Date : 24th March 2015
Venue : Seminar Hall, CIL Building, Panjab University, Chandigarh

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Participants :
1. Prof. Arun K. Grover, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
2. Prof. Rakesh Tuli, Former Director, NABI, Mohali, Punjab
3. Dr. S.S. Kohli, Advisor, DST (GoI, New Delhi)
4. Dr Meenakshi Munshi, Director, DBT (GoI, New Delhi)
5. Ms. Shalini Sharma, Head Higher Education (CII, New Delhi)
6. Prof. Rupinder Tewari, Coordinator, DST-Centre for Policy Research at P.U., Chd
7. Dr. Anil Pareek, President, Medical Affairs & Clinical Research, Ipca Laboratories Ltd., Mumbai
8. Mr. Raju Goteti, Advisor, Co-Innovation Network, Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai
9 viagra tarif france. Mr. Dinesh Sharma, General Manager, Fresenius Kabi Oncology, Baddi, HP
10. Dr. Rajesh Sehgal, Director, PharmaInstinct, Chandigarh
11. Dr. Manoj Manuja, Principal – Education and Research, Infosys, Chandigarh
12. Mr. P.J. Singh, Managing Director, Tynor Orthotic (P) Ltd., Mohali
Recommendations :
1. Over 150 people, primarily Research Scholars and young Faculty members from Panjab University, Chandigarh, and a few from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Pb), Central University, Bhatinda (Pb), Chitkara University (Baddi, H.P), Lovely Professional university, Jallandhar (Pb), National Institute of Pharmaceutical and Education Research, NIPER- Mohali (Pb), IISER-Mohali (Pb), IMTECH (CSIR Branch) Chandigarh, PAU, Ludhiana (Pb) attended the event.
2. Senior officials from DST (GOI) New Delhi, DBT (GOI) New Delhi and Panjab University, Chandigarh highlighted various research fellowship programmes ( DST INSPIRE, PM-Fellowship, Ramanujan, Ramalingaswami etc.). The audience appreciated the programme and representatives from various universities expressed desire to convene such programmes at their respective Institutes.
3. The Contingent grant of the Fellowships should be re-appropriated. In the first two years, more grants should be released to buy equipments and consumables. The grant for the subsequent years should be for purchase of consumables only.
4. Dr. Samer Singh would create a ‘web portal’ facilitating interaction amongst the Ramalingaswami Fellows, under the guidance of Dr. Meenakshi Munshi (Director, DBT, GoI, New Delhi).
5. During the Industry-Academia session, industry representatives laid emphasis on carrying out research in PPP mode and made various suggestions, as to how this can be brought about. Suggestions which stood out were
6. The investments of R&D (of Pvt. Sector) done under PPP mode, should be considered as a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
7. The cost of genuine failures in collaborative research should be borne by the Government.
8. Government should accord rebates to the Private sector for setting up Incubators at the Academic Institutes.
9. Land space for (a) R&D and (b) translational research leading to commercialization of the technology should be available at subsidized costs.