Integration between R&D labs and industry must for effective resource utilisation: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

Hyderabad, Mar 9 (KNN) Union Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that Integration among public and private R&D labs and industry is needed for effective utilisation of resources.

After inaugurating the weeklong One Week One Lab (OWOL) campaign at CSIR-IICT in Hyderabad, Singh said, “it is important to supplement resources and knowledge among institutions to support Research and Development.”

“The 37 CSIR labs work in coordination with each other, discussing their research ideas, as this leads to quality research output and limit overlap of research effort making it more cost-effective,” he said.

Singh pointed out that CSIR-IICT can set a model for other labs to follow. 

“Industry has to be an important component of research and this was visualised when industry in India was in a very primitive stage. It  is now being implemented more than ever. Not only has scientific admission increased but industrial entrepreneurship has also awakened,’’ he further said.

IICT Director D Srinivasa Reddy, said, “Our rich pool of scientists with expertise in broad ranging research areas combined with good business development strategies is driving CSIR-IICT towards making India Atmanirbhar Bharat in chemical technologies.”

Reddy added that they are setting up a biorefinery demonstration plant to produce green H2 (150 KLD) using solid waste associated with multiple bio-based products with decentralised and captive applications. 

During the launch of the event, CSIR-IICT and M/s Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) entered into a Master Research Alliance Agreement (MRAA) and signed MoUs with industry partners and launched super food products. 

CSIR-IICT also singed another MoU with Granules India Ltd for tech transfer of process know-how for Metformin raw material.  (KNN Bureau)