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15th National Conference
on In-house R&D in Industry
Introduction
The "National Conference on In-house R&D in
Industry" was first organised by the Department
of Scientific & Industrial Research, Government
of India in Aril 1987. So far, 14 National Conferences
on in-house R&D in Industry have been organised
by DSIR. These Conferences have always addressed contemporary
issues pertaining to industry and the in-house R&D
system. The Conference has become an important forum
for exchange of ideas amongst industrial R&D system
and the Government.
The Conference
The Department of Scientific & Industrial Research
(DSIR) is organising the 15 National Conference on in-house
R&D in industry in association with the Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
during 22-23 November 2001 in New Delhi. The main objective
of this Conference is to have an idea of opportunities
for R&D in new and emerging areas and its commercialisation
aspects. The field of Life Sciences is witnessing new
development, at fast pace opening up exciting new opportunities
in health care, nutrition and increasing crop yields,
"Life Sciences and New Business Opportunities"
has therefore, been chosen to be the theme of the 15th
National R&D Conference.
DSIR Awards for Outstanding In-house R&D Achievements
The tradition of giving DSIR Awards for outstanding
achievements by in-house by in-house R&D units of
industry, which was one of the major recommendations
of the first National Conference, will be maintained
and a number of awards are likely to be presented in
various sectors/areas for specific achievements.
Conference Content
The Conference would have four Technical Sessions with
keynote addresses in each session by eminent panelists
from Industry, Government and R&D institutions,
followed by discussions, questions, questions and comments
by participants.
Participation
Participation in the 15th National Conference are expected
to be heads of research organisations, chief executives
of companies, senior R&D personel from industry,
directors and senior scientists from national laboratories,
and other publicly funded R&D institutions, faculty
members from universities and technical institutions,
chief executives and senior managers from concerned
Government agencies involved in policy making and implementation
of national development programmes.
Invitation for Technical Notes
Participating organisations are invited to report specific
R&D achievements and special developments. These
must be written in the form of a short note not exceeding
500 words in two typed quarto pages double spaced. Title
of the note, author's name and name of the organisation
should be type at the top of the front page. Notes conforming
to these requirements received before 8 November 2001
will be reproduced and distributed amongst the participants
at the time of registration.
"Opportunities offered by cutting edge technologies
in Bio sciences"
Recent advances in genomics and proteomics have opened
up exciting new opportunities for treatment of many
diseases, which were hitherto incurable and which would
only be managed or controlled. Also, recent developments
in the field of plant biology and biotechnology have
opened up opportunities for development of new plant
and crop varieties which can have much higher yield
potential, resistance to diseases, higher nutritive
and therapeutic properties. This is an area, where the
existing in the country is not far behind the expertise
in developed countries. Given the right encouragement
and infrastructure, India can well be at par with research
being carried out internationally in this field. New
business opportunities thrown open by developments in
this field form the subject matter of this session.
"Enabling Mechanisms for Biotechnology - Role
of State Governments"
State Government have an important role to play in
promoting biotechnology by becoming real stakeholders.
Some States have already formulated biotechnology policies
and have started setting up biotech parks. In healthy
competition with each other, the States are offering
infrastructural facilities, fiscal incentives and so
on. A platform is being provided in this forum for the
States to showcase their strategies and plans.
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