3. has 2.3% of world researchers and accounts for 1.6% world spending on R&D
shares 3.5% of World research output
contributes to World publications the most highest in agricultural sciences, plant and
animal sciences and chemistry (Pharmaceuticals)
has still has low research impact (0.68 compared to world’s average of 1)
researches, but 45% of her research papers receive no citations at all
was at 14th position in terms of Patents application in 2012 and 17th in terms of Patents
granted (China is at 2nd in terms of Patents application no. 3 in terms of patents granted)
has 0.03(x10-3) publications per no. of habitants as compared to 1(x10-3) of developed
nations
…contd
India…
4. Proposed Solution
Establishment of independent agency (Non-Governmental Body)
Role of Agency
• To coordinate between stakeholders of R&D Market
• To bring reforms in policies
• To provide research grants
• To review performance of Governmental Research Institutions
5. Structure
Chairman
Regional Head (N)
Regional Head (S)
Regional Head (W)
Regional Head (E)
4 from Industry
4 from
Institutions/Colleges
4 from Research
Institutions
2 from Ministry of
Education
6. Implementation Model
Customer (Industry)
Available Resources
(Higher Education
Institutes)
Potential Resources
(High Schools)
Regulator
(Government)
• Performance-based grant
• Tax rebates for returning NRIs
• Funding independent researchers
• Corporate tie-ups
• Student stints at Research
Promotion Zones
• Awareness campaigns
• IP reforms
• Tax reforms for research spend
• Research Promotion Zones inside
factory premises
• Awareness for patent filing
• CSIR on-campus
• Awareness campaigns
7. Vision India R&D - 2020
To promote industries to setup RPZ
To ask government to provide more R&D Budget
Exempting Tax for establishing RPZ and considering sustainable R&D under CSR expenditure by a
company partially
Increasing the number of Full Time Equivalents of R&D professionals in a planned and urgent manner
Increasing the PhD outputs with mechanisms for connecting national research institutions and
university sector
Joint appointments among university, research and industry sector wherever feasible
Increasing the budget support per scientist and right sizing the project grants
Positioning a measurement system for monitoring publication outputs from public funded research
Positioning a methodology for relating project grant sizes to R&D output indicators R&D funding
supported by empowerment systems for decision support
ImmediateMeasures
8. Vision India R&D - 2020
Further increasing the R&D base
Expanding the Full Time Equivalent R&D professionals
Stimulate research in universities
Enrol latent R&D professional strength in various entities
Right size the project funding and grant sizes
Introduce measurement and transparent reporting systems
Position a well designed Performance Related Incentive System
Invest into large number of established R&D professionals with proven track record
Interconnect research competencies within India and abroad
Interconnect research resource
Position a transparent performance reward system
Promote strategic international S&T cooperation in well chosen areas
Promote academy research and academy industry linkages
Institutionalize the measurement and reporting system for National S&T output indicators
NextSteps
9. Challenges
Probable Resistance for Performance Based Evaluation in Research Institutes
Unresponsiveness of Industry towards this Initiative
Poor R&D expenditure to GDP ratio
Improvement in Research quality
To reach out to young talent
To increase full time R&D Professional
Monitoring of publications output by public funded research projects
Evaluation of project grant sizes
Rewarding performance
Increasing the volume share of India in scientific publication
10. Measuring Success
Yearly review of the impact of the agency through
following yardsticks
• No. of research papers published by India
• No. of patents filed and accepted by India
• Ranking of India in citation index
• No. of researchers / no. of inhabitants in India
• Volume share of industry in research publications
11. References
Indian R&D Scenario by Dr. A.V.Ramarao
Bibliometric study of India's Scientific Publication Outputs by Department of Science
and Technology,Government of India,New Delhi
http://jugaadtoinnovation.blogspot.in/2013/07/indias-research-output-
quantity.html
http://india.gov.in/topics/science-technology/research-development
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_India
12. Submitted by
Swapnil Gaur
Stephanie Manderscheid
Samriddhi Sharma
Rohit Srivastava
Aravind Suresh
PGCIM 2013-14
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
