1. Sunder Singh, B.G. DSIR. INDIA bgs@nic.in http://www.dsir.gov.in
National Innovations System
Policy Measures and support mechanisms of the Government of India – Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR)
Sunder Singh, B.G.
DSIR. INDIA

2. The S&T System

3. Central Government S&T Departments

4. Thrust on R&D, infrastructure, Human Resources, Self Reliance etc.
Scientific Policy Resolutions (1958)
Technology Policy Statement (1983)
Science and Technology Policy (2003)
IPR Systems
Patent Act, April 2005
Industrial Designs Act Revised. In force since May 2001
Trade Marks Act – Revised. In force since September 15, 2003
Plant varieties and Farmer’s Rights Protection Act (2001) – new rules in 2003
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Bill, 2005 for setting up NSMED Board
Innovation Policy?

5. What is Innovation?
True Innovation begins at intersection of invention and insight
Fusion of new developments and new approaches to solve real problems
Significant value created for society or business:
Creates new industries
Spurs productivity and economic growth
Fuels wealth creation and profits
Generates high-value, higher-paying jobs
Raises standard of living
Stephen W.Brian, GPE, IBM Asia Pacific, 2004

6. At the present time…
India is a fast growing economy and it now embarks upon reaching an ambitious future of being an economic superpower.
With policies on globalization and the liberalization of the economy in the 1990s, businesses, research and innovation activities are significantly changing
India is now the 2nd most of the preferred nations for collaborations
India’s core competencies in – Information Technology, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Chemistry and allied fields, Microelectronics, Nanotechnology
Resurgence in R&D efforts – with national inputs, change in strategic alliances/collaborations, budgetary support to S&T and R&D
Emergence of India as a global hub for R&D
Developing new and emerging technologies and encouraging globalization of R&D for internationalization of production as against the earlier policy of indigenization and self reliance.

7. At the present time…
Emergence of many success stories of the global Indian talent
International presence – over 150 Fortune 500 Companies have set up labs/shop just in Bangalore alone
Emergence of R&D Clusters – Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune…
Reverse brain drain as a result of a facilitating, enabling India
Increased prioritization of knowledge base – both traditional and contemporary as the national resource, and knowledge based industries as vehicles of faster economic development
Growing attention on stock and quality of brain power and efforts to recognize and nurture talent

8. Profile on Higher Learning
Universities Univ +
Deemed Universities
Medical
Agricultural
Colleges – General ,885
Colleges in Rural Areas ,683
Professional Colleges ,409
Student enrolment ( ) Million
National Research Labs under CSIR, ICAR,
ICMR, DRDO, DST, DBT, DIT, HRD

9. S&T Profile Central Government 62.5% State Government 8.5%
National Investment on R&D Rs Cr INR
National expenditure by :
Central Government 62.5%
State Government %
Higher Education %
Public Sector Industries %
Private Sector Industries 20.3%

10. Directly performing R&D 31.0% Auxiliary services 32.6%
S&T Profile
Personnel in R&D ,08,000+
Directly performing R&D 31.0%
Auxiliary services %
Administrative and %
non-tech Services

11. Stock of S&T workers (000) Sciences 5284.7 Natural Sciences 4604.8
Medicine
Agriculture Sciences
Engineering
Degree Holders
Diploma Holders
Science & Engineering

12. Major Scientific Agencies
Defence Research Development Organization (50 labs)
Department of Space (8+ Labs)
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (70+ Labs)
Indian Council of Medical Research (?)
Department of Atomic Energy (15+ Labs)
Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (including the CSIR) 38 Labs
Ministry of Environment &Forests
Department of Science & Technology (20 Labs/ inst.)

13. Support to transformation of an idea to prototype …
Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP)
National Innovation Foundation
NGOs
SRISTI, Ahmedabad
GIAN, Ahmedabad
Rural Innovation Network (RIN)
Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)
Young Inventors Initiative: Steer the Big Idea, 2004.

