Focused Group discussion (FGD) with experts in the domain of technology transfer and commercialization
August 12 & 13, 2021 (10:30 am onwards)

Jointly organized by DST Centre for Policy Research, Panjab University Chandigarh and UNIDO’s Facility for Low Carbon Technology Deployment (FLCTD) project

A FGD program for conducting a brainstorming session and take integrating inputs from experts of technology transfer and commercialization, specifically in the domain of clean and green technologies was conducted. This domain is not only imperative for the achievement of 6th, 7th 12th and 13th sustainable development goals set up by United Nations, but will also act as integrating inputs for sustainable development of our country. The aim of these discussions lies in tracking towards the pipeline of taking research from lab to market and understanding various paradigm approaches for tech transfer and commercialization.

The following 12 key note speakers participated in FGD:

  1. Dr. Anil K. Sarma, SSS – National institute of Bioenergy, Kapurthala
  2. Dr. Vinita Jindal, Chief Manager IP and Technology Management, BIRAC, New Delhi
  3. Dr. Ajit Nigam is the CEO, NFDI
  4. Dr Ajit Ragnekar, Director, Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH)
  5. Mr Prashant Singh, CEO, Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster (BCKIC)
  6. Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, Director General (DG) R&D, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Deemed to be University) and CEO, KIIT-Technology Business Incubator.
  7. Dr. W. Selvamurthy, President ASTIF, Amity University, Noida
  8. Dr. Prabhat Kumar, National Coordinator, Indian Council of agriculture Research (ICAR)-National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP)
  9. Dr Magesh Nandagopal, Presently working as Head, Technology Strategy Group, CSIR-NCL, Pune.
  10. Dr. Githa S Heggde, Dean, School of Business and former Head of UPES Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University with the Purpose.
  11. Prof Ejaz Ahmad, Solid Waste Management Team, DHIIV
  12. Prof. K. K. Pant, IIT-Delhi

After completion of the talks by the experts, Mr. Nitesh from UNIDO team took the open discussion session and mentioned that proper initiation while constructing a platform is required. This is because once a proper platform is created, it lasts forever and implemented successfully

The panellists discussed the following points during the discussion.

  • Multidisciplinary is the order of the day and proper structure is needed for this.
  • Each stakeholder should understand his/ her responsibility.
  • In present scenario, research students and scholars do not come for start-ups because they lack information about entrepreneurship and TT. Therefore, some orientation courses in this regime should be carried out for the students from time to time.

  • While citing the example of Amity University, it was suggested to make appropriate thematic energy clusters and profile the people according to their creativity and skills. Following this approach, 15 technologies have been transferred to industry from Amity University.
  • Utilization of HR: In TTOs we need to inculcate qualified skilled people to enable effective partnership programs. E.g. University of Texas has actually did commercialization and has utilized HR wisely.
  • Well planned ecosystem is required because it depends on different funding agencies and different stakeholders for TT. Therefore, multiple stakeholders and flexible system is imperative for TT.
  • Incentives like some percentage of credits given to innovator group boosts them up for undergoing innovative research.
  • A commitment from management group is required to indulge completely in TT paradigm approach.
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