Thursday 21 November 2019

Better Late than Never

Context :

DRDO offers 450 patents for free access to industries

Extract :

Ø ( DRDO ) has put its over 450 patents for free access to industries for commercial exploitation.

Ø As per a new policy, the DRDO, under the Ministry of Defense will offer complete access to its patents filed in India without any licensing or royalty fees.

Ø The DRDO has taken the lead as other leading R&D bodies like ( CSIR ), ( NRDC ), ( ICMR ), ( ICAR ), which have portfolios of national and international patents offer them for a fee and royalty.

Ø “It’s better to offer some patents free than keeping them in the shelf and pay hefty protection fee for its lifetime. After all, commercial exploitation is the key factor that should determine patents”, experts told BusinessLine

Ø The industry must apply with a fee of ₹1000, along with relevant technical and financial details. It will then be screened by an expert committee and if eligible a non-exclusive license for one year will be granted

Ø A one day “DRDO-Industry Synergy Summit 2019” will be held at the Research Centre Imarat (RCI) Hyderabad on Friday

Ø The topics of discussions include latest policy framework and opportunities created, high technology collaborations and defense manufacturing, defense export and a panel discussion on challenges and opportunities for Indian industries

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Why do I say, “ Better late than never “ ?

because :

I hope this bold initiative of DRDO will, someday soon, lead to the creation of a post in the Central Government , called :

Technology Evaluation and Acquisition Minister [ TEAM ],

- as suggested in my following E Mail :

Need of the hour ? : TEAM [ 21 Apr 2017 ],

- where I wrote :

By TEAM , I mean : Technology Evaluation and Acquisition Minister

Whose job description will be :

- Remain constantly on look-out for developing / developed technologies from around the World , evaluate their relevance to India’s myriad problems and acquire the same from the developers ( including patent rights / IP rights , to exploit it / improve upon it )

- Make available these acquired technologies to Indian Companies ( both , in private and in public sectors ) / NGOs / Start-Ups etc , FREE of cost ( conditions apply in respect of production targets / pricing / time to implement / after-sales service etc )

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Dear Dr HarshVardhanji ,

( Minister for Science and Technology )

drhrshvardhan@gmail.com / dr.harshvardhan@sansad.nic.in

From among our many talented scientists, I urge you to pick one as your deputy minister for acquisition of technologies from around the World, for FREE licensing to Indian industries

Technologies that I have listed in my above-mentioned blog, are targeted to solve following problems :

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> Unavailability of clean drinking water in

drought / famine affected areas

> Pollution thru Plastic Bottles / Mountains

of Land Fills – Garbage Dumps

> Loss of Forest cover / Rampant

Desertification

> Millions sleeping in Streets / Slums, for

want of affordable houses

> Traffic Jams on City Roads / Hours to reach

Office-Home

> Charging of Batteries of Electric Vehicles takes

hours !

> No transmission lines for taking electricity to

far-flung villages

> No way to store ( for use at night ), billions of

KWH of Solar Power

> Fossil Fuel Power killing millions / Urgent need

to generate Solar Power

> Dependence on import for Li-ion batteries /

Fast charging button batteries

> High value currency notes facilitating

generation of BLACK MONEY

> Making available high speed Internet to entire

India ( remotest corner )

> Poor road construction methods resulting in

perennial pot-holes

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh

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22 Nov 2019

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

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Added on 23 Nov 2019 :

I request Dr HarshVardhanji to contact the following scientists , urging them to collaborate with one of our Research Laboratories to further develop this technology, which can , then be made available for FREE licensing to Indian industries