India lags behind in research and innovation output despite having a large young population. The document proposes solutions to address issues like low private sector participation in R&D, lack of innovation and recognition, and poor research infrastructure. The key solutions proposed include an undergraduate research internship program, increased collaboration with foreign universities and industries, and accelerating the patent examination process to promote research and innovation in India. Monitoring bodies would oversee the implementation of these solutions at the university, industry, and government levels.

1. Team Utopian Vision
BRAIN GAIN :
Promoting Research And Innovation
IIT Kanpur
Anika Jain Ankush Sachdeva
Manish Sharma Riya Khurana
Varsha Lalwani

2. India being second populous country in the world with 54% under 25
years, shares only 3.5% of world research output and has been ranked
66th in Global Innovation Index
Low share of R&D in the country’s GDP
• Out of a total global R&D spend of $1143 billion India’s share is a meagre 2.1 %
• share of GDP for research and innovation as low as 0.9 per cent
Lack of private sector participation
• Government sources pick up 75-80 per cent of the R&D expenditure, and only 20-25
per cent spent by private sector and a mere three per cent by universities.
Lack of Innovation and Recognition
• In year 2012, china and US filed for more than 4 lac patents compared to India’s
15,717 patents
• Poor design and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) laws
• Pendency and stock pilling of patents filled
Lack of Motivation and awareness
• Only 1% of Indian undergraduate students go for PHDs within India and others who go
abroad for higher studies only 5% of them ever return
• Many competent Indian scientists aspire to be ineffectual administrators [due to
administrative power and political patronage], rather than do the kind of science that makes
a difference
Poor research infrastructure
•Low level production of PhDs , both in terms of quality and quantity
•Technology in labs is not updated and one available have maintainance issue
as most of them are imported

3. Undergraduate
Research Internship
Program
•Competitive program pairing students and faculties at top
institutions and research labs by a 12 week research project of
mutual interest
•Motivate students to do research internship in India
• Industrial projects can also be offered as part of these internship
Collaboration with
industries and
Foreign Universities
• Industries would be encouraged to outsource their research
projects to Indian University Professors
• Collaborating with Foreign Universities
• It will attract bright students to join PHD programmes in
India and limit Brain Drain to some extent
Accelerating patent
examination
process
• Outsourcing of Prior Art Document Searches
• Special fast track examination procedure for some patents
• Reduce pendency and stock pilling of filled patents
• Reduce workload of examiner
Spreading
Awareness
• IISC Bangalore organizes a day event named OPEN DAY,
where everyone is allowed to visit their laboratories,
research work there is exhibited
• Likewise these type of events can be conducted in various
research labs and institutions for school students
Proposed Solution

4. A single
centralized
system
Industrial
Collaboration
Undergraduate Research Internship Program
Project
Entries
•Professors submit the project they wish to give
to students for summers
Students fill
their
preferences
•Students apply for projects they wish to do and
submit a proposal along with their CV
Professors
select
students
•Professors select students based on their CVs
and personal interviews for summer internship
under them
A nation-wide program to provide research summer internships to undergraduate
students at Indian universities
Benefits
Professors
get job
satisfaction
Students
get
exposure
to research
Change
mind-set
about
higher
studies
Benefits over existing programs
Better monitoring
system
More participation Real life projects
Increasing
Awareness

5. Collaboration with industries and Foreign Universities
Industries would be encouraged to outsource
their research projects to Indian University
Professors
The patent rights on any innovation shall be
based on a pre decided memoranda of
understanding
The industries would have to fund NInC to be
eligible for this collaboration
Research projects can be added to the UG
internship program. It can help companies to
identify their future employees
Industrial projects can be given to students
doing Masters as their thesis project or to
senior UG students as Btech Project
Industries
Best 100 PHD students would get an
opportunity to complete 2 years of the PHD in
a foreign university
The tuition fee shall be borne by the
government.
A researcher in US would be the co-guide for
the students
Students to be send to US on J-1 visa which requires
the scholar to return to their home country for at
least 12 months immediately after completing their
programme
It will help improve research output of Indian
universities and develop better relations with
foreign research groups
Foreign Universities

6. Effort in Intellectual Property Activities
Increasing and Enhancing Examination Procedure
Special fast track examination procedure for some
patents
•Applications relating to inventions that have already
been put into practice or are planned to be put into
practice within two years (working-related
applications)
• Applications which have foreign patent families
(internationally filed applications)
•Applications filed by universities and renowned
research institutions which are expected to contribute
their results to society
•Environmental technology related applications
Patents filled and granted in India
Source :
http://www.teriin.org/div/briefing_paper_patents
.pdf
Policies to be adopted by Indian Patent Office
Reducing pendency and stock
pilling of filled patents and
workload of examiner•Department for Prior Art Document Searches
•To be done by a separate, dedicated
workforce, thereby not wasting examiner’s time
•Online database of similar past patents
•Leading to faster scrutiny of patents

