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mobility was instituted. Technology Foresight studies on electric mobility and emerging Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems were also conducted.
INDIA-IIASA PROGRAMME
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, is an international research organization supported by member organizations from different countries. India joined IIASA in January 2007 with TIFAC as the National Member Organization (NMO). TIFAC’s role is to primarily identify, initiate and catalyze collaborative activities that utilize IIASA’s strengths.
PATENT FACILITATING CENTRE
Set up in 1995 by the DST in TIFAC to create awareness about intellectual property rights (IPR) in the country.
• Facilitation of IP Protection; specially patents
for inventions emanating from academic and
government R&D institutions
• Training and Awareness on IPR in knowledge
institutions
• Policy Watchdog and Studies with Patent Analytics
• Women Scientists Scheme (WOS-C) aimed
at utilizing the dormant potential of women scientists qualified in science and technology
INITIATIVES FOR ‘ATMANIRBHARTA’
Initiatives that promote self-reliance:
• White paper on ‘Focused Interventions for ‘Make
in India’: Post COVID-19, based on the theme: ‘To
Provide Local Solutions for Global Challenges’
• Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) report
focused on Indigenous production of APIs and
their scaling up
• Thematic workshops on focus areas: Agriculture,
Healthcare, Machinery
• Action Agenda for AtmaNirbhaBharat (AAAN).
INNOVATION SUPPORT INITIATIVES
Ideas to Commercialization
TePP (1998-2008): Ideas for prototype development.
Home Grown Technology (HGT) (1992–2005):
Lab to Pre-commercialization. Turnover of R780 Crore (Up to 2012).
TREMAP (2009-2014): Assessment of technologies and making them investment ready.
SRIJAN (Continuing since 2010): Facilitating scaling up of indigenous innovation. Turnover of R361 Crore (2019–20). •
LIBRARY
The library at TIFAC is a rich repository of books, TIFAC reports, TMS studies, Technology Vision 2020 and Technology Vision 2035, IIASA reports, national and international journals etc.