Sci-tech for Socio-Economic Development

DST supports following programs:

SEED	SCIENCE FOR EQUITY, EMPOWERMENT & DEVELOPMENT (SEED)
SSP	Science and Society Programme (SSP). promoting S&T for addressing needs of society
TARA	Technological Advancement for Rural areas (TARA) Spreading S&T via grassroots arrangements to benefit the society at large.
STED	Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development (STED) project, to motivate youth for establishing micro enterprise =>socio-economic development.

Tribal Development

ca$H comes from “Tribal Sub Plan” of the Department of Science & Technology. funding given for S&T applications in fruit crops, kitchen gardening, backyard poultry, goat rearing etc. let’s check some specific projects:

Tuna processing & Tribal development

Lakshadweep islands with its large lagoon offers very high potential for tuna.
but only less than 10% of the fishing potential is actually being tapped from this area.
dried tuna (Masmin) widely consumed in Sri Lanka, U.A.E, Malaysia, Philippines.
DST helping project for production of dried tuna (Masmin) and value added products in Minicoy islands.
fish waste = used for making pet feed.
Will help generating large scale employment in transporting, manufacturing, packing, marketing activities in a cooperative mode.

leaf moulding

Biomass Based Stove for Leaf Moulding Machine (=leaf dishes used in marriage feasts)
machine does not require electricity for moulding operation with the improved heat transfer and combustion efficiency
developed by IIT, Kharagpur, tested in Mayurbhanj, Odisha.

Protected Areas (PA)

Eleventh Conference of Parties (CoP-11) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was held @Hyd. in 2012. for more click me
Here India agreed to implement CoP-11 – Programme on People & Protected Areas (PAs).
This program brings together community, grass root NGO and other stakeholders for local conservation and livelihood issues

Soliga Tribe

In Western Ghats, Soliga tribe given training for cultivation of important medicinal and aromatic plants.

Schedule caste development

ca$H comes from DST’s Sub-Plan for the Development of Scheduled Caste Population (SCSP).

Nalia Grass

DST promoting cultivation of Nalia grass in Coastal Odisha to increase livelihood of SC communities + ecological benefits.

other projects run via All India Coordinated programme (AICP):=

Non-Farm	non-farm technologies for better income new tools and simple machineries for artisans
Agro/Meat	Biomass utilization to generate energy, compost etc. Breed improvement in local animals like goats, poultry, and rabbits. Backyard poultry and kitchen garden for better nutrition etc. Value addition of local fruits and vegetables
Water	water treatment plants ground water recharging technologies rain water harvesting technologies sanitary latrines

Women and Science

DISHA Program

Under Science for Equity, Empowerment and Development (SEED) Division of DST.
to promote gender equality and empower women through application of S&T
Socio-economic development of the women, especially in rural areas.
Improve livelihood prospects, drudgery reduction, health issues specific to women etc.
with help of NGOs, universities etc

WOMEN FELLOWSHIP SCHEMES

For women who have taken break from their science career.
scheme gives them opportunity to come back in main stream of science /engg.
workshops to guide women on how to shape up their ideas in the form of a project.
IPR related training-certification exams for women scientists.

CURIE

Consolidation of University Research for Innovation and Excellence (CURIE)
To improve the R & D infrastructure @Women Universities’
so far 6 univ. supported. Latest being Banasthali University, Banasthali.
it’ll help gender parity in the long run.

Empowering Desi Manpower

INSPIRE

Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)
Who? Ministry of Science & Technology
Why? To attract/inspire talented students to study Science and pursue career in research.
When? 11^th FYP and continued for 12^th FYP as well.

INSPIRE includes following:

3 schemes	5 components
Scheme for Early Attraction of Talents for Science (SEATS), Scholarship For Higher Education (SHE) Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC)	INSPIRE Award (Rs.5000 for science project) INSPIRE Internship (students also get chance to interact with Nobel winners) INSPIRE Scholarship INSPIRE Fellowship INSPIRE Faculty Award

FELLOWSHIPs

JC Bose	Ramanujan
for Indian scientists living in India, with are having regular positions in various institutions.	for (NRI) Scientists+Engineers who want to return to India .
max age limit: 68	60
–	duration: 5 years
Benefit: 25,000 per month	75000 per month + Annual grant of 5 lack rupee.