7. Industrial
monitoring body
University
monitoring body
Government
body
Core Council
UG Portal
Management
Team
Finance
Management
Media and
Publicity Team
PHD Foreign
collaboration
management
team
Data and
Statistics Team
Recruitment
Team
Monitoring
body
Making NInC the central body for funding and management of research projects
Channelizing funds to university professors based on their past record and
university reputation
Collaboration with Industries and foreign universities
Managing UG research internship program

8. Monitoring body
The implementation of the proposed solution at the
industrial level will be monitored by:Industries
•Making a committee of important persons from various industries participating to look after the quality of
research and development going on under the program
•The committee will be responsible for the allocation of funds to various sections
•All the industries participating will have to submit a report of all the projects undertaken under this program
The implementation of proposed solution at universities level
will be monitored byUniversities
•A committee consisting of deans and faculty members of various participating universities
•The committee will be ensuring participation from their faculty members and students and will also be
responsible for proper allocation of funds
•The committee members will parallel make efforts to improve research condition in India, to provide a better
infrastructure
Awareness and other funding issues will be monitored byGovernment body
•The committee will be responsible for looking after proper channeling of funds and will have to submit a report
to the central body about the progress in each section
•The committee will also be responsible for conducting awareness campaigns, advertisements and will try to
involve as many industries and universities possible
•This body will be responsible to measure G-index, H-index, increase in number of PhD students and research
projects in universities as well as Industries
Monitoring Bodies

9. Students
Stakeholders
Professors/
Guides
Entrepreneurs
Industries
Universities
National
Innovation
Council shall be
the main
executive body
Executive
body Institutes of
national
importance-IITs
and NITs and
other research
centres
Infrastruct
ure
The existing
funding bodies
like DST, DRDO,
DBT etc shall be
funding the NInC
Funding
bodies
Leveraging existing setup
100 crores
•Multinational PHD programme
•100 students tuition fees/accomodation charges/travel
grants
200 crores
•Undergraduate Internship programme
•50,000 UG students, each paid Rs 10,000 stipend
•Professors being paid summer salary Rs 30,000
200 crores
•Extra Manpower
•Expanded committee for NInC
•Professors being paid summer salary Rs 30,000
Extended funding required for new solution(per annum)

10. Impact of
Proposed
solution
Motivation
to PhD
students in
India Increase in
number of
patents and
research
papers by
Indians
Increase in
G-index
and H-index
of Indian
Scientists
Improveme
nt in
facilities for
research
Industrial
Growth and
developme
nt
Growth of
GDP of
India
Promoting
Research,
Development
and
Innovation,
growth of
indigenous
industries
and research
opportunities
in India
Growth in GDP
The solution is
trying to
increase the role
of industries in
R&D in India like
other countries
to create a self-
sustaining
system where
both industries
and researchers
are mutually
benefitted.
Industries’ role
The proposed
idea is already
implemented in
various countries,
for example
summer research
internship
program like
GSoC, Globalink
Mitacs Canada;
PhD exchange
Program in China;
and outsourcing
of Patent policy
in Japan.
Sustainability
The proposed solution aims at
targeting every state of the
country and churn out the
hidden potential in each of them.
For this we need state level
committees to look after its
implementation.
Aiming at benefits of all
The Impact it will create

11. • If Industries don’t get interested in funding projects
and government do not increase the share of R&D
in GDP, the proposal will be in short of funds
Corruption:
• The funds might not be properly allocated to each
state
• There might be corruption involved in various levels
such as Recruitment procedures, selection of PhD
students etc.
Collaboration with Industries and foreign universities
might not be easy
Selection of PhD students for exchange program will
be challenging
Students may not be aware of such program
The patent Procedure takes long in India
Mitigation Factors
Gradually with increase in
involvement by industries,
major funding will be
provided by them as it is
now in many countries
• Organize awareness
campaigns, release
advertisements
• Funds for next projects
will be supplied if the
records of previous ones
are satisfactory
• A fast track system for
the patents filed
Economic
Challenges
Political
and Legal
Challeng-
es
Implementa
-tion
Challenges
Risks and Challenges
Involved

12. • India Lagging Behind in R&D
 http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/b-s-raghavan/india-lagging-behind-in-
rd/article4108434.ece
• Pump Priming with US horsepower
 http://www.iiitd.edu.in/~jalote/GenArticles/ChinaPhDStrategyETsept07.pdf
• Faculty Life in China
 http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/H-Mohrman_28Feb11_p83-100.pdf
• Unshackling Our Thinkers
 http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-21/edit-page/31080083_1_research-grants-
faculty
• Govt. likely to change funding process to universities and institutions
 http://www.edu-leaders.com/content/govt-likely-change-funding-process-universities-and-institutions
• Protection of patents in India
 http://www.teriin.org/div/briefing_paper_patents.pdf
• Government Efforts in Intellectual Property Activities
 http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou_e/toushin_e/pdf/annual_report2012/part3.pdf
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