Question

The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) is the premium industrial R&D organization. Its CSIR-800 programme, introduced in 11th five year plan, is concerned with:

• A. Open innovation and crown sourcing
• B. Providing research fellowship
• C. Incubating science and technology in villages of India
• D. Nurturing talent in transdisciplinary areas

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Incubating science and technology in villages of India

CSIR-800 Mission

“Inclusive growth and improved quality of life for 800 million citizens at the base of the Indian economic pyramid, through innovative science and technology interventions that are socially and economically relevant”.

Higher order Goals:

1. Appropriate technologies accepted, implemented and adapted by 28 CSIR TECHVILS;
2. Culture of entrepreneurship catalyzed through uptake of CSIR technologies, and growing organically;
3. Inclusive watershed management, green cover, and shared use of common lands, practised in TECHVILS;
4. TECHVIL neighbours influenced to replicate its successes; and
5. TECHVIL experiences synthesised for dissemination in other agro-climatic zones.
6. TECHVIL denotes a cluster of adjoining villages with a population of about 40,000. It derives from the phrase ‘technology-enabled villages’.