14. Transformation of Prototype to Pilot Plant … Technology Development, promotion, utilization
Technology Development & Demonstration Program (TDDP) (Earlier PATSER)
Home Grown Technology Program HGTP)
Venture capital funding
Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP)
Technology Business Incubators (TBIs)

15. Transformation of Pilot Plant to Commercial prdoucts…
Technology Development Board (TDB)
Drug Development Programme and Pharmaceuticals Research and Development Support Fund(PRDSF)
New Millennium India Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI)

16. Agencies promoting, facilitating Technology Development, transfer, utilization, Commercialization
National Research Development Centre (NRDC)
Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
NMITLI
All the 38 Labs. And the 48 extension centres
Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR)
NRDC CDC
ITTP CIIT
TEDO
Department of Science & Technology (DST)
TDB TIFAC
NSTEDB
Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
Ministry of Information Technology (MIT)
Ministry of Small Scale Industries SSI (SSI)
Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI)

17. Innovation System Model (Mind To Market)

18. Mechanisms/Funding Sources
 Venture Capital(VC) – Not for ideas, expansion stage, no technology risk, minimum one million dollars (Pre- commercial stage to Commercial Product/ Process)
 Angel Investors – Few and Unknown
Institutional - NIF (Scouting of Ideas and Awards); NGOs : GIAN, SRISTI, SEVA, RIN; CIIE; Young Inventor’s Initiative (Steer the Big Idea)
Government Funding (Idea to Proof of concept, prototype/working model) – TePP

19. TECHNOPRENEUR PROMOTION PROGRAMME (TePP)
 Started on : 15th August, 1998
A Joint initiative of DSIR & TIFAC(DST)
To tap the vast innovative potential of Indian citizens
A crucible to promote individual innovators to become technology based entrepreneurs (Technopreneurs)

20. Working Model / Prototypes
Creative Idea/
Innovation
TePP Support
(Seed Capital)
Innovator
Proof of Concept/
Working Model / Prototypes

21. TECHNOPRENEUR PROMOTION PROGRAMME (TePP)
 WHO CAN APPLY ?
Any Indian citizen having an original idea/ invention/know-how can apply
 WHAT PROPOSALS ARE ELIGIBLE ?
Proposals from individual innovators to convert an original idea/know-how into a working prototype/ process
Proposals can be made directly by individuals or through sponsoring organisations

22. Support TECHNOPRENEUR PROMOTION PROGRAMME (TePP)
Patent support and guidance
Networking with research laboratories/ institutions
Scientific/technical consultancy
Fabrication assistance
Prototype development/process demonstration
Market information

23. FUNDING PATTERN TECHNOPRENEUR PROMOTION PROGRAMME (TePP)
TECHNOPRENEURSHIP(TS): Grants – in – Aid up to Rs. 50,000/- for converting an idea into Laboratory Model / Process
TePP PROJECT FUND(TPF): Grants-in-Aid to Rs. 10 lakhs to develop actual working models/process demonstration
SUPPLEMENTARY TEPP FUND(STF) : grants-in-aid up to Rs lakh to successful TePP innovators to refine technology to improve its marketability
SEAMLESS SCALE UP SUPPORT(S3T): grants-in-aid up to Rs lakhs to successful TePP innovators for r&d projects at pre-commercial stage of innovation

24. TePP Innovation Funnel
Commercialisation of Innovation
1240
880
142 65
Diffusion by Imitation
6000 Ideas
Successfully completed
1st level Screening
TePP Screening Committee
Appropriation & Scale-up limitation
Creativity Phase
Innovation Phase
Diffusion Phase

25. Distribution By Type of Applicants

26. Distribution by Type of Proposals

27. Channel of Receipt

28. Some examples of TePP Technologies

30. TePP Outreach Centres * Vellore Institute of Technology_TBI, Vellore
* TREC_STEP, Trichy
* SIDBI-Innovation & Incubation Centre(SIIC), IIT Kanpur
* Institute Industry Partnership(IIP) Cell, Institute of Technology, BHU,
Varanasi
* Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
* ERDC (A unit of HARTRON), Ambala Cantt.
* SINE, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
* Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institue(CGCRI), Kolkata
* NRI Institute of Information Science & Technology, Bhopal
* Kerala Rural Development Agency(KRDA), Kollam
* PSG_STEP, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
* Vellore Institute of Technology_TBI, Vellore
* Vidya Deep Foundation, Satara
* Hi-Tech Computer Education & Training Centre, Pondicherry

31. Building of Eco-System
Creativity training
Innovation funding camp
Case-studies of TePP innovators by B-school/IIT/IIMs students

32. APCTT
Thank you...
Sunder Singh, B.G.