Misc.

USER	UTILIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE OF RETIRED SCIENTISTS (USERS) to get the help of retired scientists to write in books/monographs and state of art-reports.
Rajat Jayanti Vigyan Sancharak Fellowship	for young scientists who are creating awareness generation among various target groups in remote areas. duration: 1 year.

Cooperation with desi States

STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME (SSTP) by DST.
this is the is the only scheme of the Union Government to promote S&T@State level since VI
Provides help to State S&T Councils.

Some examples:

Andhra	mitigating Water Crisis by Roof top rain water Harvesting structures for SC/ST households in Southern Andhra.
Arunanchal	Micro hydel project on Sakthang Rong river.
Bihar	Prevalence of familial cancers because of DDT, Endosulfan, agro-chemicals. DST running risk assessment.
Karnataka	Glomus mosseae=>bio-fertilizer Trichoderma Virideis=>bio-pesticide.
Kerala	Problem? Aquaculture =>mangrove habitat loss=>more damage during cyclones, tsunami etc. Solution? Scientific and mangrove friendly type of aquaculture (silvofishery). Projects going in Kerala.
Punjab	endo-mycorrhiza=>bio-pesticides
Punjab	DNA and Chromosomal damage in workers of stone crushing/quarrying units DST running risk assessment.
SC/ST	series of projects related to upliftment of SC/ST population in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, West Bengal and Tamilnadu. example: livestock rearing ,agriculture, and vocational training for artisans.
TN	eco friendly rodent control methods for farmers Soil Testing Kit – Ferticheck
UP	in many villages of Jaunpur district- females have muscular dystrophies. project to use biomarkers and find genetically susceptible people and give them advance treatment.

PPP/funding/collaboration with private Players

FIST	Fund for Infrastructure Strengthening of Science and Technology (FIST) improves the facilities/machines at the university Provided better exposure to the students for preparing their base in research. given to both basic + applied science areas including engineering, medicine, agriculture etc
GITA	Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA) to stimulate private sector’s investment in R&D Technology Cooperation agreements with many countries (more than 70 countries) launched industrial R&D programmes with Canada and Israel
Global INK platform	by Ministry of overseas affairs + Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) electronic platform for using Indian Diaspora’s skill for the benefit of the country. to connect knowledge experts with knowledge seekers.
i3i	India Innovation Initiative – i3 i PPP by DST+CCI+Agilent Tech. helps upcoming innovators for incubation, funding, marketing etc.
IRIS	Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science – IRIS PPP by DST+CCI+Intel. for kids in class 5-12
MA	Millennium Alliance (MA)= an India – U.S. innovation Partnership for Global Development to bring together social innovators, philanthropy organizations, social venture capitalists, angel investors, donors, corporate foundations etc. will provide innovators funding, grants, incubation, marketing, technical assistance etc.
MFBR	MEGA FACILITIES FOR BASIC RESEARCH to create Mega Science facilities and launch Mega Science programmes in and out of the country
New indigo	India -EU Networking Pilot Programme (New Indigo) Green Chemistry, Water Purification, transport, clean energy etc. Research Agencies of Belgium, Finland, France, Netherlands, Germany and Spain had initiated joint proposals.
NSTEDB	NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT BOARD (NSTEDB) under DST promotes innovation and entrepreneurship to convert “job-seekers” into “job-generators”
PURSE	Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence. Grants given to univ. depending on their scientific/research publications. In the 11th plan period To boost research at the University Sector funding for manpower, equipments, magazines/journals, travel, workshops/conference etc. Greater flexibilities: univ. free to choose their equipments etc. doesn’t give ca$h for building and civil construction doesn’t give ca$h for permanent faculties (only for contractual manpower)
SAIF	SOPHISTICATED ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT FACILITIES (SAIF) to provide sophisticated instruments to the research workers all over India. So they can purse R&D activities and keep pace with developments taking place globally.
SERB	SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD (SERB) under Dept of S&T. provides funding for R&D fellowships including JC Bose, Ramanujan; Seminar/ Symposia and S&T Professional Bodies; International Travel Support

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT BOARD(TDB)

statutory body in 1996
gives financial assistance for
- development and commercial application of indigenous technology and
- adapting imported technology for domestic uses
Via loan (debt) or equity.

