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Outline ● Technology Foresight

– Broad

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● Nurturing Innovation● Breeding Innovators● Industry Support● Capacity Building● Other Activities● Connecting ...

Technology Foresight

Foresight with Impact!

Technology Vision 2035

Content● Retrospection TV 2020● Indians in 2035 and their needs● Vision Statement● Fulfillment of prerogatives through technologies● Capabilities and constraints● Essential prerequisites● Grand Challenges● Call to action● Comprehensive National Power● …. to be followed by 12 Technology Roadmaps

Indians in 2035: Our needs

Non Exclusive Population

Segment

Indians in 2035

Vision Statement

“Technology in the service of India: ensuring the security, enhancing the prosperity and strengthening the identity of every Indian”

… in 22 languages

Technology for prerogatives

Essential Prerequisites● Transversal Technologies

– Materials

– Manufacturing

– ICT (Info and Comm Tech)

● Infrastructure● Fundamental Research

Capabilities and Constraints● Technology leadership (attained in)● Technology independence (required in)● Technology innovation● Technology adoption (desirable in)● Technology Dependence● Technology constraints

10 Grand Challenges1) Guaranteeing nutritional security and eliminating female

and child anaemia

2) Ensuring quantity and quality of water in all rivers and aquatic bodies

3) Securing critical resources commensurate with the size of our country

4) Providing learner centric, language neutral and holistic education to all

5) Understanding national climate patterns and adapting to them

Grand Challenges ...6) Making India non-fossil fuel based

7) Taking the railway to Leh and Tawang

8) Ensuring location and ability independent electoral and financial empowerment

9) Developing commercially viable decentralised and distributed energy for all

10) Ensuring universal eco-friendly waste management

Call to Action● Principal actors

– Government– Industry– Academia– R&D institutions

● Key activities– Knowledge creation– Ecosystem design for innovation & development– Technology deployment

● National Missions

Technology Roadmaps● Education● Medical Sciences & Health Care● Food and Agriculture● Water● Energy● Environment● Habitat● Transportation● Infrastructure● Materials● Manufacturing● Information & Communication Technology

Horizon Scanning● Routinely scans developments on the global technology landscape – Scan Hits examined for relevance and likely impact, in

Indian perspective

● Technology intelligence fed forward in technology foresight activities and generating thematic reports

● Facebook page www.facebook.com/tifac.dst.india

Other foresight studies

Security Technology● To identify current and future malicious threats, vulnerabilities, technology needs etc. for a time frame of 10 years

● Reports to bring out technology options,Indian capabilities, gap analysis, large scale technology deployments etc. for policy interventions

Security Technology...● Five thematic areas identified:

– Information & Communication Security,

– Financial Sector Security,

– Infrastructure & Physical Security,

– Individual & Societal Security and

– Natural Resources/ Environment Security

● Work is in progress

Solar Photovoltaic● Aims to harness technologies for sustainable production of green energy through PV to position India as global leader in generation and utilization of solar energy

● Expected to facilitate national level planning, prioritize value addition in supply chain, determine investment priority of various stakeholders and time-line for such investments

● Final document is nearly ready

National Mission on Electric Mobility● National Automotive Board, DHI requested TIFAC

to prepare Detailed Project Report for the R&D Program under NMEM

● The Interim Report has been prepared and submitted

● Thrust areas identified: Vehicle Systems Integration including Lightweight Design and Materials, Energy Storage, Motors and Power Electronics

● Final DPR will be completed by mid-March, 2015

NMEM : Status

Quantitative Foresight Study● In the current era of increased computational power and Big Data, the Quantitative techniques for analysis of technology futures have assumed greater significance.

● The quantitative approach helps to have a deeper and organized insight into the interplays of various driving forces that will shape the future– TIFAC has initiated steps towards this direction. TIFAC Scientists had

a series of internal deliberations on the scope of quantitative analysis in various sectors.

