STI POLICY 2013

T.BHAVYA SRI(1214112244)T.VIJAY BHASKAR(1214112245)

Timeline

1958 India’s first Scientific Policy Resolution.

1983New policy. focused on the need to

attain technological competence and self reliance.

2003

This new policy wanted tobring science and technology

togetherbring higher investment into R&D

to address national problems.

2013Yet another science-tech policy.

(made by Department of Science and Technology).

2010-20 India has declared this as “decade of innovation”

Goal of new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STI) policy = SRISHTI.

SRISHTI= Science, Research and innovation system for High technology led path for India.

(that is not SRISHTI….that is SRISHTLPFI, but these Government officials will forcibly turn any scheme into a catchy phrase)

SRISHTI

Released in the Indian Science Congress at Kolkata.

Use STI for faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth

Focus on both STI for people and people for STI.

To position India among the top five global scientific

powers by 2020 To Encourage private sector to invest in Research and

Development (R&D)

To Achieve gender parity in S&T. (meaning bring more

female scientists)

STI 2013 policy

Key features of the STI policy 2013

Average globle investment in Sci-tech-innovation = >1 trillion dollar (2009)

Cash power

To promote the spread of scientific temper amongst all sections of society.

To try to attract talented and bright minds towards careers in science, research and innovation.

Manpower

To increase R&D intentsity in Service sector, small and medium scale enterprises.

The investment in S&T is risky.

To provide new financing mechanisms for entrepreneurs

To create a public procurement policy that favors indigenous innovations.

Business

To setup a National science, Technology and innovation foundation. This will help investing in S&T projects via PPP.

To setup large scale R&D facilities via PPP mode.

PPP

To modify the Intellectual property rights(IPR) for social goods.

green manufacturing

regulatory and legal framework.

IPR

Participation

To bridge the gap.

Various ministries associated with socio-economic sectors, are already running schemes for R&D in their sector

NGO’s

Bilateral and Multilateral cooperation in science, technology and innovation.

To setup some international consortia with other countries to create high cost global infrastructure.

International

Criticism

When private sector invests in R&D, their aim is always profitability.

They’re not much interested in delivery of social goods.

private sector =no social good

Government  is already giving many tax reliefs to Indian corporate so they can invest more in research, buying / import necessary machinery without hassle etc. yet they do not invest that much in R&D compared to their American counterparts.

We take pride in our IT sector. But our IT sector is mostly involved in the back-office tasks and software coding for international giants like Google, Microsoft and Apple. We don’t have an Indian brand of our own, that can compete with them.

Research – Development has long gestation period.

Indian private sector is lazy in research

The new STI policy doesn’t provide any analysis / reason why the last three policies failed.

no lesson from past

It aims to emerge as a science policy for people and

seeks a STI path for faster, sustainable and inclusive growth of a Nation.

CONCLUSION