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promotional activities is also being undertaken. The ‘Make in India’
programme aims to give an impetus to industrial growth for which
dedicated industrial corridors are being developed.
DIPP’s discussion paper highlights that India share of global trade
in high technology products is only 8 per cent and the aim is to double it
through greater technology inputs into R&D. It also highlights the need
to commercialize intellectual properties resulting from public funded
R&D. Entrepreneurship Development and Incubation centres like the
one in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi (FITT-Foundation
for Innovation and Technology Transfer), and National Institute of
Technology in Tiruchirapalli (CEDI–Centre for Entrepreneurship
Development and Incubation) would create the larger ecosystem to
foster innovation.
1.4.8 Forestry 3.1
Innovation and R&D
Innovation and development of eco-friendly technologies not only
benefits the commercialization of forest produce; but also enhances the
welfare of forest communities at large.
The task of promoting environmental and forestry research in the
country is being pursued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change (MOEFCC), Government of India. Several autonomous
institutions have been set up by MOEFCC in order to promote R&D
in the forestry sector. These institutions provide expert and specialist
advice in respective areas and cater to the forestry research needs of
the nation.
Table 1.17 gives an indicative list of some institutions which have
actively taken up forestry research in the country.
Table 1.17: Institutions Engaged in Forestry Research in India
Forestry research institutes Areas of research
Indian Council of Forestry Research Planning, promoting, conducting, and coordinating research
and Education (ICFRE) on all aspects of forestry
Indian Institute of Forest Sustainable forest management and forest certification;
Management (IIFM) community forestry including joint forest management;
valuation of forests and natural resource accounting; remote
sensing and GIS applications in forestry, etc.
Indian Plywood Industries Research Efficient utilization of fast growing timber plantation species
and Training Institute (IPIRTI) for production of sawn timber, plywood, and other composites
of wood
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programme aims to give an impetus to industrial growth for which
dedicated industrial corridors are being developed.
DIPP’s discussion paper highlights that India share of global trade
in high technology products is only 8 per cent and the aim is to double it
through greater technology inputs into R&D. It also highlights the need
to commercialize intellectual properties resulting from public funded
R&D. Entrepreneurship Development and Incubation centres like the
one in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi (FITT-Foundation
for Innovation and Technology Transfer), and National Institute of
Technology in Tiruchirapalli (CEDI–Centre for Entrepreneurship
Development and Incubation) would create the larger ecosystem to
foster innovation.
1.4.8 Forestry 3.1
Innovation and R&D
Innovation and development of eco-friendly technologies not only
benefits the commercialization of forest produce; but also enhances the
welfare of forest communities at large.
The task of promoting environmental and forestry research in the
country is being pursued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change (MOEFCC), Government of India. Several autonomous
institutions have been set up by MOEFCC in order to promote R&D
in the forestry sector. These institutions provide expert and specialist
advice in respective areas and cater to the forestry research needs of
the nation.
Table 1.17 gives an indicative list of some institutions which have
actively taken up forestry research in the country.
Table 1.17: Institutions Engaged in Forestry Research in India
Forestry research institutes Areas of research
Indian Council of Forestry Research Planning, promoting, conducting, and coordinating research
and Education (ICFRE) on all aspects of forestry
Indian Institute of Forest Sustainable forest management and forest certification;
Management (IIFM) community forestry including joint forest management;
valuation of forests and natural resource accounting; remote
sensing and GIS applications in forestry, etc.
Indian Plywood Industries Research Efficient utilization of fast growing timber plantation species
and Training Institute (IPIRTI) for production of sawn timber, plywood, and other composites
of wood
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