Notable projects: IVDD, EndoXS, Easymesh, Eko:branchless banking, Paclitaxel, PacliALL. (these terms covered in first and second part of article series)

12th Five Year Plan (FYP) vs DST

DST given budget of >20,000 crore. With focus on:

High Performance Computing
National Geospatial Information System
Revamping women scientists related schemes with “DISHA” program.
Grants for scientists of Indian origin returning to India for research careers.

+usual programs for fellowship, women empowerment, SC/ST/elderly, climate change, safe drinking water etc. that we’ve seen in previous three parts.

National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy 2012

Department of Science & Technology (DST) would be the Nodal Department
to promote data sharing and enable access to Government of India owned data for national planning and development.
make non-strategic data available under RTI
Increase the accessibility and easier sharing of non-sensitive data amongst the registered users for scientific, economic and social developmental purposes.
Union=>gives ca$h to state government/universities. whatever data is generated because of this ca$h= will fall under this data sharing policy.

Mapping Related

Survey of India

under DST.

DAMS	Survey of India gave technical advisory for various Hydro-Electric Projects. E.g. Loktak Downstream Project (Tripura, Manipur & Mizoram) Kadwan Project (Uttar Pradesh) Khauli and Nichli (HP) Thana (MH)
ELECTION	Andhra Pradesh Election Commission Project Survey of India collected data of polling booths for various Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies in Andra Pradesh.
GPS	National Standardised Control Framework Survey of India is in process to develop a GPS Control network throughout the country. This help government agencies engaged in generating geo-spatial information to carry out their job more efficiently.
IISM	Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping (IISM), under Survey of India. Runs courses on M.Sc, M.Tech etc.
MUSEUM	aims to setup National Museum on Surveying and Mapping
NUIS	National Urban Information System (NUIS) Scheme. to develop spatial database to help urban planning and management.
Surveykshan portal	www.surveykshan.gov.in provides web-based access to seamless 1:50,000 topographic data of Survey of India. with help of NSDI. even gives GIS data assets from Survey of India (SOI) and Forest Survey of India (FSI).
WORLD BANK	gave ca$H to Survey of India for preparing coastal zone maps of India . Will help predicting hazards/disasters.

National Atlas of India (NATMO)

a subordinate office under Department of Science & Technology,
Sole authority for creating thematic maps and atlases- both in paper and digital format.
To educate juntaa about physiographic, hydrologic, climatic, administrative, political, social, agricultural, industrial, cultural and economic changes in the country.
NATMO is also the pioneer of Urban Mapping in India – through Satellite data + GPS verification.
Special maps for tourists to show detailed information on national parks, wild life sanctuaries, cultural heritage etc.

Golden map Service (GMS)	by NATMO. Provides route maps between two points in the country. Provides location maps of any site of the country on web either by place-names or by geographical co-ordinates. uses data from Indian Remote Sensing Satellites (IRS) series, cartosat.
NATIONAL ATLAS OF INDIA	National Atlas is the flagship publication of NATMO. Depicts the india’s geology, geography, geomorphology, demography, culture, administration, etc. in thematic map form.
DPMS	DISTRICT PLANNING MAP SERIES (DPMS) gives ready reckoner district maps to planners, researchers, students. both paper + electronic format.
Gender Atlas	A web-based atlas using the Open Source Tools and Open Standards on gender vulnerabilities across class, caste and social locations.

Mapping related: misc.

NRDMS	NATURAL RESOURCES DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NRDMS) promoting Geospatial Governance (g-governance) +R&D +HRD.
NSDI	National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) to support implementation of the National Geo-spatial Information System (NGIS) during the 11^th Five Year Plan.
GISE	Geo-Information Science & Engineering (GISE) by DST. Project given to IIT Bombay. will help in agro-advisory solutions, drinking water supply etc. using geo-spatial analysis.

