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Journey of Last Six Years
Ministry of Science & Technology
Earth Sciences
“Shaping of a seamless
science, technology and innovation ecosystem,
which is cutting-edge, collaborative,
inclusive, relevant and aligned to our national
priorities,
to create new opportunities today while
addressing the challenges of tomorrow”
Making Science, Technology and Innovation Key

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Vision Components: Focus
Enhancing Quality and Relevance of S&T
Translation: Technology, Innovation to Market
Connecting Academia, R&D, Industry, Startups,
MSMEs, Ministries
Societal Connect & Contract: Science for
People, People for Science
Diversity & Inclusion (Young, Women, Rural, etc)
Aligning S & T with National Priorities
-Water, Energy, Environment, Transport, Health,
Manufacturing, Waste Processing, etc

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All Areas of Science, Technology and Innovation
with Focus on Priorities and Relevance
Serving Multi-stakeholders
 Universities: IITs: R&D institutions
 Students; Scientists, Researchers:
 Women Scientists: Youth;
 Scientists of Weaker Segments:
 Innovators: Entrepreneurs: Startups
 Industry: Community based organizations:
 State Governments: Ministries:
 International connects:
 Farmers; Fishermen; Artisans

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Department of Science & Technology
Major New Programmes
1. Future Ready Disruptive Technologies
 National Supercomputing Mission
 Cyber-Physical Systems
 Quantum Technologies
2. Innovation, Startups & Industry
 NIDHI
 MANAK
 SATHI

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3. Addressing National Priorities
 Advanced Manufacturing
 Waste Processing Technologies
 Mission Innovation: Clean Energy
 Digital Mapping of India
4. Communicating Science
 India Science Internet TV with Library
 AWSAR: Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research
 India Science, Tech & Innovation Portal

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5. Empowering Quality Science
 VAJRA: Bringing Best of Global Science
 Vigyan Jyoti: Creating Women Leaders
 SUPRA: High Risk, Profound research
6. Policies
 S&T Infrastructure facility Policy (2020)
 Scientific Social Responsibility (2020)
 STI Policy 2020

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Department of Biotechnology
Major Achievements
 More than 17 Varieties of Maize, Rice, wheat, Pearl Millet, Soybean,
Tomato and Grape developed through Molecular Breeding
 Animal Vaccine against Parvo Virus & Therileriosis developed
 Diagnostic kits for detection of Evan syndrome , Anemia,
leptospirosis, brucellosis, Parvo Virus disease in Animals developed
 First indigenous Rotavirus vaccine- ROTAVAC®, introduced in UIP
 Biobanks/ Haplobank/ Biorepositories of Stroke, liver diseases & Oral
cancer related samples, stem cell lines, HIV samples, AMR, Covid-19
Clinical samples established
 Fostered some of the worlds best international cooperation programs through
multilateral platforms such as EMBO, Mission Innovation, EUREKA, etc. and
bilateral partnerships with Wellcome Trust, UK and Cancer Research, UK
 Vibrant Startup Innovation Ecosystem created with more than 3500
Startups, 50 Bioincubators, 150 products and 5 Regional Centers

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 Affordable Healthcare
 Genome & Microbiome Profiling of population : Genome mapping of 10000
healthy population
 Gene & Cell Therapy for Hemophilia, Thalassemia, Sickle Cell Diseases and
Cancer
 Agriculture improvement & enhanced productivity
 Nutritionally Enriched and Climate Resilient Crops through Gene Editing
 Genomic cataloguing of 43 Indian breeds for identification of pure breed
and further breeding for enhanced productivity and conservation
 Empowering the Rural Sector
 Operationalization of 125 KISAN Hubs in all Aspirational Districts to benefit
1.25 lakhs farmers - 31 Biotech-KISAN Hubs have been established
covering 100 Aspirational Districts
 Establishment of 100 Rural Technology Clusters by 2024 - 9 RTCs have
been established so far
 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Development
 Support to 5000 startups, 100 Bioincuabtors, 7 Urjit Biotech Translational
Clusters, 4 Technology Propellers and 3 Biomanufacturing Zone

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Atal Jai Anusandhan Biotech Mission
 Undertaking Nationally Relevant Technology Innovation
(UNaTI)
 GARBH-INi - A Mission to promote - Maternal and Child Health,
and develop prediction tools for pre-term berth
 7700 pregnant women enrolled
 450,000 serial ultrasound fetal images
 800,000 different types of bio-specimens
 IndCEPI - A Mission to develop affordable vaccines for endemic
diseases
 Novel Chickengunya Virus & COVID 19 Vaccines are being supported
 Development of Biofortified and Protein Rich wheat -
contributing to POSHAN Abhiyan
 Wheat varieties biofortified with high Zn, Iron and Protein contents to be
commercialized
 Mission on Anti Microbial Resistance for Affordable Diagnostics
and Therapeutics - One of its kind repository for AMR pathogens established
at NCMR, Pune
 Clean Energy Mission - Innovative Technology interventions for
Swachh Bharat - 9 MoUs with local bodies for Waste to Value pilot plants (20 TPD to
30 TPD)

