Webinar on Science Technology and Innovation at PU

Chandigarh: To sensitize policy-makers, academicians and researchers, about technology transfer, commercialization and various Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) models, DST- Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Panjab University, Chandigarh organized today a webinar on the theme of “Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Based Public-Private Partnerships in India: Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA) an exemplary PPP model”.

Mr. Rahul Kulshreshtha, Head, Strategic Project Management, Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA), New Delhi highlighted the imperative roles played by GITA, to obviate the gaps in the current innovation system of our country in comparison to the Global innovation system. GITA is an organization set up under PPP mode by partnering of Technology Development Board (TDB), Government of India and India’s apex industrial association Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The joint venture is focusing on funding projects, capacity building and creating sustainable ecosystems, while identifying various bottlenecks to attain flexibility of government policies for enhancing R&D efficacy and spreading awareness among various stakeholders for the same.

Prof. Rajesh Gill, Dean Research, in her address mentioned an hour's need of ventures on PPP models to have synergy with industries for having replica and implementation of research projects with a social impact.

Prof. Nirmala Chongtham, Coordinator, DST-CPR at Panjab University Chandigarh emphasized the significance of teamwork of academicians, researchers and industrialists for enabling =PPP in plugging India amongst global rankings. She also added that funding agencies also sometimes get incentivized through brand names and avoid risky behaviour in accepting novel ideas, which acts as a gap in proliferating an innovative project.

A significant view on exploring PPPs for revamping Indian STI terrain was shared by Dr. Rakesh Tuli, Senior Research Advisor & J C Bose Fellow, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Dr. Shishir Shrotriya, Councillor of S&T, Embassy of India, Moscow Russia.  

The webinar was attended by faculty members, researchers of the university and industry people. The webinar aimed at motivating and guiding Indian researchers, academicians, industries and entrepreneurs about the significance of PPP models for scientific innovations.