– Recently a series of lecture on the topic “Introduction to Modeling of Socio-Technical Systems” by Prof. Karmeshu, JNU was also organized

Quantitative Foresight Study● These preliminary exposures will enable TIFAC to initiate activities on development of Quantitative Models for technology foresight in consultation with various stakeholders

● We plan to take up “Cross impact analysis” for TV 2035 sectors

● Quantitative Foresight for Transport sector started in conjunction with IIT Kharagpur

● International Inst for Applied Systems Analysis(IIASA), Vienna is a good partner for this

India-IIASA Program● Study on Development and Application of GAINS-City Model for Indian Cities with NEERI, Mumbai

● Cluster study related to Land, Water and Climate change– Climate Change Adaptation Approaches for Sustainable Livelihoods with IRMA

Anand

– Integrating hydrology, climate change and IWRM with livelihood issues: Development of methodology and a DSS for water-scarce Bundelkhand region in India with NIH, Roorkee

– Evaluation of soil nutrient budgets at field, farm and regional level in humid tropics of Kerala and development of a model for management of soil health with CWRDM, Kerala

● ‘Agro-Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management: A Study in Indian Agroclimatic Sub-Zones’ with Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC ), Bangalore

Nurturing Innovation

● Patent facilitation facility(PFC)● Technology Refinement and Marketing Program (TREMAP)

● TIFAC-SIDBI Technology Innovation Program (SRIJAN)

PFC● Patents filed and granted for Academic & Govt R&D Institutions– More than 1200 Patent applications filed

● 2013-14 Indian 11, Foreign-18 and PCT 1● 2014-15 Indian 19

– About 200 patents have been granted● 2013-14 Indian 6 European 1● 2014-15 Indian 10

PFC ...● Patents filed for INSPIRE Projects– 16 with Complete Specification and

12 with Provisional

● Organized – 450 patent/IPR workshops

PFC : WoS-C program (KIRAN-IPR)● 400 women scientists given certificate after completion of one year on job training on IPR

● 136 became patent agents by clearing patent agent examination

● More than 100 technology scan cum patent analysis reports

PFC ...● Undertake IP valuation and commercialisation of patents and other IP of DST institutes and other institutes– A need of suitable mechanism to handle this is felt

– Linkage with NRDC – IIT KGP patents and MoU

● Analyse patents getting out of protection due to expiration in India as well in other countries and make stakeholders know about this– As a first attempt in this direction an analysis of important patents relating to

3D printing getting expired during 2014 published in newsletter TIFACiTECH.

● Patent analysis would be used as feeder to all foresight activities of TIFAC and PFC shall provide analysed patent information

● In women scientist scheme - 8th batch announced with enhanced scholarship – last date in few days

TREMAP… taking innovations to market

● To establish an enabling eco system in the country to facilitate linkages of the innovative technologies and developed products with market (Since 2009)

● Network of Technology Commercialization Facilitators (TCFs)– Helping Individual Innovators to

License/Transfer their technology

7 Technology CommercializationFacilitators (TCFs)

TREMAP : Innovation facilitation

31 innovations are being facilitated for technology commercialization

TREMAP: Tech Transfer

9 technologies already transferred / agreements signed

ससृजन (SRIJAN)...Catalyzing scaling of technology innovations

● Scaling up innovations commercially– Soft loan of Rs 1 Crore(now enhanced to Rs 2.5

Crore)

– SIDBI participates in the financial aspects and manages funds

Cotton Ginning – Rubber rollers ● Eco-friendly Ginning Technology with rubber roller

substituting chromium clad leather roller for higher productivity & better energy efficiency a technology developed and patented by CIRCOT, Nagpur and M/s. Millennium Rubber, Thrissur

Efficient Hybrid Idler● Hybrid Idler for conveyer belt systems in steel, coke,

mining, cement industry enhancing idler life to 8-10 folds with 12-15% power saving, a technology developed and patented by M/s. Jyoti Cero Rubber and TATA Steel, Jamshedpur

● Recipient of India SME giants awards 2013-14 from India SME Forum

Better battery separator● Pouchable Grade composite battery separator for

flooded lead acid batteries with higher resistance to electrochemical oxidation, low electrical resistance and improved battery shelf life

● Technology developed by M/s. Raman Fibre Science Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore

Efficient heat pump● Energy efficient multi utility heat pump and desuperheater with

innovative tube-tube heat exchanger for industrial HVAC applications

● Technology developed by IIT-Bombay and scaled up by M/s. Mech World Eco Pvt. Ltd. Nasik successfully demonstrated at Infosys Training Centre, Mysore, McDonalds, Vipasana Meditation Centre, Igatpuri

Navigation Sensor● Inertial navigation sensor and autopilot for UAV and

automobiles using low cost MEMS based sensor to deliver performance equivalent to high cost sensors

