NITI Aayog Stresses On Reforms To Speed Up R&D In Govt Institutions

NITI Aayog member Dr. V.Ok. Saraswat on Wednesday emphasized the essential wish to develop into India’s government-funded Research and Development (R&D) establishments into dynamic, self reliant, and mission-driven ecosystems 

Addressing the inaugural consultation of the two-day consultative assembly on reforming India’s R&D ecosystem in Dehradun, Saraswat stressed out that medical analysis will have to be unshackled from bureaucratic delays and inflexible hierarchies and as an alternative be empowered thru decentralized decision-making, well timed investment, and performance-based duty.

Dr Saraswat additionally reiterated NITI Aayog’s dedication to compelling systemic reform thru steady engagement with stakeholders and evidence-based coverage suggestions. This ongoing initiative by means of NITI Aayog targets to allow a forward-looking, innovation-driven, and resilient analysis ecosystem within the nation, with a specific focal point on strengthening the capacities of government-funded R&D establishments and laboratories.

Dr. N. Kalaiselvi, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, recommended NITI Aayog’s management in convening this much-needed discussion and emphasised the significance of collaborative governance in resolving long-standing structural problems.

She highlighted the wish to rejuvenate R&D infrastructure, in particular in tier 2 and tier 3 establishments, and to give a boost to industry-academia partnerships to foster impactful translational analysis. Dr. Kalaiselvi additionally spoke in regards to the importance of aligning nationwide medical efforts with native innovation wishes.

Professor Ashutosh Sharma, President, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), drew consideration to the human size of science, calling for larger believe in researchers, diminished micromanagement, and the advent of versatile pathways for medical careers. He underscored the urgency of maintaining younger skill in Indian establishments thru higher alternatives, mentorship, and international publicity.

The assembly, recently underway, will talk about issues equivalent to institutional governance, researcher mobility, translational analysis, and adorning public-private collaboration. Organised underneath the Chairpersonship of Dr. V.Ok. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, the two-day assembly builds upon the results of the primary consultative discussion held in May 2025 at Raj Bhawan, Lucknow, and marks the second one installment in a sequence of regional conferences deliberate to deal with systemic demanding situations in India’s analysis and construction ecosystem.