Science & Technology · Innovation
The science departments fund research, incubate startups and help move laboratory technology into industry. This page traces that path through the programmes involved, and records what Dr. Jitendra Singh has said about moving science to the market.
Pathway
A simplified map of the stages at which government programmes act. A programme can span more than one stage. The map describes support mechanisms, not outcomes.
DST started NIDHI in 2016. A parliamentary reply of 17 December 2025 reports:
The ₹1 lakh crore RDI Scheme (approved 1 July 2025) funds private R&D through second-level fund managers such as the Technology Development Board. TDB's first open call, launched by the Minister on 4 February 2026, offers:
The first national call of the ₹2,000 crore BIRAC–RDI Fund was announced on 13 February 2026. On 3 September 2026 the Minister launched BIO-NIVESH and held a roundtable of startups and investors. He said biotech startups had grown from about 50 in 2014 to more than 11,000 (13 February 2026).
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Technology sovereignty will determine the geopolitical sovereignty in the times to come.
Innovation is incomplete without investment, while investment will not sustain itself without innovation.
On 23 September 2025, releasing the NITI Aayog report Pathways to Progress with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, he called for “global thinking and a reoriented mindset” and for researchers to link up with industry early. On 26 December 2025, reviewing CSIR laboratories at Tirupati, he called for faster transfer of technology to industry.
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