The Asia-Pacific Forum on Science and Technology Parks"

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1 The Asia-Pacific Forum on Science and Technology Parks" Session 1: The role of government in developing science and technology parks Indian Experience Dr. Sapana Kaushik, Scientist Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) Division, Department of Science and Technology Government of India

2 RETRACING HISTORY OF GROWTH Knowledge-based Economy Winning Edge Science & Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship Industrial Economy Capital Machinery Management Agricultural Economy Land Labour Natural Resources

3 Population Aprox million in Nov 2017 (2 nd highest in world) States & UTs 29 & 7 Geographical Area 3.3 million sq.kms (Seventh largest in world) Languages (recognized) 22 Per capita income US$ 1861 GDP US$ 2.44 trillion Internet usage by Indian: 462 million (2 nd highest in world)

4 INDIAN INNOVATION SYSTEM Formal HEIs Univ. R&D Labs & centres Companies BIRTH SURVIVAL GROWTH Idea Idea Marketable product/ generation Validation process Informal NGO s Individuals Unrecognised industries SUPPORT MECHANISMS STEPs/TBIs TDB, VC Funding Sector Specific funding

5 CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROMOTING INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP Issues and Challenges Time to Market Linkages between industry, R&D institutions and academic institutions. Engagement of private sector in India innovation system. Availability and accessibility of funding pipeline Awareness on intellectual protection regime Focus on innovation and entrepreneurship in the fundamental education system. Mindset orientation towards entrepreneurship and skill development Mapping of database for technologies available with various Government / private agencies Opportunities Diversity in culture Rural-Urban divide Utilization of demographic dividend Highly skilled manpower availability Huge base of mobile phones and internet users Dominance in Information and Communication Technology sector National initiatives i.e. Make in India, Smart Cities, Skill India, Clean India Thrust on solar energy, food, water and energy for inclusive growth Global R&D hub

6 DST: OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS Department of Science and Technology (DST) is the arm of the Government, Ministry of Science and Technology for the promotion of science and technology It plays a participative and proactive role in coupling S&T sector to the developmental growth agenda of the Nation Formulation of Science, Technology & Innovation Policy and other enabling Policies for the R&D Sector Strengthening Basic Research & Expanding R&D base - Human Capacity & Institutional Capacity Implementing Technology Development Programs Societal Interventions through S&T International S&T Co-operation/ Partnerships and Alliances

7 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY 2013 Synergizing Science, Technology and Innovation Faster, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Risk, Rewards and Recognition Institutional and Enterprise level Research Engagement of Private sector in areas of societal & economic relevance New Partnership Models Serving India through S&T by connecting performance with excellence & relevance A strong and viable Science, Research and Innovation System for High Technology-led path for India (SRISHTI) is a policy goal.

8 NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT BOARD (NSTEDB)/ I&E DIVISION Set up in 1982 by DST, GoI Mandate: To promote & develop entrepreneurship through use of S&T To convert "job-seekers" into "job-generators" through S&T interventions It supports establishment of STEPS and TBIs Plans are made to scale up this initiative To act as a policy advisory body with regard to entrepreneurship

9 How we did Technology Business Incubation at our S & T Parks????

10 INCUBATOR MANAGER SCIENTIST TECHNOLOGIST POLICY MAKER Initial Years ( )!!!!

11 STABILITY, MAINTAIN STATUS, EQUILIBRIUM POLICY MAKER S PERSPECTIVE GROWTH, CHAOS, DIVERGENT, UNCONVENTIONAL WE NEED BOTH INNOVATORS & ENTREPRENEURS PERSPECTIVE THERE EXISTS THIS WORLD OF THEIR OWN THEY HAVE TO THINK & ACT DIFFERENTLY EVERY TIME, EVERY DAY SUPERFICIAL TENSION INCUBATORS OPERATE HERE

12 Why did we support business incubation/ S&T parks?

13 A ENTREPRENEUR ABILITY UNKNOWN B IDEA/TECHNOLOGY POTENTIAL UNKNOWN C MARKET DEMAND UNKNOWN D FINANCE AVAILABILITY UNKNOWN E TEAM (EMPLOYEES) CONFIDENCE UNKNOWN Formula for Success: A + B + C + D + E = UNKNOWN THAT MEANS THAT WE IN A HIGH RISK SITUATION WE THEREFORE NEED ENABLING MECHANISM AND INCUBATORS/PARKS ARE ONE OF THEM?? It s not the destination, it s the journey.

