Impact & Advocacy
October 2025
Industry in India: Followers or Leaders?, UNSW Global Executive MBA
Janak Nabar, CEO, CTIER delivered a session on the inaugural CTIER Innovation Report, "Industry in India: Followers or Leaders?" to the participants of the University of Sydney's Global Executive MBA programme.
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September 2025
Indian chemical firms spend 7% of their profitability on R&D compared to 45% globally: Janak Nabar, CEO, CTIER
Janak Nabar, CEO, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Economic Research (CTIER), was interviewed by Indian Chemical News about the inaugural edition of the CTIER Innovation Report, Industry in India: Followers or Leaders?, which was launched at the National Chemistry Day Summit hosted by Godrej Industries Group on 8th August 2025.
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July 2025
Godrej Industries Group to host 2nd edition of National Chemistry Day on August 8
Indian Chemical News writes about the upcoming National Chemistry Day summit to be held on 8th August 2025. The summit will witness the launch of the inaugural edition of the CTIER Innovation Report, Industry in India: Followers or Leaders? The summit will also feature a panel discussion titled R&D – A Catalyst for India's Chemical Industry Growth, moderated by Burjis Godrej. Janak Nabar, CEO, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Economic Research (CTIER); Simon-Thorsten Wiebusch, Chairman, MD & CEO, Bayer CropScience Limited; Vivek Save, Executive Director & Board Member, Deccan Fine Chemicals; Santosh J. Gharpure, Dean (Faculty Affairs) and Professor, Department of Chemistry IIT Bombay; and Aashish Kasad, Senior Partner, Ernst & Young; will be part of the panel.
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May 2025
Do public-funded R&D units innovate enough?
Jacob Koshy writes in the Hindu on findings from the report on 'Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations’ (Round 2).
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April 2025
Principal Scientific Adviser Unveils Landmark Report on 'Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations’ (Round 2)
The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India today launched the (Round 2) study report on "Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations", aimed at benchmarking and enhancing innovation performance across India’s publicly funded research ecosystem. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Economic Research (CTIER) served as knowledge partners for this study, contributing their expertise to strengthen the assessment framework.
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April 2025
Insufficient support for deep tech start-ups in India
Jacob Koshy writes in the Hindu on findings from the report on 'Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations’ (Round 2).
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March 2025
Blurring Industry Boundaries and Disruptions Through AI
Indian firms are increasingly focusing on R&D and innovation as a part of their firm strategy to compete globally. Recent disruptive trends like blurring industry boundaries and AI adoption are increasingly impacting industry. In this context, the roundtable discussion shall focus on the level of preparedness of Indian industry, how AI can help Indian firms build differentiated products, and how Indian companies can adapt to disruptions caused by blurring industry boundaries across a number of sectors. This was the 8th closed door round table under the CTIER Ananta series on 'India’s R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives'.
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March 2025
India's R&D Ambitions: Nurturing Talent
Talent is one of the most important enablers for India's R&D ambitions. India's future R&D workforce needs to be multidisciplinary and draw insights from science, technology and the humanities to achieve India's ambitions in the face of blurring sectoral boundaries and disruptions caused by AI. The panel comprised of Naushad Forbes, Gopichand Katragadda, Pankaj Chandra, Ranjan Banerjee, Sharad Sharma, and V Ramgopal Rao.
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March 2025
India's R&D Ambitions: Nurturing Talent
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March 2025
Transforming India's R&D System for Greater Innovation, Indian Naval Academy, Kochi
Janak Nabar gave a guest lecture on "Transforming India's R&D System for Greater Innovation". The lecture provided valuable insights into strategies for revitalising India’s research and development ecosystem, highlighting how innovation can drive national progress, particularly in the defence and naval domains.
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March 2025
Emerging Technologies and Geopolitical Trends
Masterclass Series, Ananta Aspen Centre, Delhi
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January 2025
Why India Inc Must Step Up to Make India a Product Nation
Ayaan Kartik wrote in Outlook on India's dreams of becoming a product nation.
