Are Indian R&D units meeting national needs and expectations?

摘要

INDIA is supposed to have policy driven innovation environment.National Intellectual Property Rights(IPR)Policy was adopted in May 2016.Since then,India has come a long way in revamping its IP regime,It is claimed that the re-engineering of IP processes,manifold augmentation of technical manpower and enhanced use of technology have left their mark in changing the contours of India’s IP landscapes.Further,India claims to have cut down on the time required to issue patents and also made a number of changes in its IPR regime to increase efficiency.Almost 200 fellowships have been accorded through the Prime Minister’s Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research in public-private partnership.The Research Park at IIT Chennai is claimed to be a model for corporate-academia collaboration in R&D pursuits.Over the last five years,India moved up 29 positions from 81st in 2015 to 52nd in 2019 in innovation.Switzerland continuous to top the index in 2019 while Israel made its way into the top 10.China,too,improved its ranking to 14th from 17th last year.In the light of such developments,India should have advanced much more in technological innovation of commercial significance than what it has achieved so far.