Lok Sabha Question No. 5532 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Recorded Innovations in Science and Technology
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5532

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26/7/2019

## RECORDED INNOVATIONS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## 5532.  SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY वान और ौयोगक मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the funds allocated for Research and Development during the year 2013-14 and utilised so far, institutionwise;
- (b) the number of innovations recorded during the last five years, year and fieldwise;
- (c) whether the research institutions in the country are unable to provide adequate facilities and competent  faculty  to  train  young  brains  to  undertake  innovations  in  the  field  of  science  and technology;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps being taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to scale up innovations in the field of science and technology in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE; MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

वाय और परवार कयाण मंी ; वान और ौयोगक मंी ; और पृ वी वान मंी

## डॉ. हष वधन

- (a) The  details  of  the  funds  allocated  to  Research  &  Development  Institutes  of  Ministry  of Science  and  Technology  for  Research  and  Development  during  the  year  2013-14  and  their utilization, institution-wise, are given at ANNEXURE-I.
- (b) Patents  are  the  exclusive  rights  granted  for  new  innovations.  Patents  applied  reflects innovations  recorded.  As  per  Annual  Report 2017-18,  'Office  of Controller  General  of  Patent, Design and Trademarks' the trends in last five years in respect of patent applications are shown below:-

| Year                           | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Patent Applications registered | 42,951    | 42,763    | 46,904    | 45,444    | 47,854    |

Similarly, Patent applications (innovations) filed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories during last 5 years in different fields are given below:

| CSIR Patent applications filed in India during last 5 years   | CSIR Patent applications filed in India during last 5 years   | CSIR Patent applications filed in India during last 5 years   | CSIR Patent applications filed in India during last 5 years   | CSIR Patent applications filed in India during last 5 years   | CSIR Patent applications filed in India during last 5 years   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                               | 2014-15                                                       | 2015-16                                                       | 2016-17                                                       | 2017-18                                                       | 2018-19                                                       |
| Biological Science                                            | 24                                                            | 28                                                            | 21                                                            | 27                                                            | 25                                                            |
| Chemical Science                                              | 192                                                           | 171                                                           | 131                                                           | 89                                                            | 117                                                           |
| Drug &Pharma                                                  | 67                                                            | 58                                                            | 34                                                            | 24                                                            | 33                                                            |
| Engineering                                                   | 27                                                            | 63                                                            | 37                                                            | 28                                                            | 29                                                            |
| Others                                                        | 2                                                             | 7                                                             | 5                                                             | 3                                                             | 5                                                             |
| Total                                                         | 312                                                           | 327                                                           | 228                                                           | 171                                                           | 209                                                           |

(c) & (d): No Sir. The Public Funded Research Institutions and Autonomous Institutes under the administrative control of the Ministry of Science and Technology have excellent research facilities and  highly  competent  faculty,  researchers  and  technologists.  These  institutions  are  continuously engaged  in  training  of  young  scientists,  engineers  and  entrepreneurs  to  undertake  S&T  related innovations in a number of incubators and research parks established across the country and many of these youngsters have successfully launched a number of promising start-ups.

National Innovation Foundation(NIF), an autonomous Institute under Ministry of Science and  Technology  provides  adequate  facilities  and  competent  faculty  to  train  young  brains  to undertake  innovations  in  the  field  of  Science  and  Technology.  The  interns  from  Engineering Colleges, Business Schools, Design Institutes and students from other courses and Institutes take up internship  opportunities  at  NIF.  NIF  also  facilitates  mentoring  of  students  by  leading  Technical Institutes of the country for students who have been successful at the State Level Exhibitions and Project Competitions.