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January 2025
Expert consultation on Draft Self Assessment and Reporting Framework (SARF) on ‘Diversity, Equity,Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM)’
Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India has developed a draft Self Assessment and Reporting Framework (SARF) on ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM). Swati Joshi from CTIER was invited to be part of this consultation.
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November 2024
Leveraging Innovation and Industry 4.0
Janak Nabar was part of a policy roundtable on Leveraging Innovation and Industry 4.0 in the Second ISID National Conference on India’s Industrial Transformation. The session was chaired by Prof Suresh Babu, Director, Madras Institute of Development Studies. The session panellists included Prof Vinish Kumar Kathuria, Director, IDS Jaipur, Prof Suma Athreye, Head, Centre for Public Policy, IIT Delhi, Prof Aradhana Aggarwal, Senior Advisor, Trade, Technology and Skills Unit, NCAER, and Ms Shraddha Srikant, UNIDO India.
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November 2024
India’s Potential in Semiconductors
This closed door roundtable included discussions on the global semiconductor value chain, India’s current semiconductor landscape including policy initiatives and partnerships to boost the Indian semiconductor ecosystem, lessons India can draw from policy initiatives around the world and the critical challenges India faces. This was the 7th closed door round table under the CTIER Ananta series on 'India’s R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives'.
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October 2024
Janak Nabar gave a talk on India's innovation system for Takshashila Institution.
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October 2024
26th Meeting of the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology & Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC), Delhi
The Prime Minister’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC), established in August 2018, serves as an overarching body to evaluate the status of specific science and technology domains, understand challenges, formulate interventions, develop a futuristic roadmap, and advise the Prime Minister accordingly. The agenda for the meeting was “Accelerating Industry-Academia Partnership for Research and Innovation in India.” Janak Nabar from CTIER was invited to be part of the discussion.
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Innovation in India’s Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology sector- II
The Indian pharmaceutical industry aspires to grow to USD 130 billion by 2030 and USD 400 billion by 2047 from its current valuation of USD 50 billion. To make this happen, a bold ambition and a sense of urgency is required from both industry and policymakers. The current landscape of the Indian Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector underlines the need to significantly ramp up R&D and innovation efforts to achieve India's bold ambitions. CTIER and Ananta Aspen Centre's closed-door roundtable on ""Catalyzing India’s R&D ambitions in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Sector"" included multiple stakeholders from industry, academia, and policymakers. This was the 7th closed door round table under the CTIER Ananta series on 'India’s R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives'.
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June 2024
OPSA-JRC Knowledge Exchange on Technology Foresight
Swati Joshi from CTIER was invited to join the consultation on 'Knowledge Exchange on Technology Foresight' with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). This knowledge exchange brought together a select set of experts, scholars and practitioners of technology foresight (and associated fields) to share their insights and expertise across different sectors.
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May 2024
Future of the Indian Economy: Stanford King Center on Global Development
A report showcasing the findings from the ongoing India Management and Growth Survey was launched at a Stanford University event. The event, Speaker Series on the Future of the Indian Economy, was held with Naushad Forbes, Nick Bloom, Rohini Chakravarthy, and Megha Patnaik.
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April 2024
Meeting with Nodal Officers; Round II of the Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded Research & Development Organisations
The First Nodal Officers meeting held at Vigyan Bhawan aimed to enlighten the nodal officers about the study initiated by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, focusing on the Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators. Discussion included briefing the nodal officers about the study's framework, methodology, and the necessary support required from them.
March 2024
Handbook Outreach Event at Sikkim University
We presented insights from the CTIER Handbook: Technology and Innovation in India 2023 to encourage students to understand the Indian Innovation and R&D ecosystem and the role played by the government, industry, higher education sector. We also presented the handbook essays which also helped contextualize the data presented in the handbook.