14 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS PARK ( STEP) Scheme initiated in 1984 by NSTEDB, DST, GoI To convert job seekers to job generators Other Promoters Host Institution( H.I) National level Financial Institutions Concerned State Government 17 STEPs promoted so far STEP- An independent identity from the H.I, autonomous society STEP Model- Strikes a balance between development and sustenance

15 OBJECTIVES OF STEP To promote entrepreneurship among S&T persons To forge close linkages amongst academia, R&D institutions and industry To provide R&D support to SMEs

16 STAGES IN STEP PROGRAMME Initial development :0-5 years Consolidation Sustenance :5-8 years : 8-10 years Reorientation and new approaches : after 10 years

17 Facilities Provided & Services offered by STEPs Nursery Sheds Testing & calibration Central Workshop Prototype development Business facilitation > Technical Support > Business Facilitation > Training > Consultancy > Testing & Calibration Computing > Documentation Library > Product development Communication > Certification for quality Conference room / environment standards Common facilities

18 SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN STEP PROGRAMME Number of enterprises promoted 850 Direct Employment Generated Capital Mobilised 15 million USD Total Yearly Turnover 22 million USD

19 LESSONS LEARNT Commitment from H.I.is critical Dedicated and motivated CEO a prerequisite Competent and committed management team Linkages and networking is vital Creating awareness and visibility is essential Involvement of sponsors is a must Orientation of activities to suit local needs Be innovative and experimental Offer total solution to entrepreneurs Run it as a profit center Regular monitoring and well laid out evaluation system

20 NEED OF TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INCUBATION Emergence of Technology and knowledge driven products Significant contribution of knowledge driven services to GDP Rapid changes in technology & innovations leading to shorter product cycle Emphasis on quality, environment standards, IPR and other issues Better financing options available for technology led enterprises Improved prospects of survival of start-ups For speedy commercialization of R&D outputs

21 FACTORS INFLUENCING GROWTH OF TECHNOLOGY BASED ENTERPRISES Access to skills & competencies Access to financing Access to the market Environment for innovation

22 INITIATION OF TBI PROGRAMME Initiated in the year 2000 by NSTEDB, DST with 15 years of running STEP Programme. Primary target : Academic and R& D institutions Objectives of TBI To offer conducive environment for growth of new knowledge based and technology driven enterprises To provide platform to nurture innovative ideas To speed up the process of technology commercialization

23 SERVICES OFFERED Business facilitation and common facilities Consultancy-technical, legal, financial, marketing and other assistance for start ups Training and Human resource development Collaborative services with the host institution including design, development and testing / Library/ faculty support PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION TBI project to be implemented in one year Self sufficiency : within 5 years : Revenue generation from first year Profit sharing: To be shared between TBI & the host institution on mutually agreed terms after attaining self sufficiency

24 GROWTH OF INCUBATORS /STEPS

25 DST SUPPORTED INCUBATION IN INDIA A SNAPSHOT No. of STEPs/TBI supported by NSTEDB, DST till Nov out of which 3 CLOSED DOWN 4000 Start ups incubated 1500 graduated. 450 patents/copyright turnover of 23 Million USD in GRANT from NSTEDB, DST ~ 66 Million USD Av. Support from DST/TBI ~ 1 million USD Max. support : 2.3 million USD INCUBATION SPACE ~ 120,00,00 sq.ft. of dedicated area INCUBATION CAPACITY ~2700 hi-tech ventures can be physically incubated

26 IIT KANPUR

27 9 Ss of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Incubation. SEARCHING & SCOUTING POI, IEDC, NIF, NIDHI GC SUSTAINING EAC, EDPs, FDP, ISTED, NIDHI IEDC, TBI SEEDING & SUPPORTING NIDHI SEED FUND, PRAYAS, EIR Securing TIFAC, MSME, TBI SCALING TDB, IAF, BIRAC, VC, FIs. NIDHI COE SYSTEMATISING CAP. BLDG(WEDP), POLICY INITIATIVES SHOWCASING PRESIDENT EST., TECH EXPO

