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The Rs 1-lakh-crore RDI Fund will be meaningful if it encourages industry to loosen purse strings to fund innovation

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Govt plans to track R&D, software and ICT spending of formal manufacturing firms

The new approach could help policymakers identify geographic and sectoral trends in innovation spending

A blueprint to get bang for the buck out of government’s Rs 1 trillion research support scheme

The scheme aims to offset a documented failure of the private sector to take a long-term view on R&D. To get the most out of this large corpus, the scheme should avoid centralisation and bureaucratisation. An effective design needs to internalise a high threshold for failure to avoid hasty project terminations

IPO-bound Ather Energy expands R&D capabilities in Bengaluru's product testing, validation centre

The facility allows for accelerated innovation and product development through a multi-layered approach to testing.

Economic Survey calls out lack of R&D investment by the private sector

The survey noted that in countries like the United States, China, Japan, and South Korea, private enterprises routinely contribute more than 70% of the total R&D spending in their respective economies.

India must double down on domestic growth to sustain momentum amid global uncertainty: CEA

Private sector is also starting to deploy its capital, and that will continue. Capital formation as a share of GDP is likely to be 35 percent in five years from 30.8 percent, says Anantha Nageswaran

Zeiss India launches GCC in Bengaluru, to hire over 600

Zeiss India also inked a deal with the Karnataka government to enhance the state's R&D ecosystem for emerging technologies

Freedom to fail in R&D is unfortunately absent in India, says Infosys cofounder Kris Gopalakrishnan

Gopalakrishnan believes that a focused research initiative needs to be created at academic institutions with guaranteed funding for several years.

Samsung Innovation Campus inaugurated in Hubli

Samsung R&D Institute Bengaluru (SRI-B) has inaugurated the Samsung Innovation Campus programme at the KLE Institute of Technology (KLEIT), Hubli to upskill youth in future technology domains.

Rs 1 lakh crore corpus to incentivise R&D amid India’s patent boom bodes well for innovation

India’s budding scientists and a variety of institutions are poised to benefit from the loosening of purse strings for R&D. More patents can be granted by increasing the number of examiners and other personnel in patent offices. At the current pace, expect the granting of one lakh patents by 2025-26

Higher R&D allocation in Budget to boost discovery of new molecules

Focus on R&D should be positive for the research focused companies particularly from the domains of biotech, oncology, battery chemicals and green energy.

Budget 2024: India’s scientific advisor to PM holds stakeholder discussions to boost R&D spend by private sector

Budget 2024: The government has expanded the scope of corporate social responsibility to R&D but the country currently does not have any dedicated research mandate for corporations.

Applied Materials seeks approvals from Karnataka government to set up R&D lab in Bengaluru

Recently, Applied Materials announced an investment plan of USD 400 million spread over the next four years to set up an engineering centre in Bengaluru, it added.

Govt approves 18 R&D projects of technical textiles

The approved projects were led by institutes and research bodies like BTRA, ATIRA, IIT Delhi, IIT Jammu, NIT Jalandhar, IIT Kharagpur, CSIR New Delhi, and IIT Madras, among others.

Govt decides not to impose green hydrogen consumption obligation

India has committed to reducing the emission intensity of its GDP (emissions relative to GDP) by 45 percent by 2030 from the 2005 level. It also aims to achieve net zero by 2070

Green Hydrogen R&D: Govt plans to cut costs, boost efficiency

Hydrogen technologies across the value chain are currently only under the development stage. Mature technologies such as electrolysers, fuel cells and carbon composite cylinders are not yet cost competitive with alternatives.

No country can progress without embracing technology, R&D: Jaishankar

Interacting with the students of NIT Delhi as part of the BJP's mega public outreach to mark nine years of the Narendra Modi government, Jaishankar advised them to understand local and global developments.

India planning to simplify patent laws to spur R&D: Official

Addressing the CII Global Science, Research and Innovation Summit, Akhilesh Gupta, senior adviser at the Department of Science and Technology, said while India grants an average of 23,000 patents per annum, it lacks the culture of patents filing.

Meet GCCs that are deepening India's tech industry

Global capability centres are playing a crucial role in making India an important destination for engineering R&D

India has become our largest site outside US, says Boeing India President Salil Gupte

Today the demand for aircraft has jumped high. There is no surprise that Air India is looking for more aircraft, says Gupte

Budget 2023-24: US pharma industry seeks R&D policy for India's pharmaceutical sector

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to table the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 before parliament on February 1.

China encourages foreign capital to set up R&D centres in the country

China also encourages financial institutions to offer financial support to those centres and will support legal cross-border R&D data flows, said the statement.

Samsung India plans to hire 1,000 engineers from IITs, top institutes for R&D units

The young engineers will join the company in 2023, and will work on new-age technologies at its R&D institutes in Bengaluru, Noida, Delhi and at Samsung Semiconductor India Research in Bengaluru.

ISRO to move operational activities to NSIL, to focus on R&D, says its Chairman S Somanath

S Somanath said the ISRO has over the years been focusing more on delivering applications for the government and the public; having created systems, and building, launching and operating satellites, providing communication, earth observation and navigation services.