December 2023
Paper Presentation at ICCSI 2023
Swati Joshi presented findings from 'Can India’s defence sector act as an aggregator to boost innovation potential?' at the International Confluence Conference on Startups and Innovation (ICCSI) 2023 held at IIT Madras.
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Handbook Outreach Event at Symbiosis School of Economics
We presented insights from the CTIER Handbook: Technology and Innovation in India 2023 to encourage students to understand the Indian Innovation and R&D ecosystem and the role played by the government, industry, higher education sector. We also presented the handbook essays which also helped contextualize the data presented in the handbook.
November 2023
Handbook Outreach Event at IIT Indore
We presented insights from the CTIER Handbook: Technology and Innovation in India 2023 to encourage students to understand the Indian Innovation and R&D ecosystem and the role played by the government, industry, higher education sector. We also presented the handbook essays which also helped contextualize the data presented in the handbook.
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Handbook Outreach Event at IIFT
We presented insights from the CTIER Handbook: Technology and Innovation in India 2023 to encourage students to understand the Indian Innovation and R&D ecosystem and the role played by the government, industry, higher education sector. We also presented the handbook essays which also helped contextualize the data presented in the handbook.
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October 2023
Deep Tech Startups in India
The insightful panel discussion on "Deep Tech Startups in India" with panelists Dr. Aravind Chinchure, Anand Anandkumar, and Vasant Jain, chaired by Tanvi Shah Rangwala.
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October 2023
Need for India’s 1991 moment for Science and Technology
A panel discussion with Pankaj Chandra, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, and TN Ninan about the “Need for India’s 1991 moment for Science and Technology”, chaired by Naushad Forbes.
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September 2023
Case study of Maharashtra Startup Week
Swati Joshi participated in the XKDR Forum - Chennai Mathematical Institute Field Workshop on Public Procurement and presented insights from the case study of Maharashtra Startup Week on the public procurement of innovation.
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September 2023
MNC R&D Centres in India
The focus of this closed door roundtable was to arrive at a consensus definition and to highlight the difference between MNC R&D centres and the R&D units of MNC manufacturing and IT firms. The latter set of R&D units are part of MNC firms that are subsidiaries registered with the MCA and their spending does get reflected in India’s national R&D statistics. The discussion will also focus on global trends in MNC R&D with India as a top global destination and explore the direct and indirect spillovers from these R&D centres, including through the mobility of human capital. The discussion would also help set the stage for a potential joint study that could be undertaken to understand the nature of R&D conducted at these centres and analyse their impact on the innovation ecosystem of India, including the startup ecosystem.
August 2023
SiTARA National Innovation & Startup Summit 2023
Mr. Janak Nabar engaged in a dynamic discussion on strengthening research ecosystems in Indian universities at the SiTARA National Innovation & Startup Summit 2023. The panellist also included Dr. Nanasaheb Thorat, Ms. Anindita Banerjee, Dr. Premnath, and Shri Sandip Shinde
July 2023
Innovation and Policy for Rare Diseases Drug Development in India
The Centre for Technology Innovation and Economic Research (CTIER) and World Without GNE Myopathy (WWGM) organised a roundtable discussion that focuses on 1) innovation models that would encourage R&D investments in rare disease drug development in India 2) the legal and policy frameworks needed to encourage rare disease drug development 3) the structuring of intellectual property rights to facilitate technology sharing without compromising incentives to innovate 4) improving the quality of students emerging from higher education institutes and creating a talent pipeline for the future 5) the approach necessary to support initiatives such as the Myo-mission – either a state-led top-down approach for supporting and funding these initiatives or a bottom-up one.
April 2023
Innovation in India’s Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology sector I
"This closed door roundtable included discussions on 1) the challenges and barriers to innovation that the pharma sector in India currently faces 2) the capabilities needed to enable India to undertake new drug discoveries 3) scope of innovating to meet distinct India and emerging market needs (apart from the same drugs at lower cost points) 4) the outlook for the talent pipeline in the pharma sector 5) how industry-academia collaborations can be bolstered to focus on areas like gene therapy and developing new technology platforms like RNAi etc. 6) prioritizing areas of research that India is currently good at and which have the potential to be scaled up through increased spending on R&D. This was the 6th closed door round table under the CTIER Ananta series on 'India’s R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives'."