(e) Government has taken up various steps to scale up innovations in the field of science and technology. National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovations(NIDHI) is an umbrella  program  conceived  and  developed  by  the  Department  of  Science  &  Technology, Government  of  India,  for  nurturing  ideas  and  innovations  (knowledge-based  and  technologydriven)  into  successful  start-ups. One  of  the key  programmes  under  NIDHI  is  establishing Technology  Business  Incubators  (TBIs)  as  an  institutional  mechanism  at  various  institutions  of higher  learning.  TBIs  provide  requisite  infrastructure,  facilities  and    value  added  services  to nurture  innovative  ideas  in  the  field  of  Science  &  Technology  through  incubation  of  start-ups. Under NIDHI-PRAYAS (Promoting & Accelerating Young and Aspiring Innovators & Start-ups) program, financial support of upto Rs.10 lakhs is provided to convert Science & Technology led innovative  ideas  into  prototype.  In  addition,  few    TBI's  are  also  supported  to  provide  the  seed support  to  its  start-ups  under  incubation  for  scaling  up  innovations  in  the  field  of  science  & technology.

National Research Development Corporation is managing a program viz. 'Programme for Inspiring Inventors & Innovators (PIII)' for supporting and scaling up innovations in the field of S&T  in  the  country.  Major  activities  undertaken  are  awarding  innovations,  setting  up  of Innovation Facilitation Centres, Seed funding innovations and setting up of Incubation Centres.

CSIR  launched  Mission  Mode  Projects  (MMPs)  in  order  to  put  concerted  and  sustained efforts  in  an  identified  area  by  synergizing  the  best  competencies  available  in  various  CSIR labs and  outside  institutions.  The  combined  and  time  targeted  efforts  will  enable  CSIR  to  cross threshold of intellectual barrier in order to deliver scientific, industrial and  social goods. Within MMPs, each project will have clearly defined objectives, scopes, and implementation timelines and milestones, as well as measurable outcomes and service levels.

## ANNEXURE-I

## (Rs. in Lakhs)

|         |                                                                                                                                | Amount                 | Amount                 |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| S. No.  | Name of the Institution                                                                                                        | Funds released 2013-14 | Funds utilized 2013-14 |
| 1.      | Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra                                                                                 | 1206.90                | 1206.90                |
| (1)     | (2)                                                                                                                            | (3)                    | (4)                    |
| 2.      | Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital, Uttarakhand                                                 | 2300.00                | 2300.00                |
| 3.      | BirbalSahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                                                                  | 2648.25                | 2648.25                |
| 4.      | Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal                                                                                           | 5904.45                | 5904.45                |
| 5.      | Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka                                                                 | 560.00                 | 375.37                 |
| 6.      | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, West Bengal                                                        | 5847.04                | 5828.93                |
| 7.      | Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, Karnataka                                                                         | 4977.00                | 4858.15                |
| 8.      | Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra                                                                     | 2515.80                | 2515.80                |
| 9.      | Institute of Advanced Study in Science &Technology, Guwahati, Assam                                                            | 1596.00                | 1596.00                |
| 10.     | International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad, Telangana                           | 4783.00                | 4778.44                |
| 11.     | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka                                                 | 5500.00                | 5500.00                |
| 12.     | Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka                                                                                 | 3299.75                | 3299.75                |
| 13.     | S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal                                                             | 2920.20                | 2916.83                |
| 14.     | SreeChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala                                     | 9106.98                | 9106.98                |
| 15.     | Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand                                                                    | 3292.50                | 3103.89                |
| 16.     | Institute of Nano Science &Technology, Mohali, Punjab                                                                          | 450.00                 | 450.00                 |
| 17.     | National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi                                                                                    | 4715.00                | 4715.00                |
| 18.     | National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, Maharashtra                                                                            | 2600.00                | 2600.00                |
| 19.     | Centre for DNA Finger Printing and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, Telangana                                                           | 3400.00                | 3399.98                |
| 20.     | National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, Haryana                                                                               | 50.00                  | 50.00                  |
| 21.     | National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi                                                                        | 2300.00                | 2300.00                |
| 22.     | Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal, Manipur                                                         | 2109.06                | 2109.06                |
| 23.     | Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha                                                                                | 2210.00                | 2210.00                |
| 24,     | Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana                                                        | 3700.00                | 3700.00                |
| 25.     | Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala                                                              | 2350.00                | 2350.00                |
| 26.     | National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani, West Bengal                                                                | 4200.00                | 4200.00                |
| 27.     | UNESCO Regional Centre for Education and Training, Faridabad, Haryana                                                          | 4140.00                | 4140.00                |
| 28.     | National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute & Bioprocessing Unit, Mohali, Punjab                                                | 2010.00                | 2010.00                |
| 29.     | Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru, Karnataka                                               | 5500.00                | 5500.00                |
| 30.     | National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad, Telangana                                                               | 1800.00                | 1800.00                |
| 31. 32. | International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi                                                        | 1300.00 700.00         | 1300.00 700.00         |
| 33.     | Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali, Punjab Advanced Materials & Process Research Institute, Bhopal, Madhya | 1878.10                | 1878.10                |
|         | Pradesh                                                                                                                        |                        |                        |

