Event: International Scientific and Technological Education Program
Date: November 13-20, 2018
Venue: Seminar Hall, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc Bangalore
Jointly organised by DST- Centre for Policy Research, IISc., Bengaluru
About Programme: As part of Ministry of External Affairs initiative called ITEC (Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation Programme), Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map (i-STEM) in collaboration with DST-Centre for Policy Research (DST-CPR) at IISc. Bangalore organized a one-week program on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy during 13 – 20 Nov 2018 at IISc. Bangalore. This program was meant for senior scientists and technologists (from the academia as well as industry), science and technology policy makers and policy researchers and senior administrators in “ITEC partner countries (162)” and in India.
The said programme was attended by two scientists i.e. Dr. Mansimran Khokhar and Ms. Mamta Bhardwaj form DST-Centre for Policy Research, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The venue of the programme was Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE).
Focussing Areas for the Programme:
- History and evolution of science policy
- Role of government in promoting, financing, and directing R&D in science and technology
- S&T in the advancement of national goals
- Science, technology, and IPR
- Promoting entrepreneurship to deal with national/regional concerns
- Science Policy, Education, and Culture
- Professional organizations and science/engineering societies
- Regional/cross-regional collaboration
ITEC Countries Participated:
India, Cambodia, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mongolia, Palestine, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia
Speakers:
- Dr. R Chidambaram, Ex PSA to GoI
- Prof. V K Atre, Visiting Prof. ECE Department, IISc Bangalore
- Dr. Aravinda Mitra, Scientific Secretary, Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to GoI
- Prof. Navakanta Bhat, CeNSE, IISc Bangalore
- Prof. Srinivasan Raghuram, CeNSE, IISc Bangalore
- Prof. Usha Raghvan, International Programme…
- Prof. V K Atre, IISc. Alumnus and Chief Guest
- Prof. S A Sivashankar, CeNSE, IISc Bangalore
- Prof. B Gurumoorthy, Chief Executive, SID, IISc Bangalore
- Mr. K V Sarthy, General Electric, Bangalore
- Prof. Vijay Mishra, Chief Technology Officer, IISc Bangalore
- Dr. Gayatri Sabarwal, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore
- Prof. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, Chairperson, Centre for Neuroscience,
IISc. - Prof. Rudra Pratap, Deputy Director, CeNSE, IISc Bangalore
- Mr. Satya Prakash Dash, Director, Global Innovation-Impact Lab-PATH, New Delhi
- Prof. Sundar Sarukkai, NIAS, IISc, Bangalore
- Prof. Seema Purushothaman, Ajim Premji University, Bangalore
- T C James, President NIPO, Research Innovation Foundation, New Delhi
- Mr. M N Vidyashankar, DERBI, Bangalore
Glimpses of the Programme :
All the participants of various countries with organizing committee at CeNSE
Dr. R Chidambaram (IISc. Bangalore Alumnus) delivering lecture
Scientific Officials of various countries during the class
Dr. Mansimran Khokhar receiving certificate for the course
Ms. Mamta Bhardwaj receiving certificate for the course
Outcomes:
- Detailed insights of Science Technology and Innovation Policy-2013, by eminent speakers, Dr. R Chidambaram, Dr. Arabinda Mitra and Prof. V K Atre.
- R. Chidambaram detailed about how STIP-2013 was concieved and in near future where he forsees the R&D eco-system of India.
- Dr. Aravinda Mitra explained various national and international collaborations of DST, GoI in science fields and international programmes, such as Indo-French-Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR), Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSTF) and Indo-German Science Technology Centre (IGSTC) etc.
- Dr. Mitra also explained about Technology Transfer Programme with Africa to facilitate commercialization of ‘Made in India’ technologies by matching private and public enterprises with affordable technologies and innovations.
- Prof. S A Sivashankar detailed about the Indian Nano-electronics User’s Programme (INUP) dedicated to innovators from rural part of the country. He also outlined the role of CeNSE in promoting INUP.
- INUP is a unique initiative for accelerating research and development in nano-electronics in India.
- A similar programme is being considered by DBT, and GoI is planning to adopt this model to enable research in other fields as well.
- Prof. Sanjeev introduced I-STEM portal (www.istem.ac.in), which is a dedicated portal to bridge the gap between industries and academia. The same will enable industruies and academis to use each others resources and facilities. The portal will be launched by PM of India in coming months, in 2019.
- Mr. Vijay Sarathy and Prof. T C James briefed about the existing IPR eco-system in India, treaties and conventions being followed by India.
- Mr. M N Vidyashankar suggested that while measuring the performance of a country “Ease of implimentation of policies”should be considered as performance parameter as despite good policies, India lags in implimention. They also said that effective utilization of IPR can play an important tool for faster socio- economic develpment in the country.