International cooperation in S&T

DST looks after:

BILATERAL	Joint workshops, research projects, seminars, conference, R&D centers.
BODIES	Utilization of large scale research facilities abroad Contributions to international non-governmental scientific bodies
HRD	personnel exchange programs, training programs fellowships program
PR/AWARENESS	Participation in international mega- science projects Technology summit, industrial fairs, S&T exhibition

These activates help in following way

they promote use Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) as a tool of diplomacy and foreign relations
Increase India’s ranks for scientific excellence worldwide.
Leverage foreign alliances and partnerships to accelerate R&D, reduce our cost and effort.

Let’s check some countries:

(Most of this data from 2012, so not ‘latest’. use it as and where applicable or just ignore.)

With USA

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education
Women in Science
hurricane weather research and forecasting (HWRF) system;
“Triple trouble”: malnutrition, tuberculosis and HIV in India;
Virtual Centre on Mathematics and Computer Sciences
US Joint Clean Energy R&D Centre
Nutrition guidelines for type-2 diabetes mellitus
brain disorders, cancer
Industry-academia interaction for drug discovery
Internet, cloud computing, data applications, etc.

With UK

Next-Gen Networks

joint collaboration between India and UK
Phase 2 started from 2012 mainly concentrating on three broad areas i.e.
Heterogenous Wireless Access Networks (HELNET)
Application and Services
Core Networks Systems

Other projects with UK collaboration

polymer fuel cell: improving their performance and and commercialization
JETCELL : Inkjet Printing on Porous Metal Substrate
Advancing Biogas Utilization
Bridging the rural/urban divide’ for providing technological solutions to improve the quality of life of rural inhabitants in both countries
solar Energy Research: aimed towards development of solar photo-voltaic systems.
stem cell research,
new energy sources including hydrogen.

With EU

India-EU signed Joint Declaration on Research and Innovation Cooperation
2012: ‘Brussels’ Communiqué’ was adopted to Jointly develop a Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda(SRIA) for medium to long term India-EU/Member States Partnership.
topics: affordable healthcare, sustainable environment and water, bio-economy, agriculture, energy
Established a Group of Senior Officials (GSO): a three tier structure for streamlining governance of Indo-European S&T cooperation
Dye Sensitized Solar Celltechnology for efficient Solar cells

with various bodies

UNESCO	India may support UNESCO declaring 2014 as International Year of Crystallography. It would allow India to showcase its competencies by hosting regional & international events.
FAIR	Facility for Anti Proton Research (FAIR). @Germany India gave money and got 3% partnership.
telescopes	India funding projects for Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) at Mauna Kea in Hawaii, Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) etc.
CERN	we’ve given man-material support 4following projects @CERN Geneva Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) We’re also trying to get ‘Associate Membership’ of CERN. This will help our desi scientific community in future.
overall	In 2012, India completed regional and multilateral S&T cooperation related agreements with following: EU,ASEAN, IBSA, BRICS, BIMSTEC, SAARC, ACD NAM, UNESCO,UNCSTD, OECD, IOR- ARC

With other countries

Brazil	Earth science
France	Indo-French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research completed 25 years in 2012.
Germany, Finland	Green chemistry
Israel	Solar Energy, robotics
Japan	space, manufacturing, biomedical science
Mexico, Taiwan	Seismology
Netherlands	Smart Materials and Smart Grid (energy)
Norway	Glaciology Program
Portugal	smart textiles, microelectronics, mechanical engineering
Russia	Delhi unit of Indo-Russian S&T Centre (IRSTC) was inaugurated in 2012.
S.Africa	HIV/AIDS and TB.
S.Korea	Energy and Environment.
Slovenia	metallurgy
Spain	Pharma, Agri, Food processing,
Sweden	embedded systems
Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukrain	Medical health, Infectious diseases.