February 2023
Changing Trade pattern, ICT and Employment: Evidence Across Countries
Manish Kumar Sharma from IIT Kharagpur presented his work at the CTIER Seminar Series.
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December 2022
Novelty of PLFS 2020-21 Data: Unveiling the Post Lockdown Migration Statistics.
Puneet Kumar Shrivastav from National Institute of Labour Economics Research & Development (NILERD) presented his research on migration statistics.
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November 2022
Can India’s defence sector act as an aggregator to boost innovation potential?
Rohan Atrawalkar presented findings from CTIER research on 'Can India’s defence sector act as an aggregator to boost innovation potential?'
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October 2022
How do drawback rates impact exports and who benefits from their implication? A case study of India.
Barney Jopson from University of Reading, United Kingdom spoke on how do drawback rates impact exports and who benefits from their implication? A case study of India.
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September 2022
Harnessing The Potential of Industry 4.0 Technologies: Evidence from Indian Start-Ups
Sanjaya Kumar Malik from ISID New Delhi presented research on 'Harnessing The Potential of Industry 4.0 Technologies: Evidence from Indian Start-Ups'.
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India’s defence sector and it’s potential for innovation
"There have been policy announcements in recent years suggesting the potential for technology deepening in this sector - some of the key announcements include increasing domestic acquisition of military goods, the allocation of 25% of DRDO funding for the private sector and higher education and the introduction of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) challenge to encourage technology development through start-ups, industries, academia, R&D institutions and individual innovators. These themes and reforms were discussed with a view to understand the implications for the innovation ecosystem. This was the 5th closed door round table under the CTIER Ananta series on 'India’s R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives'.
September 2022
Cross-Border Environmental Regulation and Firm Labor Demand
Chirantan Chatterjee from IIM Ahmedbad spoke about his research on Cross-Border Environmental Regulation and Firm Labor Demand.
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August 2022
The Size Structure of India’s Enterprises: Not just the middle is missing
Tuhinsubhra Giri from RIS New Delhi presented research on 'The Size Structure of India’s Enterprises: Not just the middle is missing.'
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August 2022
Building Science Leaders in India Programme
The Building Science Leaders in India is a collaborative executive development programme for scientists likely to assume leadership roles and future directors of laboratories. It will build on the R&D Managers of the Future programme, jointly developed by the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Economic Research and Ahmedabad University. This unique programme has been conceived by the Capacity Building Commission, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India and ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization to build the capacity of scientists in the Indian STI system.
July 2022
Absorptive Capacity and Global Value Chain Participation: Firm-Level Evidence From India
Renjith Ramachandran from IIM Ranchi presented research on 'Absorptive Capacity and Global Value Chain Participation: Firm-Level Evidence From India.'
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Transforming India's Public Research Landscape
In recent years, reform announcements in the space sector are expected to see greater private sector participation, while the announcement that 25 percent of DRDOs budget starting FY2023 will go towards R&D in higher education as well as the private sector is a welcome step and may offer a template to transforming public research in India. This closed door roundtable covered themes on transforming public research in India. This was the 4th closed door round table under the CTIER Ananta series on 'India’s R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives'.
June 2022
Venture capital industry emergence and development in India and Brazil: the role of the state and challenges for the Global South countries
Manuel Gonzalo from Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (UNQ) presented research on 'Venture capital industry emergence and development in India and Brazil: the role of the state and challenges for the Global South countries.'
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May 2022
India's space economy, Its size and structure
Sunil Mani from CDS, Trivandrum presented research on 'India's space economy, Its size and structure.'
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May 2022
Analysis of carbon productivity for firms in the manufacturing sector of India
Prantik Bagchi from Madras School of Economics presented research on 'Analysis of carbon productivity for firms in the manufacturing sector of India'.
