Technology Development Assessment: Societal Impact

This Presentation was made at Science Summit at the 78 United Nation General Assembly, 2023
Date: 22 and 28 September 2023; Time: 1630 hrs to 1900 hrs (IST) / 0700 hrs to 0930hrs(EST)

1. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India
An Innovation Hub for Global Sustainable Development
Science Summit at the 78 United Nation General Assembly, 2023
Date: 22 and 28 September 2023; Time: 1630 hrs to 1900 hrs (IST) / 0700 hrs to 0930hrs(EST)
Theme: Rural Development and Traditional Knowledge –
From Hamlets to Industries
Technology Development Assessment: Societal Impact
Dr. Sujit Bhattacharya
DSIR
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Ministry of Science and Technology
Government of India

2. Technology Development Assessment (TDA)
Successful technology transfer
•Covers the entire technology development cycle
•Licensing/commercialization of the technology
•Strong connect with beneficiary
Major approaches in TDA
•Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
•Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Toxicity analysis,
•Foresight assessment, Constraint and Feedback analysis,
•Techno-Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (TSEIA)
CSIR has created an institutionalized mechanism for TDA
•Catalyze growth of domestic industry across various sectors
•Strengthen MSMEs, creating new opportunities in rural economy.
•Industrial competitiveness and Societal impact
•CSIR has strong presence in all the 17 SDG goals
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CSIR Technology Assessment based on TRL Framework
CSIR Compendium of
Technologies 2021
●313 technologies TRL 6 and above
●82 Technologies appropriate for
Rural Economy
Compendium in UN-ESCAP APCTT
Technology Database
TRLFramework
●Designed through DELPHI
based approach
●Experts: Interrelated
sectoral thematic expert
group
●Framework modified to
assess technology meeting
sectoral needs/requirements
●A repository of
technologies created
classified under target
groups: Industry, MSME,
Rural
The TRL Scale:

4. CSIRTechnologiesforRuralTechnologyTransferandAdoption:
AParticipatoryNetworkModel
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CSIR Solar Drier
installed by NECTAR
in Cotton College,
Guwahati
(TRIPLE Helix Linkage)
Network in North-Eastern
Region of India for
Technology transfer and
adoption
82 CSIR Rural Technologies at >=TRL 6
Mapped against 24 Parameters:
●Investment required
●Training duration
●Gestation period
●Region suitability
●Target beneficiary, etc.
Technology reaching beneficiary groups
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●Awareness, Technology demonstration,
Training
●Commoninstitutionalfacility,Seedfunding,
Supplychains,Businessmodels,Market
CSIR-Labs
RuTAG
Non-Govt’l
Orgns.
Univ-
rural
interface
NGOs,
FISS
Self Help
Groups
NECTAR
MSMEs

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Techno-Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (TSEIA) of CSIR Technologies
Waterless Chrome Tanning
Technology
Transferred to 61 tanneries in major
leather tanning clusters
Paraffin Wax Production
Technology
Transferred to Numaligarh Refinery
Limited in Assam
Benzene Recovery Technology
Licensed to Reliance Refineries
Limited Jamnagar
Participants in CSIR training programme
for candle making in NE Region using
Paraffin Wax
Industry benefit
& Societal Impact
●Identify bottlenecks in technology usage
●Beneficiary Feedback for technology
effectiveness
●Identifiedthewaxproducedofhighquality
●Reduceddependenceonimportedwax.
●Considerablerevenueearnedbymanufactures
●Improvedconfidenceofmanufacturertoenterglobalmarket.
●Candlemanufacturingunitsestablishedbyruralpeoplein
North-EastregionofIndia

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Kisan Sabha: A CSIR Initiative towards Farmers’ Market Connect
Benefits to Farmers
•Direct Connect
•Cost-Effective
facilities
•Increase in Income
•New opportunities
•Saving farm produce
from perish
•Facility of Aqua
farming and organic
farming produce
Achievements Since
Launch
●Launched in 2020 driven by
challenges of Covid-19
●1.05 Million Stakeholders
●24% Women
●User Friendly-Accepted at
PAN India Level
●Connected to 200
Panchayats, 67 FPO’s &
3000 SHGs opened
●Linking farmers to Govt.
schemes and retail chains
●Addressing 5 SDG Goals :
2.c, 5.b, 9.1, 10.2 & 12.3
Hosted by CSIR and Sarvodaya Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
Connecting Farmers to
Market: An Application for
Supply Chain and Freight
Transportation Management
for Farmers.

7. Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of CSIR Aroma Mission
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Impact
Benefits to farmers
Annual income increase for all categories of farmers
Crops cultivated under Aroma Mission contributed 60%
to farmers’ income
Livelihood opportunities created
About 400 tribal population benefitted from
new variety of Lemongrass cash crop in Anamalai
Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, through oil production
Women empowerment
Empowering women self help groups. Additional
income seen increasing between INR 4000-7000 per
month per individual
Benefits to industry
21-40% increase in revenue by meeting market demand
export in the international market after introduction of
Aroma Mission
Benefit to Entrepreneurs
75% Entrepreneurs generated through Aroma Mission
were successful in setting up industry
AROMA MISSION Cultivation of high value and high demand
aromatic crops targeting rain-fed/degraded land across India.
Introduction of new high yield varieties, infrastructure support,
awareness & training, market and buy back mechanism
CSIR Scientist Interacting with Women Self-help
groups
Creating Awareness and encouraging them to
take up aromatic plant cultivation

8. Making Beneficiaries “Agents of Change”
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“Aroma Farming increases
farmers’ income!”
“This Kisan-Card has a lots
of Benefits!”

9. DIRECT EFFECT
MSME, Rural
Community
CSIR
Technology
Intervention
for Societal
Impact
INDIRECT EFFECT
Opportunity in
Rural Economy
Man-days
Generation
Productivity
Health
Security
Women
Empowerment
Permanent
Settlement
Employment
Growth
Reverse
Migration
Reduced disease
burden
New Products/
Processes Entrepreneurs
Cottage Industry
Income
Strong Social
Network
Social Status
Livelihood
Next Generation
Empowerment
Next Generation
Growth
Reduced burden
on Urban sector
Impact on
Life span
Efficiency,
Competitiveness
Environment
Conservation