India's R&d Spending

Towards a National Innovation System

Indian industry must see R&D as its way of building a future based on proprietary technology

Specialty scale-up, product mix: Sun's medicine cabinet piques brokerages

In the near term, higher R&D costs and a recent acquisition to weigh on earnings growth

Next-generation tech

Govt's focus on 6G will enable R&D

R&D: India's missing giants

India needs some giant investors in in-house R&D. Let's start with our most successful firms

TMS Ep372: Spam calls, R&D spend, gold financing companies, LCA Tejas

Why do Indians still get so much spam? Why is India Inc's R&D spend so low? Should you add gold financing companies to your portfolio? What is LCA Tejas? All answers here

Boosting pharma research

Govt should not solely depend on monetary incentives

Govt clears 15 R&D projects worth around Rs 32.25 cr in key strategic areas

The 5th Mission Steering Group chaired by Union minister Piyush Goyal on Friday cleared 15 R&D projects worth around Rs 32.25 crore in key strategic areas such as speciality fibre, protective textiles, high-performance textiles, geotextiles, medical textiles, sustainable textiles and textiles for building materials. The projects have been approved by the government under the National Technical Textiles Mission. "Encouraging young engineering minds to pursue technical textiles in India is the need of the hour. A broad guideline under start-up scheme was discussed and may be finalised on priority targeting aspiring innovators, entrepreneurs and young scientists," an official statement said. Addressing the meeting, textiles minister Goyal said leading textile manufacturers and institutes should come together to indigenously develop strategic and high-value technical textile products with support of National Technical Textiles Mission. Among these 15 R&D (Research & ...

Budget should allocate funds on R&D to develop pesticides, organic manure

The Union budget to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 should look forward to allocating funds on research and development (R&D), said a top official of Insecticides India Limited.

Planet Scuba India ropes in CREST to manufacture dive equipment in India

The company will introduce CREST Diving to DRDO's DEBEL and will aim to make India an alternative to China as a manufacturer of dive equipment

Private sector should invest in technology, boost R&D to help economy: CEA

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Monday said the private sector needs to invest more in technology and research and development, and pay the MSME suppliers on time to help the economy. Stating that Indian economy cannot remain exempt from the global challenges but it remains resilient and is poised for a rebound as the banking system is better, inflationary issues are peaking out and ongoing recovery is healthy, the CEA said. It is to our credit so far that we have managed to keep the impact at more manageable levels so far. But it should require continuous vigilance, continuous action and discipline for policymakers, he said while speaking at a virtual meeting with the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce. Citing examples of several economies facing very high inflation, Nageswaran said India is in a relatively better position and the majority of its sectors are doing quite well despite market volatility and inflation. Nageswaran emphasised the need to focus on R&D and ...

A grand strategy for technology

India cannot count on businesses to lead its technological drive

FDI inflow in R&D sector grows six-fold YoY to Rs 344 million in 2021

Karnataka attracted the most FDI in this space, followed by Telangana and Haryana. Flows into Karnataka were up more than 250% YoY

e-con Systems opens new site in Bengaluru, eyes $10 million funding

e-con Systems plans to ramp up employee base by 50%, with focus on salesforce and R&D personnel

R&D jobs in India increase by 42% in 3 years; searches up too: Indeed

Job postings in R&D also grew by over 40 per cent between May 2020 and 2021, said Indeed. Among job seekers, searches for roles in R&D increased 21 per cent in the last three years

BS Number Wise: Indian private sector's R&D aversion

Share of companies not reporting any spending on research is increasing; two sectors contribute to most of the spending

Rethinking innovation in defence

Revitalising public R&D could transform innovation, and give meaning to our doctrine of strategic autonomy

Top pharma firms to hike R&D spend next 5 yrs as mkt eyes $130 bn revenue

Industry captains feel pandemic has opened up opportunities for the sector in India to emerge as a second source of raw material and finished products, after China

Supportive regulations to promote R&D will guide govt's approach: FM

Supportive policies and light-touch regulations to build domestic capacities and promote research & development will guide the government's approach, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. Presenting the Union Budget 2022-23, Sitharaman said government contribution will be provided for R&D in "sunrise opportunities". "Artificial Intelligence (AI), Geospatial Systems and Drones, semiconductor and its ecosystem, Space Economy, genomics and pharmaceuticals, green energy, and clean mobility systems have immense potential to assist sustainable development at scale and modernise the country," she said. These areas provide employment opportunities for youth and make Indian industry more efficient and competitive, the minister added. "Supportive policies, light-touch regulations, facilitative actions to build domestic capacities, and promotion of R&D will guide the government's approach," Sitharaman said. She added that for R&D in these sunrise opportunities - in

Three R&D projects approved under India-Israel tech innovation fund

Deliberating on widening the scope of India-Israel Industrial R&D and Technological Innovation Fund (I4F), the two countries have approved three joint R&D projects worth $5.5 million and suggested measures to create a broader India-Israel collaborative ecosystem.

Significant R&D investment required as part of climate action: Yadav

Significant research and development investment, particularly from developed economies of Europe is required to decarbonise energy as a part of climate action in developing countries, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday. Speaking at a session on 'Future of Sustainable Technologies in India-Europe Partnerships' organised by FICCI LEADS 2021 event on the theme 'Future of Partnerships', Yadav said that in any climate action, clean energy derived especially from renewable energy plays a vital role. "We need to bring together the power of innovation across the world, with significant R&D investment, in particular, from developed economies of Europe. This would enable us to solve the challenge of decarbonising energy, as well as cement and steel, in a manner that is low on cost and allows for rapid deployment in developing economies," he said. The minister said India has much to offer and share in terms of its experience with other countries embarking on a similar