By IANS,
New Delhi : India Wednesday launched a project to train scientific experts who will take R&D work undertaken in government laboratories to manufacturers for bulk production.
The science and technology ministry launched the project for training and certification of technology commercialisation specialists. Around 200 scientific experts will be trained on various aspects of technology commercialisation, from technology assessment to technology transfer, leading to mass manufacturing.
The project commenced by the Consultancy Development Centre (CDC), an autonomous institution of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), is expected to be completed in six months.
“It would train and certify technology commercialisation specialists across technologies – biological, chemical, mechanical and electronics,” an official statement from the ministry said.
The training process will deal with various aspects of technology commercial viability, organisational set up, transfer process, technology transfer package, legal issues for commercialization, field support and marketing technology, products and solutions.
“These technology commercial specialists will subsequently work with R&D engineers in the lab to facilitate transfer of technologies from the lab to the manufacturers for bulk production, thus reaching out the benefits of public funded research institutions to the masses,” the statement said.
“The initiative will fill a long standing gap of technology commercialisation knowhow faced by public funded labs in science and technology, defence, telecom, space, agriculture, medicine and other fields,” the statement added.