|   (1) | (2)                                                                                        |     (3) |     (4) |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
|    34 | Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, Uttrakhand                                   |  3943.7 |  3943.7 |
|    35 | Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                                    | 13412.6 | 13412.6 |
|    36 | Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu                          |  8318.4 |  8318.4 |
|    37 | Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, Rajasthan                      |  7594.9 |  7594.9 |
|    38 | Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka                           |  9243.3 |  9243.3 |
|    39 | Central Glass &Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal                            |  9504.2 |  9504.2 |
|    40 | Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                 |  4701.9 |  4701.9 |
|    41 | Central Institute of Mining &Fuel Research, Dhanbad, Jharkhand                             |  5518.6 |  5518.6 |
|    42 | Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu                                    |  8110.8 |  8110.8 |
|    43 | Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, West Bengal                   |  7863.4 |  7863.4 |
|    44 | Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi                                                 |  4529   |  4529   |
|    45 | Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat                     |  5070.4 |  5070.4 |
|    46 | Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh                                    |  6896.8 |  6896.8 |
|    47 | Centre for Cellular &Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana                               | 10379.1 | 10379.1 |
|    48 | Central Scientific &Industrial Research, Madras Complex, Tamil Nadu                        |  1033.9 |  1033.9 |
|    49 | Human Resource Development Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh                                |  1129.2 |  1129.2 |
|    50 | Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, Jammu &Kashmir                            |  8290.7 |  8290.7 |
|    51 | Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, West Bengal                                 |  9604.8 |  9604.8 |
|    52 | Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana                              | 16583.5 | 16583.5 |
|    53 | Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, Uttarakhand                                       |  6047.2 |  6047.2 |
|    54 | Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                            |  4227.8 |  4227.8 |
|    55 | Institute of Genomics &Integrative Biology, Delhi                                          |  9054.7 |  9054.7 |
|    56 | Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh                  |  3380.3 |  3380.3 |
|    57 | Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh                                              |  5062.6 |  5062.6 |
|    58 | Institute of Minerals &Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha                           |  5528.8 |  5528.8 |
|    59 | National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru, Karnataka                                      | 19122.4 | 19122.4 |
|    60 | National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                              |  6742.2 |  6742.2 |
|    61 | National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra                                            | 16083.5 | 16083.5 |
|    62 | National Environment Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra                   |  3455.1 |  3455.1 |
|    63 | National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana                              |  8383.3 |  8383.3 |
|    64 | National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |  5727.5 |  5727.5 |
|    65 | National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula , Goa                                       | 13188.2 | 13188.2 |
|    66 | National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi           |  5711.8 |  5711.8 |
|    67 | National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi               |  1486.4 |  1486.4 |
|    68 | National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand                                   |  6099.3 |  6099.3 |
|    69 | National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi                                                    | 15541.7 | 15541.7 |
|    70 | North East Institute of Science &Technology, Jorhat, Assam                                 |  6556.2 |  6556.2 |
|    71 | Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai , Tamil Nadu                               |  5826.8 |  5826.8 |

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