28 NIDHI National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations Launched in the Year 2016 A Programme to convert Knowledge back to Economic Growth and Societal Good

29 DST NIDHI: AN UMBRELLA PROGRAM Seed Support System PRAYAS Idea - Prototype Support Grand Challenges Center of Excellence (COE) EIR Fellowship for Entrepreneurs Technology Business Incubators (TBI) NIDHI Accelerator Program Support Source: NSTEDB

30 NEW UMBRELLA INITIATIVE OF DST-NIDHI 1. PRomotion and Acceleration of Young and Aspiring Innovators and Startups (PRAYAS) - Support from Idea to Prototype : 2. Entrepreneur In Residence (EIR)-Fellowship for aspiring Entrepreneurs: To encourage graduating student to take to entrepreneurship amongst available career options. 3.Technology Business Incubator (TBI) Facilitating and nurturing tech. innovations led startups: 4. Accelerator. Fast tracking a start-up..deep engagement model of mentoring, coaching and investment. 5. Seed Support System (SSS) for startups in TBIs: Providing seed stage investment to startups in Incubators: 6. Centres of Excellence (CoE): Incubators of Excellence with state of the art facilities to help startups go global. 7. Research Park An initiative driven by MHRD, though DST fully supporting RP at IIT Gandhinagar 8. Six new programs supported for tapping and supporting innovators, student product ideas, women entrepreneurs and hardware startups etc under various National Initiatives..

31 -ve cash flow +ve cash flow Level of support Startup Ecosystem Public R&D Friends, Family & Fools Venture Capital Angel Investor Technology Startups - High Risk Stages of Startup development

32 DST Innovation & Entrepreneurship division : Providing Handholding support through Valley of Death Level of support -ve cash flow +ve cash flow EIR CoE: Centre of Excellence PRAYAS :PRomoting and Accelerating Young and ASpiring innovators & startups Entrepreneurial Capacity building IEDC PRAYAS TBI COE TBI : Technology Business Incubator IEDC: Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Centre EIR: Entrepreneur In Residence

33 Public Private Partnership Programs

34 DST-Lockheed Martin Tata Trust -India Innovation Growth Program 2.0 (Make-in India) IIGP 2.0 with focus on Industrial and Social Innovations launched on 10 th March 2017 during Festival of Innovation at The President's House 34

35 The Economic Times Power of Ideas is an entrepreneurial platform in association with the DST to seek, reward, nurture and groom business Ideas by connecting them with relevant evaluators, mentors and investors... September October November December January February 18, ,

36 Women Entrepreneur s Quest Program: Partnered with Anita Borg Institute, USA For scouting and supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Technology. DST-Intel Innovate for Digital India (Digital India) Offer easy and effective innovative technology solutions in the hands of citizens to help them enhance the quality of life. India -Russia Bridge for Innovations (IRBI): The program is the first bilateral exchange initiative between India and Russia focus on S&T based entrepreneurship for exploring technical and commercial tie-ups bilaterally in respective markets. India Rwanda Innovation Growth Program 2017 Commercialize Made in India technologies and innovations in Rwanda (Africa), generate skill and entrepreneurship development to create successful enterprises India-Innovation Challenge- DST-Texas-IIMB (Make in India) Promoting entrepreneurship in engineering students

37 Empowering Women Entrepreneurs (Standup India) empower- Positioned as the India s First Accelerator Program startups in Technology for women Implemented by Zone startups, a DST supported Incubator hosted at Bombay Stock Exchange 15 women led startups underwent 6 weeks intensive mentoring and coaching program by stalwarts of startup ecosystem WEE-Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurship 2016 by IIT Delhi for an accelerator program for nurturing and mentoring women startups Women Entrepreneurship Quest (WEQ) 2016: Partnered with Anita Borg Institute, USA for scouting and supporting 10 Women Entrepreneurs in Technology Entrepreneurship Training and experiential learning to Silicon Valley

38 NASSCOM (National Association of Software & Services Company) report on Indian Startup ecosystem

39 Nurturing innovation through education Provide the enabling policy intervention Role of Government in Strengthening the Innovation Ecosystem Provide a mechanism for funding business innovations at all levels especially small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) Provide vision through a national level road map for innovation Improve inter-institutional collaborations Strengthen human capital LINKING: EDUCATION..INNOVATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP