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April 2022
Innovations in the Informal Settings: Perspectives from India
Gautam Sharma from DST - Centre for Policy Research, IISc Bangalore presented research on 'Innovations in the Informal Settings: Perspectives from India.'
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March 2022
Workshop on Preparing SMEs for Global Business Prospects
Janak Nabar was invited to speak at the MCCIA workshop on exploring globalisation avenues for the SMEs in Pune and other parts of Maharashtra.
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March 2022
The Struggle and the Promise, released at the Jaipur Literature Festival
Naushad's book, 'The Struggle and the Promise: Restoring India's Potential', published by HarperCollins was released at the prestigious Jaipur Literature Festival, on 11th March. The book release was followed by a session with Naushad in conversation with former Ambassador Navdeep Suri. Madhurjya Deka from CTIER assisted with data support for the book.
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Outreach - The struggle and the promise
Discussion with Naushad Forbes: ‘The Struggle And The Promise: Restoring India’s Potential’ for students of NIT Rourkela
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March 2022
The Braided River: The Universe of Indian Women in Science
Nimita Pandey from Centre for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Christopher Coley from Centre for Policy Research, IISc & UNESCO New Delhi together presented research on 'The Braided River: The Universe of Indian Women in Science.'
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February 2022
Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Innovation: Evidence from a Panel of Indian Pharmaceutical Firms
Neha Jaiswal from IIM Ahmedabad presented research on 'Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Innovation: Evidence from a Panel of Indian Pharmaceutical Firms.'
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Initiatives being undertaken by the Office of the PSA
This session featured an in-depth discussion led by Dr Naushad Forbes in conversation with Prof K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India on the various initiatives being undertaken by the Office of the PSA to strengthen India's R&D and innovation ecosystem. This was the 3rd closed door round table under the CTIER Ananta series on 'India’s R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives'.
January 2022
Invention Value, Inventive Capability and the Large Firm Advantage
Divya Sebastian from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University presented research on 'Invention Value, Inventive Capability and the Large Firm Advantage.'
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December 2021
Is there job polarization in developing economies? A review and outlook
Antonio Martins Neto from UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University presented research on 'Is there job polarization in developing economies? A review and outlook.'
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November 2021
Global Value Chains, Productivity and Markup: Evidence from India
Ketan Reddy from IIT Madras presented research on 'Global Value Chains, Productivity and Markup: Evidence from India.'
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Roundtable II on India's R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives
The discussion began with a presentation by the IMF team on their latest World Economic Outlook and policy priorities for securing the global recovery including investing in the post pandemic future. Against this background, the presentation by the IMF included a special focus on the importance of investing in Basic Research to spur faster productivity growth. This was the 2nd closed door round table under the CTIER Ananta series on 'India’s R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives'.
October 2021
Subcontracting in Unorganized Manufacturing: A mode of Survival or a Strategy of Growth?
Samar Kumar Mishra from IIT Kharagpur presented research on 'Subcontracting in Unorganized Manufacturing: A mode of Survival or a Strategy of Growth?'
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September 2021
Asymmetries in the monetary policy reaction function: evidence from India
Irfan Ahmad Shah from CDS, Trivandrum presented research on 'Asymmetries in the monetary policy reaction function: evidence from India.'
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India’s R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives
The discussion was based on a preliminary report that has been prepared as part of the Aspen Institute for Pure Science Project, which looks at the relevance of basic research in R&D. The discussion included a presentation on the R&D and Innovation landscape in India followed by thematic discussions on three topics that would include 1) Basic Research - the role of public R&D institutions, industry and startups 2) Strengthening India's STEM workforce with an emphasis of the role of women in STEM, research in universities and linkages captured in the New Education Policy 3) Effective investments in Basic Research with topics on participation in mega projects, the development of knowledge clusters for greater diffusion of innovation and mission oriented research targeting SDGs.
