Date : 14th November 2015
Venue : ICSSR Complex, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Theme : 1st Advisory Committee of DST-CPR at PU, Chd

Members present:
1. Prof. Arun K. Grover, Vice Chancellor, PU, Chd
2. Dr. V.M. Katoch, Ex-Director General, ICMR, New Delhi
3. Prof. G.D. Yadav, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
4. Dr. Anil Wali, Managing Director, FITT, IIT-Delhi, New Delhi
5. Prof. A. K. Puri, Sr. Professor, Area-Chair-Finance, Fore School of Management, New Delhi (DST Nominee)
6. Dr. Amod Kumar, Chief Scientist, CSIO, Chandigarh (DST Nominee)
7. Mr. Ajay Davessar, Vice President and Global Head Corporate Communications, HCL Technologies, Noida, UP
8. Dr. (Mrs) Manu Chaudhary, Managing Director, Venus Remedies Ltd., Panchkula, Haryana
9. Prof. Rupinder Tewari, Coordinator, DST-CPR at PU, Chd
10. Prof. M.M. Gupta, Co-Cordinator, DST-CPR at PU, Chd

Members who could not attend:
1. Dr. Arbind Prasad, Director General, FICCI, New Delhi
2. Dr. (Mrs) Neelima Jerath, Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Chandigarh
Special Invitees:
1. Dr. Girish Sahni, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, New Delhi
2. Dr. Neeraj Sharma, Head and Scientist G, Policy Research Centre, DST (GoI) New Delhi
3. Dr. Namrata Pathak, Scientist F, DST (GoI), New Delhi
4. Dr. Akhilesh Mishra, Scientist D, DST (GoI), New Delhi
5. Mr. Sushil Mehta, Ex CEO, Avantor India
6. Prof. O. P. Katare, Director (Research), Panjab University, Chandigarh
At the onset, Prof. Tewari, Coordinator, DST-CPR at PU, Chd. welcomed the members and introduced all the invitees. A brochure introducing the activities of DST-CPR at PU, Chandigarh was also distributed to all the Advisory Committee members and special invitees.
This was followed by a presentation (duration-over one hour) by Prof. Tewari on the activities carried out so far by DST-CPR at PU, Chd. The activities pertained to the existence of I-A Cells in various universities of India, I-A Meets, Case Study on I-A Centre of IIT-Delhi, Case Studies on successful I-A research projects, expectations of private sector from universities for strengthening I-A interactions. The presentation was followed by healthy discussion which continued for over two hours. The inputs/ comments/ suggestions put forward by the experts are as under: 

Neeraj Sharma

The Centre has done sufficient work and should come out with Policy Documents on:

  • Comparison of S&T indicators of Asian Countries such as India, China, Singapore and South Korea
  • Case Studies on successful I-A research projects
  • Key recommendations of various I-A meets convened by the Centre.

G.D. Yadav

  • Upload ‘Questionnaire’ (Survey on I-A linkages-Academic and Industrial sector; I-A Case Study Proforma) link on website (http://cpr.puchd.ac.in) of Centre for Policy Research at PU, Chd.
  • There should be dedicated portals for patents, technology transfers and publications of each institute so that industry can have easy access to the scientific achievements of the institutes.
  • Universities should set up business and market entities.
  • There should be a policy that after commercialization of a technology 80% of revenue should go to inventor and 20% to the institute.
  • CPR should attract more industry oriented agencies like FICCI, CII, ASSOCHAM etc. for improving I-A linkages
  • In accordance to section 35 of the Income tax, Act 1961, benefits should be provided to the industry having links with academia.

V. M. Katoch

  • Centre should collect information on the existence of I-A Cells in the universities/ institutes. Reasons should be found out from the universities/ institutes not having I-A Cell.

Arun. K. Grover

  • Having members of Advisory Committee from various parts of the country, the Centre has achieved a national status.
  • Centre should convene I-A meetings of scientists and local industries at places like Chennai, Mumbai, Bangaluru, Pune and Hyderabad.

A. K. Puri

  • Since Independence (in 1947), Govt. has spent thousands of crores of rupees on the R&D of public sector units i.e. universities and national research laboratories, but the scientific community has not delivered as was expected from them.
  • India should look into the S&T model of China.

Girish Sahni

  • It is correct that scientists in India have not contributed substantially for the economic growth of the nation, but at the same time we should not be hyper critical about this statement as some of the scientists have actually delivered technologies to industrial sector.
  • There is a dire need of synergy between scientists, regulatory authorities and business/ industrial bodies.

Ajay Davessar

  • Industry depends on the success of products and services. Products and services need to be continuously updated in order to remain competitive. Industrial R&D has a definite go-to-market In order to collaborate with the industry, the academia needs to be sensitized regarding timely delivery of R&D projects.

Manu Chaudhary

  • National online portal for strengthening I-A linkages in which following information should be included: List of technologies developed and available for the commercialization categorized as per region or universities/ institutes (especially for contacting right person with contact details).
  • Questionnaire for analysing I-A linkages to be replied in online mode.

Anil Wali

  • FITT is a wonderful success story as far as I-A interactions are concerned. It has a rich bank balance running into cores of rupees. Salaries of all employees are paid from the profits earned by FITT.
  • FITT brings many tangible and non-tangible benefits to IIT-Delhi.
  • Since its inception, FITT has churned out many entrepreneurs, transferred technologies developed at IIT-Delhi, engaged in providing consultancy services to industries, runs many courses related to business management and IPRs.
  • FITT can be taken as a template and further refined for proposing I-A model which can be adopted by institutes of Higher Education in India.
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