40 Specialized Organizations of GoI National Science & NSTEDB is the nodal body under the aegis of Department of Science & Technology Technology established by the GoI Entrepreneurship Aim to promote knowledge driven and technology intensive enterprises. Development Board National Innovation Foundation (NIF): NIF is an autonomous body under the DST, GoI Aim to support grassroot innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge, to help the innovators to develop technologies by providing the risk capital, helping in development and documentation, value addition, Intellectual property right (IPR) protection, business development, commercialization and social diffusion. Technology Board (TDB): Development TDB was set up in 1996 by the DST, GoI. It provides soft loans and equity to Indian Companies to commercialise indigenous technologies and also for adoption of foreign technologies. Sectors focussed are: medicine and health, drugs, pharma, engineering, chemicals, agriculture and transport. Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) BIRAC is a not-for-profit Public Sector Enterprise, set up by DBT, GoI It is an Interface Agency to strengthen and empower the emerging Biotech enterprise to undertake strategic research and innovation, addressing nationally relevant product development needs.

41 START UP INDIA Startup Definition (Department of DIPP) Industrial Policy & Promotion, Startup means an entity, incorporated or registered in India : Not prior to seven years, however for Biotechnology Startups not prior to ten years, With annual turnover not exceeding INR 25 crore in any preceding financial year, and Working towards innovation, development or improvement of products or processes or services, or if it is a scalable business model with a high potential of employment generation or wealth creation

42 Startup India is a flagship initiative -GoI Aims : to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation and startups in the country for economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities. To empower startups to grow through innovation and design. Salient features of Startup India STARTUP INDIA ACTION PLAN Simplification and Handholding Self-certification by startups Launch of Mobile app and Portal for compliance and information exchange Startup India Hub to handhold startups Legal support and fast-tracking patent examination at reduced costs Relaxed norms of public procurement for startups Faster exit for startups

43 Funding support and Incentives Providing funding support through a Fund of Funds with a corpus of 1.54 billion USD Credit guarantee fund for startups Tax exemption on capital gains invested in Fund of Funds Tax exemption to startups for 3 years Industry-Academia Partnership and Incubation Organizing Startup Fests to showcase innovations and providing collaboration platforms Launch of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) with Self Employment and Talent Utilization (SETU) Program of NITI Aayog (AIM is an innovation promotion platform in the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, with an initial fund of 1.5 billion INR ( million USD) for research and development. 500 Atal Tinkering Labs and 35 Established Incubation Centres (EICs) for scale-up support Harnessing private sector expertise for setting up incubators Setting up of research parks

44 VARIANTS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARKS Research Park-MHRD-DST-9 Software Technology Parks-42 (Department of Communication & Information Technology) Bio-tech Park-DBT-7 Initiatives of various State Govt. Techno Park Info Park Industrial Park Tidel Park Agro Park

45 RESEARCH PARKS Objective: Promotion R&D by the institute in partnership with industry, assisting in the growth of new ventures, and promoting economic development. Set up in academic Institutions like IITs, IISc IIT Madras IIT Bombay IIT Kharagpur IIT Delhi IIT Kanpur IIT Gandhinagar IIT Guwahti IIT Hyderabad IISc Bangalore Research park at IIT, Gandhinagar being setup by DST

46 BIOTECH PARKS: DBT Objective: Promotion of Biotech start-up companies and the promotion of Public Private Partnerships. 7 biotech parks are setup by DBT Lucknow Biotechnology Park, Uttar Pradesh Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Genome Valley, Hyderabad, A.P Chennai, Tamilnadu, Assam,, Karnataka, Kerala SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS OF INDIA (STPI) Set up by the Department of Communication & Information Technology. Objective: Encouraging, promoting and boosting the Software Exports from India. 42 STPI Centers all over the country.

47 RESULT OF ENABLING MEASURES /POLICY INTERVENTIONS National strategy to make development more inclusive. The emphasis is on shaping a national-level innovation System across all sectors & facilitate innovation by micro, small and medium enterprises. Government has taken several steps to overcome the challenges faced by innovators and entrepreneurs to ease the process for business. The country s 30-notch jump in the World Bank s ease of doing business ranking to 100th place is the result of Governments efforts.

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