MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (Dr. HARSH VARDHAN)
(a) CSIR is executing 157 projects under the ‘National Laboratories’ scheme of XII Five Year Plan. The details are in Annexure-I;
(b) Details of projects completed during the last three years (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14), and the current year 2014-15 are presented in Annexure-II;
(c)&(d) Yes, Madam, CSIR assists State Governments and provides its knowledgebase for socio-economic development. Through one of its scheme ‘National S&T Human Resource Development’, CSIR supports research projects proposed by faculties of academic institutions in the states including State Universities;
(e) The number of research papers published by CSIR during 2011-2013 is given below:
Year Number of Research Papers published 2011 4716 2012 5006 2013 5086
(f) CSIR is pursuing R&D with a vision to “Pursue science which strives for global impact, technology that enables innovation-driven industry and nurture trans-disciplinary leadership thereby catalyzing inclusive economic development for the people of India”. It has put in place necessary mechanisms to enhance innovation and cutting edge research.
During the last three years patents filed in India and Abroad by CSIR are as below:
Year Indiaq Abroad 2011-12 197 290 2012-13 163 258 2013-14 266 342
The rate of commercial exploitation of patents-in-force is 13.86%, while global average is 3-4%. As per ‘SCIMAGO Institutions Global Ranking 2014’, amongst 4851 institutions across the globe, CSIR stood at 84th position globally, 17th in Asia, and 1st in the Country ranking.
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