Some key achievements of India in science and Technology

Some key achievements of India in science and Technology 

I) India’s attained 3rd position in terms of number of publications in science citation journals,

as per NSF database, number of PhDs in science and engineering as well as in terms

of number of Startups. India featured within the top 50 innovative economies globally (at

48th rank), as per Global Innovation Index (GII).

ii. The country is a key mover of global S&T efforts in vaccine research, development and

supply, and global partnership on artificial intelligence (GPAI) to name a few. India was

elected as Chair of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board.

iii. The draft of the 5th Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy released for public

consultation

iv. S&T became core of decision making, claimed increased media space, gained public

trust. Seamless industry-academia collaborations and inter-disciplinary partnerships led

to quicker solutions and products in an energised STI ecosystem in 2020.

v. DST’s programmes triggered extraordinary performance of innovation ecosystem. NIDHI

& MANAK programs made some major impacts on India’s Innovation ecosystem

vi. A victorious march to combat COVID 19 with the kind of innovations and startups that

address COVID-19 challenges led to a slew of technologies, diagnostics & drugs,

disinfectants & sanitizers, ventilators & medical equipment, PPEs and informatics

at solutions to contain, treat and manage the pandemic that was unfolded due to an  exceptional sharing of purpose, synergy, collaboration and cooperation that R&D 

institutions, Academia and Industry have demonstrated in these months.

vii. A Mathematical model ‘COVID-19 India National Supermodel’ predicts the rise and fall 

of the pandemic

viii. The National Super Computing Mission (NSM) rapidly boosting High-Performance 

Computing (HPC) in the country to meet the increasing computational demands of 

academia, researchers, MSMEs, and startups in oil exploration, flood prediction, 

genomics, and drug discovery.

ix. Centres with sophisticated analytical infrastructure established to provide state of the art equipment facilities for high-end analytical testing to researchers.

x. New S&T areas of Cyberphysical systems like AI, Robotics, IOT receive big boost with 

research support & innovation hubs through the the National Mission on ICPS.

xi. Climate change research marked by impactful publications & establishing centres of 

excellence in Himalayan Universities. 

xii. Celebration of science invites attention of top dignitaries with Hon’ble President gracing 

the celebration of the National Science Day (NSD) for the first time. 

xiii. Guidelines set up urging institutions of higher education and research to support diversity, 

inclusion and equity trhough GATI.

xiv. SCTIMST’s proactive efforts help combat the pandemic with several technologies and 

products that could be crucial to combat the diseases. 

xv. Survey of India launched Pan India High-Resolution Geospatial Mapping to have Ultra 

High-resolution National Topographic Data. 

xvi. SERB launches POWER for women researchers to promote women researchers in 

regular service with a personal fellowship and a research grant to top performing women 

researchers. 

xvii. Phenomenal white paper by TIFAC provided recommendations for Focused Interventions 

for ‘Make in India after the COVID 19 pandemic

xviii.Scientists from IIA & ARIES collaborated with Nobel laureate on Thirty Meter Telescope 

(TMT) project being installed in Hawaii. 

xix. BSIP scales up COVID testing facilities, becoming the top institution throughout the 

country in terms of average processing time of samples

xx. RRI achieves first successful implementation of a highly secure efficient Quantum 

Cryptographic scheme