Page 4 - Research And Development

Why you should care about India's R&D-to-GDP ratio?

Cabinet assent to set up National Research Foundation to boost R&D

The government on Wednesday approved a bill to set up the National Research Foundation, a new funding agency to bolster the country's research competence, Union minister Anurag Thakur said. He said the National Research Foundation Bill will be brought in Parliament and the Science and Engineering Research Board Act, 2008 will be repealed. At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet approved a proposal to introduce the National Research Foundation (NRF) Bill, 2023, Thakur told reporters here. The NRF will be governed by a governing board consisting of 15 to 25 eminent researchers and professionals. The governing board will be headed by the prime minister, he noted.

Scientists find a solar eruption that has maintained its temp for six yrs

This phenomenon in space can impact the Earth's ground and space technologies and has been known to disrupt radio transmissions, this observation may help astronomers understand why this happens

Dire need of DRDO-academia partnership for safety, says Rajnath Singh

Research and development in military technology is crucial to protect the double threat on borders says Rajnath Singh when inaugurating a two day DRDO-Academia Conclave

Steel Ministry directs stakeholders to develop R&D roadmap for steel sector

Steel Ministry on Thursday directed the stakeholders of the steel sector to develop a comprehensive medium-term research and development (R&D) roadmap for the domestic industry. A meeting in this regard was chaired by Steel Secretary Nagendra Nath Sinha, the Ministry of Steel said in a statement. "A brainstorming meeting was held...to evolve a comprehensive medium-term R&D roadmap and action plan for the Iron & steel sector for the next ten years," it said. Stakeholders from the steel industry, academia, research laboratories, design & engineering companies participated in the meeting. The areas identified for carrying out research were beneficiation of iron ore, beneficiation of coal, carbon capture, utilisation of steel industry wastes such as steel slag, decarbonisation technologies, use of bio-char to substitute coke/ coal in some areas of iron & steel making, it said.

Need to address funding and training challenges in R&D sector: Official

A senior government official on Tuesday made a strong pitch for collective responsibility to address the challenges of funding and inadequate training in the research and development sector. Addressing the CII Global Science, Innovation and Research Summit here, Parvinder Maini, Scientific Secretary at the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government, said India was undergoing tremendous advancement and has been showing incredible growth in areas from missiles, AI, superconductors to Covid vaccines. Maini said it was imperative to take collective responsibility to amend the challenges of funding, inadequate training and awareness through a strategic approach for the R&D ecosystem to reach greater heights. She said every country has its own strengths, therefore each and every country needs to share its technological strengths with the world for co-existence. Maini said there was an increasing realisation of technological partnerships in industry and academia with a .

Why the answer to India's export and employment worries may lie in R&D

Even if 'China plus One' offers new labour-intensive opportunities, India's trading success may lie more in value-added exports, and spending on R&D and innovation will pave the way, writes T N Ninan

R&D: India's missing giants

India needs some giant investors in in-house R&D. Let's start with our most successful firms

BIS signs MoU with 3 colleges to set up 'Standardization Chair Professor'

With its focus on eminent institutes, the standards authority launched an initiative towards institutionalising its engagement with the such institutes of the country

Indian pharma R&D spends stay stagnant three years after pandemic downturn

Spends are now lower relative to sales than before Covid-19, stand at 4.4% of net sales, compared with 20% in the US

R&D: An inside job

For innovation to power economic growth, Indian industry must raise its investment in in-house R&D five-fold

Have to keep R&D spends at 12% of revenue: Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

It's a high growth phase for us in Biocon Biologics: We crossed the Rs 1,500-crore mark in revenue for the first time this quarter. We will exit this year (FY23) at Rs 2,000-crore level

India needs corporate mandate on R&D: Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu

India requires a corporate mandate on Research & Development similar to CSR to promote a technology innovation culture which will help build critical technologies here in the country, Zoho Corporation's founder Sridhar Vembu said. The Padma Shree awardee and CEO of the country's first billion-dollar IT product company said the country lacks a culture of its own R&D and pointed out that merely having manufacturing facilities of global tech product companies like Apple will not bring "high income jobs" for people at large in India. "A corporate mandate to spend one or two per cent on R&D is needed for India like the two per cent CSR (corporate social responsibility) mandate. It is a high potential investment," Vembu stated in a brief interview with PTI. He was in the city recently to deliver his lecture on 'Transforming the Indian Economy' organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Swadeshi Research Institute. The government has expanded the scope of CSR to R&D but .

Samsung Electronics' R&D centre in Vietnam to kick-start operations soon

Samsung Electronics' Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong left for Vietnam on Wednesday to attend an opening ceremony of a research and development (R&D) centre there.

Samsung to hire 1,000 engineers for its research facilities in India

New employees will join the company in 2023 to work on AI, machine learning, other fields

Bureau of Indian Standards signs MoU with 6 engineering institutes

Institutes will set up 'BIS Standardisation Chair Professor' as part of agreement

Stephen Hermitage joins Sai Life Sciences as VP, CMC

/ -- Sai Life Sciences, a leading global Contract Research, Development & Manufacturing Organisation (CRO-CDMO), today announced the joining of Stephen Hermitage (Steve) as Vice President, CMC. In this role Steve will join the global R&D leadership team at Sai Life Sciences, where he will add further deep scientific, process development and drug development experience to the R&D organisation. Making the announcement, Sauri Gudlavalleti, Chief Operating Officer said, "Over the past few years, our team has established a formidable reputation for itself as a high-quality scientific unit that can solve complex chemistry challenges. I am delighted to welcome Steve, a pharma industry veteran, onboard at Sai Life Sciences. His addition to our global delivery team further strengthens our ongoing efforts to build strong client partnerships and exceed client expectations by raising the bar on innovation, speed, and efficiency. Steve joins Sai Life Sciences from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Apple pauses hiring for many roles besides R&D in escalation of cost cuts

The pause generally doesn't apply to teams working on future devices and long-term initiatives, but it affects some corporate functions and standard hardware and software engineering roles

Silicon Laboratories opens new unit in Hyderabad, plans to triple workforce

The new facility would be the largest global centre for Silicon Lab's engineering and wireless connectivity innovation

In a first, all IITs to collaborate for a mega R&D event on October 14-15

Apart from the 75 projects, the event will also have six showcase projects