Question : Industry and Education

(a) whether the Government has taken any steps to create better coordination between industry
and education sector in order to promote research on the lines of foreign countries in the country;
(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to encourage both private and public sectors for
research projects;
(c) whether any concrete steps have been taken to ensure participation of people from industries in
the management, technology and higher education sector; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (d): In order to provide impetus to research in the country, the Government has approved
setting up of 9 Research Parks one each at IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT
Gandhinagar, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad, and IISc Bangalore. IIT Madras
Research Park has become fully functional with 43 R&D clients, 4 Incubators, 55 Start-ups, and 5
Centres of Excellence. IIT Gandhinagar Research Park has been approved with full funding from
the Department of Science & Technology. Further, with a view to promoting innovation of a higher
order that directly impacts the needs of the Industry and thereby improves the competitive edge of
Indian manufacturing, Ucchatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) was approved by the Government. Under
UAY, scheme of project funding by MHRD, participating Ministries and the Industry in the ratio of
50:25:25 has also been approved.
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