● Technology developed and scaled up by M/s. Aeron Systems Pvt. Ltd. Pune Product approved by DRDO and secured order from BEL, Chennai

Biodegradable cutting oil

● Biodegradable cutting oil as substitute to mineral oil based conventional cutting oil for application in metal cutting industry

● Technology developed by CSIR-IIP, Dehradun and scaled up by M/s. Ecocare Biolube India Pvt. Ltd. Coimbatore

SRIJAN : Way ahead● Towards wider impact of technology innovations to the country at large, synergy with other Ministries / Departments to work out necessary policy intervention plans

● Synergizing the TIFAC Innovation Programme with other innovation support programmes of Govt. of India through forward and backward linkages

● Road shows of successfully scaled up innovations in the technologically homogeneous industry clusters

● Better mechanism for scaling of potential innovations by start ups or young entrepreneurs where necessary financial security as per SIDBI guidelines falls insufficient

● Parallel processing of requests : technical and financial to reduce time for funding

TIFAC Innovation Program Synergy

Industry Support● Large Industry through foresight training

● MSME– Cluster Program

– Boosting exports by technology infusion

MSME Cluster Program● Providing R&D and technical support to MSMEs leveraging academia Industry Interaction– 29 MSME cluster undertaken so far in 6 sectors

– 22 studies completed

– 2 R&D Centres established & wide ranging capacity building initiatives undertaken

● Nine new MSME Clusters undertaken:– Readymade Garment Cluster, Patna City

– Rice Mill Cluster, Lakhisarai

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3D printing and MSME

3D printing and MSME● 3D printing is emerging as a major disruptive technology

– Custom and distributed manufacturing

– TIFAC has been carrying out study to see how 3D printing can impact MSME sector in India

● Baruipur Surgical Instruments, Howrah Foundry, Malda Food, Dharavi Plastic recycling ...

– Possibility of rural 3D printer cluster based on cloud manufacturing● Digital India initiative to link rural cluster to cloud for custom order along with

design files● Raw material supply and finished goods delivery through Govt postal network● 'Make in India' to 'Make in Whole of India'

– Can we make majority of defense spare parts 3D printable over next 10 years ? Save money and dependency on foreign suppliers.

MSME Export Boosting :Background● Government constituted an Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) for addressing comprehensively the challenges of falling exports from MSME Sectors

● TIFAC was given the mandate to identify, asses and facilitate/leverage development/acquisition and introduction of appropriate and requisite technologies in MSMEs towards boosting of exports.

● Four sectors were initially identified for studies: – ESDM, – Guar Gum, – Technical Textiles and

– Essential Oils (Flavours and Fragrances).

Challenge picked up● Working with Dept of Commerce, NRDC, DSIR and Industry to bring technology for value addition to India – potential for Rs 50000 Crore/Year

● Alternate applications in India to enhance the domestic base

● Identifying all raw materials, where India is major exporter without value addition– Loss of huge earnings – need for our R&D focus in

country to these

ESDM Sector● Meeting with DEITY, ELCINA, Experts● DEITY discussion

– New and Emerging technologies in ESDM sector.– Identification & Facilitating development of new

products specific to Indian market.– Raw Materials critical for ESDM in country √– Assessment of manpower requirement for ESDM

sector with the required skill sets

ESDM : Larger context● Problems in ESDM sector today are structural in nature and need to be addressed from the root cause itself

● TIFAC being a multi disciplinary organization needs to take up the matter comprehensively including the measures required for long term sustainability in this sector

Breeding Innovators

● MSME Internship Program● Innovation Lab in Academia

MSME Internship program● Leveraging Capabilities of Students and Faculty of Engineering & Technical Institutions and MSME sector

● Incentive to students in two phase interaction with MSME– 6-8 weeks as intern in MSME to learn and identify problems

– They submit likely solution they would like to pursue for 2nd phase – a selected group of students supported for this phase

– 4-6 months support to develop working solutions

– TIFAC can continue to support them further(if needed) through its innovation support programs

● “Win-win” situation for both students and MSME – Students gain valuable learning of coming across real life problems and industry

gains by likely solution to their problems

– Country as a whole benefits in manufacturing and innovation

● To start with, 5 Technical Institutes have been selected and empaneled for implementing the scheme as under:– Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

– PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

– M S Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore

– Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune

– VIT, Vellore

● Each can support 30 student in phase I● Maharashtra govt to support 2 more institutes from state● Scaling up needed to 10,000 students interning every year for impact

– DEITY , “Make in India” could be very useful in this regard

Innovation Lab● Develop the possibility of hardware based innovations to be as easy as software based

● MIT Fab Lab + 3D Printer etc ● A draft report is ready for this● “Make in India” - Manufacturing Sector, Innovation ….

