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

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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: suresh.bhargava@rmit.edu.auDr Julia Hill: julia.hill@rmit.edu.auDr Sarvesh K Soni: sarveshkumar.soni@rmit.edu.au