Vision
To be a leading Technology Transfer Organization in India.
Mission
To promote, develop, nurture and commercialize innovative, reliable and competitive technologies from R&D institutes through value addition and partnership.
To sensitize R&D institutions and industry about technologies that needs to be developed and commercialized.
Key objectives.
National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) a Public Sector Enterprise (PSE) functioning under the administrative control of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology was established in 1953 as a Section 25 Company (Now Section 8 as per Companies Act, 2013) by the Government of India, with the primary objective to promote, develop and commercialise the technologies / know-how / inventions / patents / processes emanating from various national R&D institutions / Universities and is presently working under the administrative control of the Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology. During the past six decade of its existence and in pursuance of its corporate goals, NRDC has forged strong links with the scientific and industrial community in India and abroad and developed a wide network of research institutions, academia and industry and made formal arrangements with them for the commercialisation of know-how developed in their laboratories and is now recognised as a large repository of wide range of technologies spread over almost all areas of industries, viz. Agriculture and Agro-processing, Chemicals including Pesticides, Drugs and Pharmaceuticals, Bio Technology, Metallurgy, Electronics and Instrumentation, Building Materials, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics etc. It has licensed the indigenous technology to more than 4800 entrepreneurs and helped to establish a large number of small and medium scale industries. Besides being the torch bearer in the field of technology transfer, NRDC also undertakes number of activities under its structured promotional programme for encouragement and advancement of research, promotion of inventions and innovations such as meritorious inventions awards, Techno-Commercial support, Technical and financial assistance for IPR Protection, Value addition services and support for further development of technologies and much more. NRDC has also successfully exported technologies and services to both developed as well as the developing countries. NRDC is recognised, particularly in the developing countries, as the source of reliable appropriate technology, machines and services, which are typically suitable for these countries.
NRDC with its vast experience in technology transfer and IP management proposes to identify and facilitate the development of Innovation Facilitation Centres in the Universities, National Institutes of Technology (NIT’s), IIT’s, Autonomous Institutions & Academic Institutions across the country where innovation activities would be promoted and encouraged among the faculty, students and researchers and would facilitate the effective management of Intellectual Property, development of an association with manufacturing enterprises of the country and abroad and subsequently the transfer of the IP to the industry and entrepreneurs.
NRDC in collaboration with Universities, National Institutes of Technology (NIT’s), IIT’s, Autonomous Institutions & Academic Institutions in India will set up Innovation Facilitation Centres (NRDC-IFC) in their premises. The network of Corporation with the local, regional and global industries and entrepreneurs would facilitate the faculty, students and researchers of the Universities, National Institutes of Technology (NIT’s), IIT’s, Autonomous Institutions & Academic Institutions in India to market their innovative research work and reap the benefits of commercial success.
Main Objectives
The main objectives of the NRDC are given below:-
A. Commercial
Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre:
Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre – IPFC, is a joint project of NRDC and MoMSME, which aims to promote awareness and adoption of Intellectual Property Rights amongst entrepreneurs and MSMEs in India while making accessible to high-quality IP services and Resources.
Training Programs
IPFC organizes training programs on specific themes relating to IP. Programmes are designed and coordinated by IPFC as per the need of the audience. Participants receive certificate of participation from NRDC. IPFC also arranges 'Free IP awareness talk for MSMEs' - to get an overview of IP and to sensitize and spread awareness on ‘How to protect Intellectual Property’.
The services with respect to each of the intellectual property will be as follows:
Patent
Entrepreneurship Development Programmes:-
Socio-economic empowerment has now become an integrated concept of growth and poverty elimination and has been of paramount concern for the overall development of the Country. NRDC has been working for quite some time for the development of rural and backward areas of the country and has undertaken several initiatives for improvement of the economy of these areas in various states. The activities undertaken include the projects in post Harvest technologies, food & agro processing, entrepreneurship development, etc.
The programme aims to reduce the drudgery of people in their daily lives belonging to rural and backward areas of the country, facilitate new avenues of employment generation and income generating activities through S & T intervention.
The programme envisages skill upgradation of unemployed youth, capacity building of NGOs and Women Self Help Groups (SHG) and other developmental agencies engaged in developmental activities through the application of S&T Tools with a view to passing the benefits of Science and Technology to Rural India with an emphasis on:
NRDC Intellectual Property Management Division assists in the following services:
Copyright
Trade Mark
Industrial Designs
Geographical Indications
General Consultation
NRDC-MoMSME – Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre (IPFC) Outreach Centres
B. Promotional
Invention Promotion Programme
C. Technology
Development and Promotion of Rural Technology
Export of Technology
Dissemination of Information on Technology and its transfer to Industry
Innovation
In this decade of innovation it is very important to set up a portal that will bridge the gap between inventor, industry, manufacturers & academia and shall provide complete information related to the technology required by the small & medium entrepreneur.
This portal will give information about the invention, innovator, machines manufacturers etc under a single portal and will help them to work together.
Objectives:
This portal will bridge the gap between inventor, industry, manufacturers & academia and shall provide complete information related to the technology required by the small & medium entrepreneur.
Administrative Set-up of the Corporation
The Chairman & Managing Director of NRDC is Commodore Amit Rastogi (Retd). He is administrative head of NRDC and on all matters of policy and administration reports to Secretary, DSIR.
Telephone nos. Office : 29241212
Residence:
The Secretary of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) Dr. Shekhar C. Mande.
Telephone nos. office :+91-11- 23710472, 23717053, 23731832
The Hon'able Union Minister of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences is Dr. Jitender Singh,
Telephone nos. office :+91-11-22096894
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