Mindset Change● Bias against physical labour

– Ignore labs in school

– Hardware based work in college● Limits possibility of innovation

– Engineers do not want to work in factory● Affects manufacturing

One in One

● Encourage children to work with hands – At least one hour in one week

– Cleaning, repairing, gardening etc

Other Activities

Bio-process and bio-products program● Total 12 projects supported : Nine completed. One New project initiated. Since last Council meeting two projects completed:

● Process development for L-arginine amino acid by fermentation– Bioreactor scale up studies at 150lits. at BIT, Mesra completed.

– Three batches of trial runs on L-arginine with average yield of 16 gms/lits were obtained.

● Biotechnology based process for waste reduction in potato processing – Suitable enzyme (amylase with titre value ~ 40000 IU/ml) identified for potato

peel removal.

– Desired quantity of enzymes produced .

– Recycling studies of enzyme confirmed no toxic organisms.

– Potato waste used for biomanure production

Aloe Vera Extract● Ongoing Projects

– Development of novel process in isolating standardized extract of Aloe Vera and its application for diabetes control

– Extracts of aloe vera prepared in lab & pilot scale

– Clinical trial of developed product to be carried out by Company

Biofuels @ NIIST● Centre for Biofuels (Phase-II) at NIIST-Trivandrum– Aimed at developing laboratory scale processes into

workable technologies.

– Viable technology steps to be established for lignocellulosic ethanol at pilot plant (with processing capacity 80 kgs of biomass per day).

– Two biomass types (sugarcane tops & cotton stalks) were selected for conducting pilot plant trials.

GDP and Technology● Study: relation between S&T inputs and growth

in Gross District Domestic Product (GDDP)● Indicators in agriculture, industry and services

sector

– Data of GDDP growth in the districts of Adilabad and Guntur : analyzed

– Visakhapatnam, East Godavari  and Srikakulam is underway

Technology for Society

Dharavi Cluster● Plastic recycling industry● Awareness about health and hygiene – IICT

● Technology gap study● Plastic waste recycling to 3D printable filament– Possible 3D printed products

In Dharavi

Portal for assistive aids and appliances● Dept for Empowerment of Persons with Disability project aims to bring

under one portal all the assistive aids and appliances available within India. ● It lists

– Work done in India in labs but not yet commercialized

– Try to keep track of technology available globally but not available in India.

– Based on TIFAC’s Horizon Scanning process, it would project technology likely to come in future in this sector.

● Attempt is also being made to use an artificial intelligence backed user guide in selecting right aid/appliance.

● Launched on Dec 3, 2014(UN International Day of Persons with Disability) by President of India

● TIFAC also is developing a foresight report in this sector and suggest possible interventions

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Technology for Disaster Prone Zones● TIFAC is trying to pick up areas of country which are difficult terrain and are affected by disasters on regular basis such as flood, landslide etc.

● We are trying to ascertain in an integrated way, the role technology can play in improving the quality of life of such regions

● Preliminary study is on about Kinnaur District in Himachal Pradesh

● Activity started in flood affected region of North Bihar

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Capacity Building

Student Internship● Initiated in August 2013 with a view to strengthen TIFAC efforts on technology foresight activities

● Objectives– To create a platform for close interaction with the students for mutual

enrichment

– To enable in-flow of fresh ideas and inputs into the Technology Foresight activities

– Familiarize the students with the overall process of conducting of Technology Foresight and sensitizing them about the emerging technologies, and their impacts

● So far 25 students have completed internship– We have also been receiving information about many interns finding good jobs

based on TIFAC experience!

Topics

Connecting to young – Social Media

Twitter Link

Newsletter : TIFACiTech

Key Issues● Value addition to raw material before being exported – R&D Focus

● ESDM sector – broader issue of mindset and education needs to be addressed

● Synergy of innovation support schemes● Technology Information Database

– Technology , Facilities and Researchers

● Technology Vision 2035 – National planning process

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