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Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
Major Achievements
 Bio-Jet Fuel
 Patented technology from CSIR-IIP
 First Biofuel blended flight from Dehradun-Delhi, 27 August 2018
 Strategic fuel security for IAF - IAF Flight, 26 January 2019
 Only 2nd Country in the World to Fly Biofuels Flight with Indigenous
Fuel
 Import Substitution by Green Treatment of Spent
Wash
 Distillery Spent Wash as Sustainable Resource for Indigenous
Potash Fertilizer
 Potential impact: Indigenous Potash (₹2500 crores/year), More
Ethanol & Clean Environment
 Aroma Mission
 Attain self-sufficiency in the production of essential oils
 Reduce imports
 Empower farmers & life-quality improvement
 Promote industry & creation of business opportunities
 Phase II: In-situ value addition in the farm & globally positioned
Aroma products

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CSIR: Major Achievements
CSIR Initiatives for Environment Protection
 Green Crackers
 Smart Disposal, Incineration and Carbonization Systems (SMART-
DISC) for Menstrual Waste Management
 Fly Ash-Red Mud based Geopolymeric Paver Blocks
 Restoration of Nallah with Ecological Units
Bringing Technology to Disaster Relief
Management
 Assam Oil fires, with NDMA
 Styrene leak, Vizag, with NDMA & Govt of AP
 Emergency Hospitals, with NDRF
 Amphan Cyclone Relief, with NDMA and NDRF

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A New Initiative
CSIR Cohort: Serological
Prevalence Survey of Covid19
A long-term longitudinal observational
cohort study of health outcomes
 Survey in its 38 labs across India to gauge the serological
prevalence among its employees
 Monitored using Omic technology, which involves the analysis
of the entire set of molecules: proteins, lipids or metabolites
etc
 Approved by Ethics Committee & Voluntary Participation
 CSIR cohort to answer many questions e.g. trends of infection
across geography and time, wide-denominator assessment of
symptoms and severity of infections, duration of antibody
response and neutralizing antibody presence

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Ministry of Earth Science
Major Achievements
Weather Ready and Climate Smart India
 Weather forecasts Related
 Agro-Meteorological Advisories to 42 million farmers through SMS
 Accurate forecasts for Tropical cyclones, Minimal loss of lives, Forecasts to 13
countries
 Skillful heat wave and heavy rainfall forecasts -Reduction in the number of
deaths
 Flood warning systems for river basins and urban cities
 Monsoon Mission Program
 Seasonal Prediction system with globally competitive skill
 Short-Medium range prediction at high resolution with global model (12 km)
 Ensemble Prediction System at 12 Km resolution for probabilistic forecasts.
 Improved Skill of short-range monsoon forecast from 3 days to 5 days
 Science of Climate Change
 Indigenous development of India’s First Earth System Model for CC Projection
 Participation in the IPCC sixth assessment (AR6) for the first time
 Regional CC Scenarios - Applications for Agriculture; Water; Health; Extremes

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MoES: Major Achievements
Ocean Services: Supporting Fisheries Sector and Blue Economy
 Marine Fishery Advisory Services
 Potential Fishery Zones (PFZ) Advisories to 6.75 Lakh Fishermen to locate
areas of abundant fish
 Regional Tsunami Warning System
 Successful warnings- No False Alarms; Warnings to 25 Indian Ocean Rim
countries
 International Centre for Operational Oceanography
(ITCOocean)
 Training for Scientists from India and abroad; 260 foreign trainees from 48
countries
 Shoreline protection & management
 1:25000 scale shoreline change maps prepared for the country
 Beach restoration at Puducherry
 Marine and coastal pollution
 Coastal water quality is being monitored at 24 locations - 25 water quality
parameters
 Desalination plants at Lakshadweep Island based on
indigenous technology
 3 plants already commissioned - 1.5 Lakh litres per day
 6 New plants are being installed - All inhabited islands will have potable
drinking water

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MoES: Major Achievements
Seismological Services and Polar Sciences
 Real Time Earthquake Monitoring
 National Seismological Network comprising of 115 Stations, To be increased to
150 stations
 Earthquake Hazards and Seismic Microzonation
 Microzonation work for 12 cities launched; Plan to start in another 18
cities
 Seismological Research:
 The Deep Borehole Observatory at Karad- Maharashtra, is the one of
the deepest borehole (3 km) in the world; for understanding
earthquake processes
 Research facility for Geochronology at IUAC, New Delhi-
 One of the best research facility in the world capable of dating
geologically youngest and old formations/rocks/sediments in the earth
history.
 Three Major programs for three poles (Antarctic, Arctic and
Himalayas):
 First Research Stations established at Arctic and Himalayas

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MoES: New Initiative
Attaining Global Leadership
Deep Ocean Mission
 Manned submersible for 6000m water depth for
under water exploration
 Deep Sea Mining System for extraction of
polymetallic nodules
 With this,
India will join select club of 5 nations to have manned
submersible for ocean exploration
The first country to demonstrate deep sea mining
technology beyond 5000 m depth
Sustainable harnessing of ocean resources (water,
minerals, biodiversity and energy)

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धन्यवाद
Society at Large
Institutions
Scientists
Major
Missions