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International Workshop on Industry-Academia Collaboration for Greater National Productivity

International Workshop on Industry-Academia Collaboration for Greater National Productivity. New Delhi April 15, 2013. The Context. To develop a common agenda for collaboration between Academia, Industry and Government Range -- top end research to skill building

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International Workshop on Industry-Academia Collaboration for Greater National Productivity

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  1. International Workshop on Industry-Academia Collaboration for Greater National Productivity New Delhi April 15, 2013

  2. The Context • To develop a common agenda for collaboration between Academia, Industry and Government • Range -- top end research to skill building • Low level of investment in R & D • Examine International Models /Case Studies • Concrete actions for the next 200 days

  3. March 5thconsultation 3 • Workshop on 5th March : Brainstorming on ideas for collaboration between industry and academia • Three task forces set up: • Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship • Skills & Employability • Institutional Mechanism • Each had equal participation from both industry and academia • Over the past two weeks the task forces have brainstormed over the issues

  4. R&D in India 4 • In India • Government share : 75-80 % • Private Sector: 20-25 % • Universities: 3% • OECD countries • Government share : 10 % • Private Sector: 69 % • Universities: 18% • Non-profit: 3%

  5. Share of World Researchers 5

  6. 6 Major R&D Investments – Country Share (in %)

  7. Major R&D Investments: % GDP 7 [1] UNESCO Institute for Statistics as accessed on 24th October 2012

  8. Demographic Dividend – average age in 2020 8 ILO estimates that by 2020, India will have 116 million workers in age group of 20-24 years as against 94 million in China

  9. National Knowledge Commission -2008 • Greater alignment of engineering education with employment opportunities: curricular reform • Frequent dialogue between Academia and Industry through seminars and workshops • To enhance employability, summer internships should be made an integral part of the curriculum • To create adjunct faculty positions and invite industry professionals to participate in the teaching

  10. Kakodkar Committee on IIT/NITs: 2011 Academia / Govt • Special focus at IITs on Innovation and Entrepreneurship • Encourage faculty focus on product development and industrial consultancy • Earmark 2% of Govt / PSU funds for R & D Industry: • Industry R&D Labs at Research Parks in IITs • About 10000 Executive M.Techs per year using live video-classes • Industry personnel pursuing PhDs (part-time) • Encourage R&D personnel to become adjunct faculty

  11. Narayan Murthy Committee Report, 2012 • Indian Corporate R&D Fund: Corpus of Rs 5,000 crore • Joint academia-industry guides for research; • Internships / apprenticeships by corporations; • Faculty development support by industry-chairs, sabbaticals; • Top management development programmes by Industry • Centre of Excellence / Training Centre by corporate sector • Technology Parks • Set up new institutions (Private/PPP) • Develop new Knowledge Clusters/Hubs: Use existing industrial clusters for research centres • Set up a Council for Industry and Higher Education Collaboration with Govt/ Private funding (CIHEC)

  12. Special Focus on Skilling • NVEQF and mainstreaming skills into Education • Community colleges and polytechnics in PPP • Bachelors programme in Vocational Education • Skill Knowledge Providers • NATAP and apprenticeship scheme • Target for MHRD under Skill Mission of PM • Budget speech - Rs 1000 Cr for Skilling (All Mins)

  13. Thank you

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