September 2021
Non-R&D Innovations in India's Manufacturing Sector: With a Special Focus on Informal Enterprises
K Chandra Shekar from Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Trivandrum presented research on 'Non-R&D Innovations in India's Manufacturing Sector: With a Special Focus on Informal Enterprises.'
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August 2021
Effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the profitability of firms in India
Ritika Jain from CDS, Trivandrum presented research on 'Effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the profitability of firms in India.'
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July 2021
The Condition of Muslim Entrepreneurs in India: In Changing Socio-Political Environment
Abrar Ali Saiyed from Özyeğin University presented research on 'The Condition of Muslim Entrepreneurs in India: In Changing Socio-Political Environment.'
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June 2021
Global Economic Prospects and Policies
Malhar Nabar from IMF presented research on 'Global Economic Prospects and Policies.'
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May 2021
Management practices and resilience to shocks: Evidence from COVID-19
Megha Patnaik from LUISS Guido Carli presented research on 'Management practices and resilience to shocks: Evidence from COVID-19.'
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April 2021
Do global value chains enhance or slog economic growth?
Praveen Jangam from IIT Hyderabad presented research on 'Do global value chains enhance or slog economic growth?'
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March 2021
Technological diversification of Indian firms: A study based on Indian Patent data
Madan Dhanora and Shadab Danish from Govt. Mahaveer College and IIT Indore presented presented research on 'Technological diversification of Indian firms: A study based on Indian Patent data.'
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January 2021
Role of Foreign MNCs in Technological Activities in India's IT Services Industry: An Analysis from Patent Granted Data
Anurag Anand from CDS, Trivandrum presented research on 'Role of Foreign MNCs in Technological Activities in India's IT Services Industry: An Analysis from Patent Granted Data.'
January 2020
Technology-led-Innovation Policy (TLIP) framework
Janak Nabar was Member and Discussant, Meeting of Drafting Committees for Technology-led-Innovation Policy (TLIP) framework 2020, organised by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, and Office of Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India, January 2020
December 2019
STI Ecosystem in the States
Janak Nabar was invited to present on STI Ecosystem in the States on the track Regional innovation at the India R&D Ecosystem Conclave, organised by Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Government of India, and CII, December 2019
February 2019
Learning workshop for professional managers of startup and entrepreneurship incubators
A capacity building workshop for Incubator managers was conducted at Maharashtra Startup Week in January and February 2019 in collaboration with Oxentia and Nesta. The workshop was on ‘Setting up successful technology-centred incubators – featuring lessons from the United Kingdom’ and was targeted at managers of incubators in Maharashtra.
February 2019
Science Policy Conclave
Swati Joshi from CTIER was invited to a panel discussion, 'Science for framing policy for socio-economic sectors: where we are now and how to make it more scientific' at Science Policy Conclave organised by British Council through Newton Bhabha Fund in collaboration with Indian Institute of Education & Research, (IISER, Pune). The conclave is conceived as part of a 5-day training programme on Framing Evidence based Science Policy for mid-career science policy professionals, who are presently working and were nominated from various Science Ministries of Government of India and policy research organizations.
December 2018
Policy Priorities to Strengthen Technology and Innovation in India
CII in partnership with the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Economic Research (CTIER), organised a discussion on ‘Policy Priorities to strengthen Technology and Innovation in India’. The discussion revolved around how to incentivise industry and also line ministries including state governments to target these levels of spending, strengthen the innovation ecosystem and highlight the importance of building technical capability in one or two key priority sectors with direct implications for the national economy. The aim of the discussion was to arrive at a consensus on the way forward to push for greater technology deepening in priority sectors that have been identified jointly by Industry and the government.
March 2017
Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies (DEIP)
CTIER organised the training workshop in association with United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, Prof Sunil Mani, CDS and CII. The programme was targeted at senior and middle level officials of central and state ministries involved in the measurement of innovation indicators and science and technology policy, and private sector involved in strategic planning and business excellence.