Prof. Sandip Roy & Deepak Somani of IIT Bombay highlighted the importance “Leadership in Research” at Pan IIT 2008 Madras, Chennai.

1. Leadership in Research
(PAN IIT 2008)
Prof. Sandip Roy & Deepak Somani
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

2. The New Challenges Pg 2
Emergence of Increased institutional
Trans-disciplinary networking: sharing
forms of knowledge expertise & facilities
The New
Paradigms
Increased private
Ingress of commercial
research funding; higher
paradigms in
stake-holders’
academia
expectations
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3. IITB Annual R&D Revenues Pg 3
(2002-08) 600
Annual R&D
Funding
Annual R&D Revenue (INR million)
500
400
300
200
100
0 % of Industry
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Year Funding
30
25
% R&D revenue from Industry
20
15
10
5
0
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Year

4. Comparative R&D Revenues Pg 4
(2007-08)
% Amount from industry
15 % 6%
Amount (in Cr INR)
2500
2000
1500
1000
500 10 %
0
1 2 3
MIT UCBerk.(UCB) IITB
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5. Resource vs. Performance (2000-05)Pg 5
Citations per faculty
Research grants/faculty (PPP adjusted)
45 40
•40
Rs lakhs/year
 MIT 110 2-3
MIT UCB IITB
 UCB 105
Patents obtained
 IITB 14
102
64
•60
4
MIT UCB IITB
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6. Present Gaps Pg 6
Attracting and Inadequate R&D
motivating talent Performance
Inadequate research Lack of clear benchmarks
measure portfolio on R&D productivity
Limited relevance of IITs’
Weak IIT-industry
research outputs for
linkages
local users
Addressing expectations Fixing time-frames
of industry funded projects deliverables / confidentiality
/royalty payment
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7. A Question of Strategy? Pg 7
 Low national R&D investment < 1% of GDP
 G-7 R&D investment ~ $ 500 b/yr
 Ours $ 2 b/yr…
 How to gain R&D competitiveness?
 IITs: A story of high-tech fetishism!
 Moving away from high-tech fetishism:
encourage a mixed research portfolio
 Innovative R&D strategies: produce
more for less!
 Help scale-up / commoditize R&D
 Props: Institutional R&D focus and
Government funding policies
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8. India’s GDP Composition (2007) Pg 8
60
50
40
% of GDP 30
20
10
0
Agricultur
1
e
ss
S1
Industry
2
Services
3
India’s Mission-oriented Where may IITs focus?
R&D Successes  Non-global Technologies: Non-farm
technologies, Agricultural Machinery,
Agriculture, Nuclear Energy, Railway Equipment, Urban Transport
Space Systems, Infrastructure, Chemicals…
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9. Proposed Changes in Ecosystem Pg 9
Internal focus External alignment
 Improve and implement a  Align inter-disciplinary research
stronger system for evaluating programs with industry needs in
research productivity: award focus
weights to consulting, tech
 PANIIT- Industry Portal to enhance
transfer, patents, publications
IIT-Industry & cross IIT exchange
(differential emphasis for junior
and interaction
& senior faculty)
 Academia-industry showcasing of
 Consider monetary measure in
expertise: seminars, exhibitions,
evaluation of faculty R&D impact
technology meets, etc
 Establish differential recognition
 Disseminate IIT research outputs
for research with local impact
though R&D magazines / portals /
 Establish a parallel option for exhibits / tie-ups with press
teamed, developmental work with
focused deliverables
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10. Validation Pg 10
Fix measures
of research
productivity / impact
Evolve
policy
Benchmark measures
Record measures
Evaluate
at individual and
R&D Impact
institutional level
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11. Possible Research Value Measures Pg 11
Annual per capita
project outlay
publication
patents
technologies developed
/ transferred etc
R&D consulting revenue Revenue from patents,
technologies transferred
Research impact intensity:
monetary return;
advancement of state-of-art
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12. Sources Pg 12
 Sandip Roy, “Paradigm Shifts and Other Demons” in UPDATE, IIT Bombay, December
2002.
http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/archives/December_2002/Commentary.htm
 Sandip Roy, “Networking the Academia and the Industry” in UPDATE, IIT Bombay, April
2003.
http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/archives/April_2003/commentary.html
 Sandip Roy, “The Academia in Transition” in UPDATE, IIT Bombay, December 2003
http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/~webadm/update/archives/December03/academia.html
 Reports of the IIT Review Committees
 www.vigyan.org.in/research/asci/contents_graphs.htm#1 (Indian R&D Statistics)
 Science & Engineering Indicators (NSF, USA, Global R&D Statistics)
 http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind02/c6/c6s3.htm (Global R&D Trends)
 World Bank Reports on Global R&D Trends / Indicators (http://www.worldbank.org/)
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