DIMENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGIES AND SRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY INAUGURAL LECTURE BY Prof. APJ ABDUL KALAM AT SRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY JAMMU 19 AUGUST 2004 www.presidentofindia.nic.in

EVOLUTION OF SOCIETIES Innovative knowledge- Intensive Raw material and Agricultural Products Industrial Products Information Products Knowledge Products Innovative knowledge- Intensive Products/Services ECONOMIC GROWTH Intelligence Explicit Knowledge through networks Productivity Explicit Knowledge (Technology) added Products Natural Products Value Addition CEO Conference SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION Agriculture Society Industrial Society Information Society Knowledge Society www.presidentofindia.nic.in

TECHNOLOGY : INTERFACES Technology is a NON-LINEAR Tool Technology can effect the most fundamental changes in the ground rules of economic competitiveness and is disruptive Science is linked to Technology through Applications Technology is linked to Economy and Environment through Manufacture Economy and Environment link Technology to Societal prosperity Economy Societal Prosperity Manufacture TECHNOLOGY Application SCIENCE GN Ramachandran Environment www.presidentofindia.nic.in

DIMENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGY NEED FOR INDIGENOUS R&D RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION PRODUCTION TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE QUALITY COST EFFECTIVENESS QUALITY HUMAN RESOURCE Route ‘A’ KNOW-HOW (?) Fabricator Drawings Production Process Route ‘B’ KNOW – Why through Indigenous R&D Designer Design EFFECT OF R&D % PROGESS IN TECHNOLOGY B WORLD A R&D TIME www.presidentofindia.nic.in