The document discusses the importance of technology in empowering citizens and nations, and ensuring strategic autonomy and security. It argues that India needs robust technological solutions that address disparities and ensure food, energy, and material security through accessible education, resilient infrastructure, and demand-driven research. It outlines key areas for technological development, including education, healthcare, agriculture, water, energy, transportation and more. The document proposes various initiatives to make India's R&D more productive and industry-engaged, such as science centers, industry internships, research parks, and smoothing barriers for industry-academia partnerships.

1. Anil Kakodkar
Chairman TIFAC
www.tifac.org.in

2. 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

3.  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

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

8. “Technology in the service of
India: ensuring the security,
enhancing the prosperity and
strengthening the identity of
every Indian”
---in 22 Indian languages

10. 
Education
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Medical Sciences & Health Care
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Food and Agriculture
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Water
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Energy
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Environment
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Habitat
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Transportation
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Infrastructure
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Materials
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Manufacturing
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Information & Communication
Technology

12. 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

13. 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

14. ~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.

15. Industry and Society engagement in Universities

16. Model rural
eco-system for
economic growth

17. 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)

18.  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