lags behind!!
Low R&D
expenditure
Low level of intellectual
capital generation
Very few
PhDs
Low level of success in
creating original work

3. Problem Statement
Sub CausesCauses
Main
Problem
Research &
Innovation :
India lags
behind
Low investments
in R&D
(Public and/or
Pvt.)
Pvt players : R&D ROI not attractive
IPR : Protection of Research outputs
Investors’ access to Local Innovation
Innovators’ access to Investment
Few quality
researchers
Lack of quality education
Primary, Secondary as well as higher
Research as a career Choice

4. Proposed Solution
Market Oriented Database
of Innovation (MODRI)
• All R&I summary uploaded
with bid price
• Sorted by
industry/discipline/applicatio
n/source et al
• Access sold to industry. They
bid for the research outputs.
• Market determined value for
research. Self sustainable
system.
IPR-Speeding up the
patenting process.
• Increase patent offices across
India.
• Reduce the attrition rate of
patent examiners by----
Assigning more challenging
jobs like cross technology
patent examination
• Providing more
incentives(comparable to
peers in other countries)
• Reducing workload per
examiner.
Strengthen Education
(roots)
• Research oriented
Interdisciplinary university
system
• Teacher training
• Technology driven
dissemination of knowledge :
Broadband & Devices
Branding Research
Career
• Changing research pay offs
(Army example) : Social &
Economic
• Scope for commercializing
research and becoming
equity partners
• Change of social (parents’)
mindset

5. MODRI – Market Oriented Database of R&I
Each Researcher or Innovator can
apply online for the listing of her
research work on the database with
an expected bid price
Bid Price – Minimum price set by
the researcher. Based on the
demand by companies the highest
bid price is shown.
• To be managed by central body like Dept. of Science & Technology (DST)
• To be launched at a national level with the best research already available hosted.
• Seminars and conferences to be organised to promote and to bring industry,
researchers & academia to a common understanding.
To be self regulated by Invisible Hands
(suggested by Adam Smith)

6. Education level wise issues and SolutionsUnderGraduatelevel
Each year, of the total
university output, one third
go for sciences
Society as a whole doesn’t
view a career in sciences as
rewarding
Quality drop in students
opting for sciences.
Division of options into PCB
& PCM at +12 level leads to
students opting for either
medicine or engineering
Graduatelevel
Colleges are under-
equipped, over crowded,
poorly staffed
Science is taught
unimaginatively which leads
to rote learning and
uninterested students.
Ultimately
Shortage of ground level
researchers and trained
researchers prefer to move
to other countries in search
of lucrative jobs
ChangesinPrimaryand
Secondaryeducation:
ChangesinHigherEducation:
Curriculum should be
innovation oriented rather
than degree oriented.
Better quality of professors
and high educational
standards at PG & PHD level
Regular interaction with
existing scientists,
scholarships for international
science meets should be
granted
IdentifyandRetainTalent:
Providing Incentives in terms
of rewards and recognition
Strengthening IPR in India
Improving technology
infrastructure
.
Encourage students to opt
for pure sciences
Implement Project Based
Learning
Motivate teachers by
providing incentives
Special workshops should be
conducted to engage R&D
students.
Facilitating online learning
Suggestions

7. IPR
The Issue with
IPR:
• Indian IPR has been
widely criticized for
quality of patents
and trademarks
granted.
Reasons:
Largely
Operational
• High Workload
• Poor Employment
conditions
• High Attrition
Solutions:
• Reduce workload to
less than 10 patent
applications per
month
• Implement
measures like giving
challenging work
and incentives to
reduce attrition

8. IMPACT - MODRI
All these stakeholders can
collabrate
Collaborate
•Industry, University &
innovators all on one
platform
•Conducive for collaboration
Information
Symmetry
•Researchers and Innovators
know what is most relevant –
as per the price
•Industry knows areas where
there is abundance of ideas
Self
Regulation
•Which areas over or under
focused
•Research as an activity
becomes self sustainable
•No need for asking funds

9. IMPACT – Education & Research Career
• I have access to world class
education !!
• Our teachers are better
equipped
• My underpriviledged friends
don’t miss teachers now
InterDisciplinary University
• Our learning is research oriented
and intellectually stimulating
• I assist professional researchers
• We work on real projects & know
about other fields too.
• My job is rewarding as my peers in
engineering, medicine or law
• We also have career opportunities in
terms of COMMERCIALISING my
research
School
Student
College
Student
Professional
Researcher
Impact will be in terms of
• Development of research talent at school, college and research level
o Aligning learning with a research and innovation (creation) oriented
approach
• Making research as a career of choice
o So that best of the talent prefer research as a career

10. IMPACT - IPR
I feel secure
I can reap
benefits of
my research
in TIME
I will
continue to
invest time
& money in
my research
in India
IMITATORS
• The man in the
circle personifies
Companies &
Individuals who are
apprehensive about
protection of their
original work
• India will be
perceived as a safe
destination for
research and it’s
commercialization
• Once patents are
granted in time
financial models will
be more viable

11. Key Challenges & Risks
• Making it a credible platform – marketing it
• People in rural areas might not know how to use
it.
• If not implemented transparently would be
rendered ineffective.

12. REFERENCES
• Research paper by American academy of arts and science
• Paper on science technology and innovation policy by
ministry of science and technology, New Delhi
• Report of University Science Education – Academy of
sciences
• Paper on Intellectual property in nanotechnology
economy- Institute of Nanotechnology
• World Bank Website
• Ministry of Commerce Website
• Article titled “Indian IP examiners have worlds highest
work load and lowest pay” by C.H. Unnikrishnan on
www.livemint.com

13. Annex 1:Effect of R&D on India’s Revenues
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High Technology Exports In US$
They are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers,
pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery
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