Strategic independence crucial in critical areas: V.K. Saraswat

V.K. Saraswat inaugurating the National Technology Day celebrations astatine the CSIR-National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, connected Wednesday:

Strategic independency successful captious sectors is indispensable to safeguard nationalist sovereignty, V.K. Saraswat, NITI Aayog subordinate and erstwhile director, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), said present connected Wednesday.

Dr. Saraswat was speaking connected ‘Driving towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat done innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) monetisation’ aft inaugurating the National Technology Day celebrations astatine the CSIR-National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST).

Strategy autonomy, resilient proviso chains, home innovation capableness and technological sovereignty are captious aspects, helium said. “Strategic independency is important successful captious areas wherever dependence weakens sovereignty oregon delays improvement oregon limits nationalist innovation,” helium said.

India feels arrogant that weapons and instrumentality developed by the Indian technological assemblage successful collaboration with manufacture partners performed truthful good during Operation Sindoor, helium said. These contributions basal testament to the self-reliance India has achieved done the efforts of the technological community, helium said.

Dr. Saraswat said his explanation of self-reliance arsenic “the independency from controls of the planetary community.” This is captious successful each sectors including commercialized and technology, he said. He defined enactment successful subject and technology, sustainability and greenish growth, entrepreneurship and integer system and youth-led innovation arsenic the foundations of the conception of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat.’

Dr. Saraswat called for an IP-embedded governance exemplary that supports the conception of ‘Viksit Bharat’s’ goals for a $5 trillion economy. He underscored the request to displacement India’s Intellectual Property scenery from “portfolio to performance.”

Despite India’s ample startup basal and innovation potential, debased patent filings, anemic IP civilization successful academia and MSMEs, and mediocre exertion transportation from labs to markets hinder progress.

C. Anandharamakrishnan, Director, CSIR-NIIST, presided. He highlighted the value of  technologies developed by CSIR-NIIST, emphasising their relevance successful addressing pressing societal and concern needs, including applications successful strategical sectors. Five technologies developed by CSIR-NIIST were transferred astatine the event.

Published - May 14, 2025 07:37 p.m. IST