Science, Technology and Innovation Ecosystem: An Indian and Global Perspective

Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) are the key drivers of the economy and development of a country. The economic and social impacts of STI require a deep understanding of the STI ecosystem, which includes the interactions between actors, their technologies, and their business models. This book, "Science, Technology, and Innovation Ecosystems: A National and Global Perspective," focuses on the STI ecosystem of India in comparison to other innovation-backed global countries. It will include a study of the entire STI ecosystem, focusing on the system interconnectedness required for strengthening it. The building of interconnection within actors of the STI ecosystem is one of the paramount requirements to reinvigorate the STI ecosystem as a whole. The book will also present the crucial role of STI in bringing socio-economic development from a national and international perspective. It addresses the development of viable solutions for a sustainable future and a positive societal transformation with the help of innovative science-based approaches.  

This book showcases the future of science in terms of emerging frontier and strategic technologies, giving us a snapshot of future STI efforts worldwide. Emphasis is given to the policy directives and program interventions backed by evidence to revamp the STI system by addressing the societal and economic needs of the country. The book will strategically bring the concept of the relevance of the Intellectual Property (IP) ecosystem in building the country’s innovation capacity along with specific pieces of evidence on how the IP system should be roped in to bring higher innovation efficiency. An insight is provided to chart out the pathway for creating a knowledge-based economy focusing on knowledge production to knowledge consumption through knowledge diffusion.

Dr. Kashmir Singh is presently working as Professor and Head of the Department at the Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, India. He carried out his PhD studies in India (CSIR-IHBT), where he specialized in biotechnology and plant genomics. He did his Postdoctoral Research at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, Missouri State University, USA and McGill University, Canada. His research is focused on the exploration of genomics for the better understanding of stress tolerance mechanisms in plants. He is credited with more than 100 research papers, 8 book chapters and 6 patents.

Email: kashmirbio@pu.ac.in

Prof. Nirmala Dr. Nirmala Chongtham is Professor in the Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh and was the former Coordinator, DST- Centre for Policy Research, Panjab University, Chandigarh. She pursued her post doc. from Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Hannover, Germany where she worked in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. She has been awarded research grants from UGC, DST, DBT and Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India and has published more than 100 papers in National and International journals. In recognition of her work in bamboos, she was selected as the World Bamboo Ambassador from India by the World Bamboo Organization, USA in 2015 and is continuing in the same capacity till date. She has published a book titled “Bamboo shoots: Superfood for Nutrition, Health and Medicine” by CRC Press, London.

Email: cnirmala10@gmail.com

Dr. Radhika Trikha 

Dr Trikha is a Chief Operating Officer at IIT Ropar Technology and Innovation Foundation - Agriculture and Water Technology Development Hub (AWaDH). With a strong background in policy research and system interconnectedness for science, technology, and innovation, she has been fortunate to work on India's 5th National STI policy and national mission on interdisciplinary Cyber physical Systems. Previously, she served as a Senior Policy Fellow enrolled at DST-Centre for Policy Research at the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore, jointly hosted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, and Panjab University, Chandigarh. She has also served as Senior Scientist and a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the domains of Science, Technology, and Innovation at DST-CPR@PU, Chd.

Email: radhikatrikha26@gmail.com

Er. Mamta Bhardwaj, Worked as a Sr. Scientist-C at DST-Centre for Policy Research at Panjab University, Chandigarh from April 2015 to June 2023. Currently she works as Chief Operating Officer at STPI Neuton Centre of Entrepreneurship at Mohali. She has been working in the domain of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), S&T Policy and Science Diplomacy of India and other countries. She is a graduate in Engineering with specialization in Electronics and Communication from the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), New Delhi and a postgraduate in the same field from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi. She also has certifications in various IPR courses offered by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). She is credited with many research publications in national and international journals and co-author of three books.

Email: mamta.bhardwaj1984@gmail.com

Dr Sukhdeep Kaur is at work in DST-Centre for Policy Research at Panjab University, Chandigarh holding the position of Scientific Officer. Her expertise is an interdisciplinary mixture of fields: Physics, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management etc. Currently, she is exploring the research and development executed in India in conjunction with climate variability and its effect. Further working on advocacy in strengthening the industry-academia linkages by exploring various dimensions of STI interventions.  She has worked with noted R & D organisations in India as well as abroad to develop innovative products which put her knowledge to practical use. She has 03 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), 08 publications and 05 book chapters to her credits.

Email: deep.gurna.49@gmail.com