CSIR 2001:
VISION & STRATEGY
MISSION STATEMENT
To provide scientific
industrial research and development that maximises the economic, environmental
and societal benefit for the people of India
VISION
CSIR in 2001 would be:
- a model organization
for scientific industrial research and a path-setter in the shifting paradigm
fo self financing R&D;
- a global R&D
platform providing competitive R&D and high quality science based technical
services world over; and
- a vital source of
S&T for national societal missions which combine technology with a
human face.
GOALS
Goals set for the year 2001 are to:
- move toward the path
of self financing by generating over Rs.7 billion from external sources,
as against Rs.1.35 billion in 1994-95, of which atleast 50% will be from
industrial customers (up from 15% in 1994-95);
- develop at least
ten exclusive and gloabally competitive technologies in niche areas;
- hold a patent bank
of 500 foreign patents (up from <50);
- realize 10% of operational
expenditure from intellectual property licensing (up from <1%); and
- derive annual earnings
of $ 40 million from overseas R&D work and services (up from <$
2 million).
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS
Technology for Economic Growth
- partner Indian industry
enabling it to emerge as a significant global player; and
- assist the nation
in deriving enhanced and sustainable value from endogenous resources
Technology for Human Welfare
- provide S&T based
solutions to mitigate the vulnerability and improve the quality of life,
especially, for the weaker and disanvantaged sections of the society.
STRATEGIC ROAD MAP
- re-engineering the
organizational structure;
- linking research
to marketspace;
- moilising and optimising
the resources base;
- creating an enabling
infrastructure; and
- investing in high
quality science that will be the harbinger of future technologies.
As released in January 1996
Copyright (C) Council
of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1996
Created and Hosted
by NIO, Goa
