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Prof Suresh K Bhargava
College of Science, Engineering and Health
RMIT University
02/10/2013
GLOBAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
(INDIA)
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The global reach of research for RMITto India
RMIT-IICT
AcSIR
RMIT IS A
UNIVERSITY OF
TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN
ABB Partnerships
Health andWellbeing
Why India
Synergy
S&T in India
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Why India?- India is an emerging Global Research Market
Major changes in Indian Science Policy• Increase in no of PhD students completing expected to increase from 8420 in 2006
to 30,000 by 2025• Global share of scientific publications expected to increase from current 2 % to 10
%• Expected increased number of patents from 1900 in 2007 to 20,000 by 2020• Science funding to be increased from less than 1% of GDP to up to 2.5% by 2025• >4000 new universities planned by 2025
All Major S&T global partners are already in India GE India
Sigma –Aldrich IndiaDuPont IndiaBASF India
Deakin and MonashABB
RioTintoMajor IT and Technology companies , Etc..
India – a few facts
• Second largest population in world – 1.19bn
• Average annual GDP growth rate of 5.8% over past two decades
• Middle class population estimated to rise to over 580m by 2030
• In 2012 India became third-largest economy in world in terms of purchasing power parity
• World’s largest democracy
Importance to Australia
• A top 5 priority country nominated by DFAT
• Australia’s largest source of permanent and skilled migrants
• Second largest source of international students – over 30,000 student visa holders as at April 2010
• AISRF bilateral fund for joint scientific research has raised the profile of Australia’s capacity for science and research
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Synergies:
• Both were under British Rule
• Members of Commonwealth
• Administrative language is English (U.K.)
• Bureaucracy and Administrative hierarchy is similar
• Crazy for Cricket
Science and Technology in India
• India accounts for about 10% of all expenditure on R&D in Asia (36.1 Billion$ in 2011, Australia: 15.9 b $)
• Number of scientific publications has grown by 45% over the past five years.
• Five Indian Institutes of Technology were listed among the top 10 scienceand technology schools in Asia by Asiaweek.
• India, together with China, Iran and Brazil contribute 97.5% of the developingworld's total scientific productivity.
India is above than Great Britain and France
India
France
GBR
Why India: Summary by SWOT Analysis:
StrengthsEnglish speakingLarge commitments from governmentSimilar legal and administrative systemsStrong links between Australia and India at government levelRMIT’s strong existing relationships Rising number of publicationsQuality of Academic Institutes
Weaknesses
Cultural differences/sensitivitiesInfrastructure deficienciesRed tape challenges
OpportunitiesReputation Development Policies are changing to encourage more interaction with international UniversitiesPopulation sizeRising middle classQuality of science and researchAISRF grants
ThreatsMany International universities trying to get a foot print in IndiaPoliticalTiming – need to be fastDeakin and Monash are already there New Australian government - will they retain the AISRF grants?
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RMIT Current Activities in India
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Visit of Dr Pallam Raju, (HRD minister, Govt. of India)
to RMIT
Many more active partnerships are developing
(CSIR)IICT-RMIT Joint Research Centre of Excellence -Current Model (Partnership with Govt. of India)
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Bigger Picture Ahead
Dr RA Mashelkar , FRS@ RMIT
Getting connected with 39 top research labs of CSIR- Govt. of India
Finding the added value
Future double badged model – 2014 onwards
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ROI from Indian partnerships….. Till Date …
• AISRF (2 grand challenge grant with Indian partners) = Total ~ $12 M partnerships and very prestigious , RMIT share ~ 1.2m Category 1
• 5 Australian Academy of Science fellowships (3 Senior and 2 Junior Fellowships) = ~110K (Highest in Australia) Category 1
• 1 AISRF workshop with Melbourne Uni.= ~ 35 K, Category 1
• ARC-Discovery (with IICT)= 320 K, Category 1
• Endeavour Awards from India (Highest in Australia)=~ 600 K
• Victoria- India PhD scholarships= 2 (~ 95 K each) = $190K
• Indian National overseas fellowship = ~ $ 135 K ( Granted by IndinaGovernment, only one in Victoria)
• ABB partnerships= ~ 3 million Total (ROI) = ~ $5.6 Million
( ~ 6 fold return) + Added Value13
Other Opportunities
• Central University of Hyderabad
• ( Gate 1 process is in progress since last two week)
• (2nd highest Linkage grant to RMIT)
• BIMTECH
• ABB partnerships
• Private Universities (Nirma, VIT, Manipal etc.)
• St George Medical college, Lucknow
• IIT Roorkee
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RMIT’s position with other Australia Universities
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Items RMIT Monash DeakinBudget (by2013)
Cash ~$ 400 K so far ~ $ 12-14 million so far ~$ 8 million so far
Inauguration Feb. 2011 November 2008 Feb. 2012 but have an office in India, in New Delhi since 1996
Name of Centre
IICT-RMIT Joint Research Centre
IITB-Monash Academy TERI-Deakin ‘Nanobiotechnology Research Centre’
No. of PhD students
21 (3 batches of joint PhD students)
Plan to grow 100 by 2017 with AcSIR
June 2009: 41 PhD students2012: 80 PhD Students Currently: ~140 PhD scholars Expected No. : ~500 by 2020
Current PhD students ~ 70, Within five years it will have ~140 PhD students
Location in India
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
The Energy Research Institute, New Delhi + few other places in India eg CCMB
Staff No one CEO is Professor Mohan Krishnamoorthy +7
Ms Ravneet Pawha, Deakin'sCountry Director for India+ 10 (~$1M operating budget)
Joint venture Separate building under construction
Joint venture
Notes
Where do we go from here ?
•Serious Actions Needed
• Our success indicators have put in a very advantageous position in India
• Keep building our reputation in India
• We need more serious step/plans to secure our investments and higher Returns
• We need serious investment to get more return
• Trapping more opportunities in other sectors as well like TAFE, Teaching and Learning etc.
• We need a office in India ( Hyderabad – our city of action)
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Score Rank
Academic Reputation 40.10 307
Employer Reputation 84.60 87
Faculty Student 23.60 649
International Faculty 100.00 28
International Students 99.90 12
Citations per Faculty 9.00 616
Historical Data/ Score Rank
2013 41.2 2912012 42.79 246
2011 43.1 228
2009 51.12 223
2008 53.7 206
2007 54.8 200
Global Ranking- QSRMIT University Rankings
Reputation is a universal
international currency on
which, we operate in the
world and,
It mainly comes from
Research
• Top Indian scientists (including the Chair, Scientific Advisory Council, Prime minister of India, Prof CNR Rao) visited us in Nov. 2011 during the Australia-India Joint Symposium on Smart Nano-materials in Victoria.
• Similar Delegation from RMIT visited our partners in India in Dec. 2012.
• Joint supervisory workshop (from IICT) planned in Dec. 2013 • Supervisor bank of 40 academicians from RMIT and > 80 from India
Prof Suresh K BhargavaSEH
Professor On Kit TamBusiness
Professor Ron WakefieldDSC
New initiates /Unified global approach
Monthly Coffee meetings of Deputy-PVCs(International)
We are connected and getting connected: Both Top do wn and bottom up approach
Thank You
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Contact:Prof Suresh K Bhargava: [email protected] Julia Hill: [email protected] Sarvesh K Soni: [email protected]