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An International Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Cross-border Innovation Acceleration and Challenges in International Transfer of Technologies was jointly organized by Department of Scientific Industrial Research DSIR Ministry of Science Technology Government of India Council of Scientific Industrial Research CSIR in association with Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology APCTT of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific UN-ESCAP from 14th 15th November 2022 and coordinated by CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre CSIR-HRDC at CSIR Science Centre New Delhi in Hybrid Mode. Out of around 350 participants registered for the programme 36 were international participants from 17 countries vis Bangladesh Cambodia Iran Islamic Republic of Indonesia Jordan Lebanon Malaysia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Trinidad Tobago Uzbekistan who joined both online offline. Around 70 participants joined physically.Panelists were from International Organizations including FAO ILRI ISA DWIH UKRI RIS Indian National Organizations like CSIR-NBRI IITD SPMVV CSIR-NCL Venture Centre Govternmentdepartments including Office of PSA MoE Innovation Cell Public sectors like NRDC excellent Industries such as International Tractors IOCL TATA Power Company Limited Ankur seeds and Mahyco Pvt. Ltd. Innovation eco-system partner like Research Parks Incubation Centres Start-ups Member Country dignitaries and participants from National Organizations like NIT Arunachal Pradesh PRISM-TOCICS like GSBTM CSIR-NEIST CSIR-CSIO CTAE Udaipur CSIR-NAL IGNOU Shiv Nadar University University of Delhi IITD IIT Mandi IIT Roorkee IIT Indore several Incubation Hubs DSIR CSIR HQ CSIR-IIP CSIR-NIScPR NRDC and APCTT.The Workshop was inaugurated online by Dr. N. Kalaiselvi Secretary Department of Scientific Industrial Research DSIR and Director General Council of Scientific Industrial Research CSIR. While delivering the inaugural address she emphasized about the importance of technology transfer cross border innovation and the concerted efforts of CSIR in developing the technologies and transferring them to industry. She advised the participants to develop technologies that can ultimately reach the society. In this direction she commended the Workshop where innovators industry RD labs academia MSME Startups Big Industries Incubation centres Policy makers and other stakeholders have been brought on a common platform to discuss about the roadmap for achieving the goals under SDG 2 SDG 7 and SDG 9.Dr. Parvinder Maini Scientific Secretary Office of Principal Scientific Advisor Govt. of India Shri Surinder Pal Singh Joint Secretary DSIR Dr. Ajay Mathur Director General International Solar Alliances Dr. Katja Lasch Director DAAD Regional Office and DWIH New Delhi Ms. Rebecca Fairbairn Head of Science and Innovation UK Research Innovation UKRI UK Government Dr. Habibar Rahman International Livestock Research Institute ILRI Regional Representative South Asia Prof. Jamuna Duvvuru Vice Chancellor Sri Padmavati Mahila University Tirupati Dr. Bhaskar Balakrishnan Former Ambassador of India Science Diplomacy Fellow Research and Information System for Developing Countries RIS New Delhi Dr Preeti Soni Head of APCTT-ESCAP Dr Rama Swami Bansal Head of CSIR-International ST Affairs Directorate ISTAD and Dr R. K. Sinha Head of CSIR-HRDC also graced the occasion in person.Dr. Parvinder Maini underscored Innovation is essential for boosting survival competitiveness and market power despite being risky and prone to failure. She gave an overview ofIndias policy anda few focus areas i.e. RD expenditure from industry should increase Foreign Direct Investment FDI in RD Increase in RD exports RD by Central Public Sector Enterprises Corporate Social Responsibility guidelines for spending in RD for boosting Technology transfer and start-up ecosystem. Shri Surinder Pal Singh Joint Secretary DSIR toldthis workshop will provide a strong platform for APCTT Member States including India to share their needs and identify opportunities on Cross-border Innovation possibilities on acceleration of International Collaboration and Challenges in International Transfer of TechnologiesDr. Katja Lasch Ms. Rebecca Fairbairn and Dr. Habibar Rahman wished more fruitful collaborations to accelerate Cross-border Innovation acceleration. Prof. Jamuna Duvvuru maintained that New Education Policy of Govt. of India is an impactful step to promote more innovation and entrepreneurship in India.This international workshop was envisaged to strengthen capacity of innovators and promote regional cooperation between innovators from India and member States of APCTT through cross-learning from experience and good practices identifying potential collaboration opportunities and strategies for cross-border technology transfer. It Increased knowledge and awareness on the challenges mechanisms and good practices of innovation transfer and diffusion of technologies in the Asia-Pacific Region. It explored innovative strategies and modalities to strengthen regional cooperation for cross-border transfer and diffusion of technologies The workshop panellists made recommendations on addressing the critical challenges for strengthening regional cooperation for innovation and technology transfer.
