Image courtesy of kanate at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 31st January, 2017 notified the new Medical Devices Rules 2017 which can have major implications on the cost and accessibility of healthcare in India. This is a much awaited move to regulate and incentivize this nascent but fast growing industry where […]
Author: Mehak Malhotra
Industry-Academia Research Collaboration in India
Industry-Academia research collaborations in India are dismally low, as indicated by collaboration output statistics. Collaboration in patenting is 0.4% of the total volume of patents in India while percentage of collaboration in publishing activity lies at 0.56% in 2014-15.1 A potential reason for this disconnect could be the difference in underlying drivers of research and innovation […]