NITI Aayog stresses on reforms to speed up R&D in govt institutions

NITI Aayog member Dr. V.K. Saraswat on Wednesday emphasised the critical need to transform India’s government-funded Research and Development (R&D) institutions into dynamic, autonomous, and mission-driven ecosystems

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Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day consultative meeting on reforming India’s R&D ecosystem in Dehradun, Saraswat stressed that scientific research must be unshackled from bureaucratic delays and rigid hierarchies and instead be empowered through decentralized decision-making, timely funding, and performance-based accountability.

Dr Saraswat also reiterated NITI Aayog’s commitment to driving systemic reform through continuous engagement with stakeholders and evidence-based policy recommendations.

This ongoing initiative by NITI Aayog aims to enable a forward-looking, — innovation-driven, and resilient research ecosystem in the country, with a particular focus on strengthening the capacities of government-funded R&D institutions and laboratories.