📋 Tender Overview
The new policy is intended to promote the socio-economic and political development of the country and make Indias science technology and innovation system globally competitive.The Ministry of Science and Technology of India has developed a new Science Technology and Innovation Policy STIP. Since May 2020 the draft has been adapted in over 300 consultation rounds with more than 40000 stakeholders and is now released for public consultation. The projects and measures cover different areas of the science technology and innovation system and aim to reconcile the promotion of new technologies and disruptive innovations with ecological sustainability and social integration.In order to promote open science according to the draft the public should have the right of access to all research results that are financed by the central government or the state governments. This is to be ensured by a national STI observatory STI Science Technology Innovation an open data policy and openly accessible educational resources. Innovation Entrepreneurship Centers a national school and university mentoring program Higher Education Research Centers HERCs and international collaborations are to contribute to capacity building and the quality improvement of scientific education .Gross domestic spending on research and development is to be increased by expanding the STI financing landscape and creating incentives for STI investments. In addition the draft is intended to improve the quality of research. In order to strengthen the innovation ecosystem and enable sustainable economic progress with global competitiveness various programs aim to improve the exchange of knowledge between industry and science. Also investments a national strategic resource management and innovation clustersand technology parks should contribute to promoting the innovation system. In order to achieve a self-sufficient economy in India indigenous technologies are to be developed and imported technologies adapted while at the same time taking sustainable development of these technologies into account.Based on a Charter of Equality and Inclusion an institutional mechanism is to be created to achieve diversity equality and inclusion in the fields of science technology and innovation and to combat discrimination. Science communication platforms are intended to facilitate access for all citizens and thus strengthen their involvement in the STI system. In addition interdisciplinary research on science communication is to be facilitated through national programs centers and research grants.The draft also envisages Indias proactive role in global science and technology discourse. To this end India will seek membership in strategic alliances and promote the establishment of virtual international centers. The control mechanisms for science technology and innovation are to be made more efficient both administratively and financially. For this purpose a robust interoperable STI metadata architecture is to be built that takes into account aspects such as research and development expenditure.Feedback on the proposed STI policy can be submitted until January 25 2021.