Awareness/PR campaigns

VIGYAN PRASAR

Vigyan Prasar is a National Institute for science communication + popularization of science
via magazines, radio-television programs.
for example during National Mathematical Year 2012 they ran Television serials, Radio serials, handbook, special outreach through EduSAT to promote maths.

Dream 2047

bi-lingual science magazine from Vigyan prasar.

you can read free PDF from their official site: http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/dream/index1.asp

let’s check some more awareness campaigns/Public relation (PR) exercises:

BEST	BUILDING EDUCATORS FOR SCIENCE TEACHING. program launched in 2012 To upgrade skills of science teachers and make science education more enjoyable, purposeful & meaningful.
Children’s science congress	children of 10 to 17 years from all over the country held annually in December theme 2013: Energy: Explore, Harness & Conserve
NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY	National Day is celebrated every year on February, 28 to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect. Theme 2012: Clean Energy Options and Nuclear Safety”. theme 2013: Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security.
NATIONAL YEAR OF MATHEMATICS	2012 was declared as the National Year of Mathematics for Ramanujan Chandrashekhar’s 125^th Birthday.
SCIENCE BEHIND MIRACLES	Awareness campaigns to explain magical tricks used by (Bogus) Godmen, baba-log to fool idiot devotes.
SCIENCE EXPRESS	2012: Conference of the Parties (CoP-11) to Convention on Biological Diversity held @HYD. with respect to that, Science Express- Biodiversity Special (SEBS) was launched on World Environment Day (5 June 2012) from Delhi Safdarjung. Of the 16 coaches of Science Express- Biodiversity Special, 8 are solely dedicated to showcasing the myriad biodiversity spread across the bio-geographical zones,
VIGYAN JATHA	in Northeastern Region and Bundelkhand Region mobilizing science awareness campaigns.
Vijoshi Camp	to give chance of personal contact between the students and the leaders of Science. 2012 camp held in Banglore.

Awards

Boring, you may ignore if running out of time for mains 2013.

National Awards on Technology

given to industries for developing indigenous technology
By DST, on Technology Day = 11th May
ca$h comes from DST=>Technology Development Board (TDB)=>award winner.

2013 winners

Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) + a private co. from Karnataka	successful commercial production of Bluetongue pentavalent vaccine and Johne’s disease vaccine for the first time in India
private co. from Banglore	a digital Strain Measurement System.
private co. from Pune	Coordinate Measuring Machine in 3D device for Measuring the Physical Geometrical Characteristics of an Object.

2012: winners

IGis	Integrated GIS and Image Processing Software players: Scnpoint Geomatic (company in A’bad) with help of ISRO, A’bad.
Zen DTS	Zen Driving Training simulator (Zen DTS) for Overseas market
DIAON	Energy Saving MAG Coupled Induction lights with Wire-free Lighting Management Auto-dimming facilities based on real time clock product saves energy compared to conventional lighting system.

Tech. Business incubator awards 2013

by DST

Blood Chemistry Analyser & Compact Portable Mobile Lab.

by Amit Bhanagar/IIT with funding from DST.
This Analyser supports the analysis of 23 parameters including Haemoglobin count, Blood Glucose, Urea, Uric Acid, Creatinine, Bilirubin, Cholesterol, etc
testing cost: Rs. 120 per person.
can test 4000 samples per day
Costs ~80000 rupees.

Modular Tablet PC

by two young IITians- Sh. Rohan Pandey and Sh. Rohit Rathi.
Their Tablet PC is differentiated from other similar product in the market as it integrates ZigBee along with WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G.
designed like a book: and it has 2 displays, one in front like a Magazine and another on the spine to show secondary information.
cost Rs.~12000

some Banglore company

Handheld integrated battery operated microPCR(Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Device with real-time detection.

Biotech Awards 2013

Given by Department of Biotech

some WB univ.	using biomaterials in treatment of orthopaedic surgical challenges.
some Karnataka Univ.	Monoclonal antibody based Diagnostics Kits for white spot virus of shrimp.
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal	parentage verification kits of Buffalo, cattle, sheep, goat, camel, Yak and Mithun.

source- mrunal

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