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The conference is expected to be attended by 300 participants with leading experts from India and abroad speaking on different sessions of the conference. Many young researchers will presenting papers and posters. India’s top scientists and policy makers will address the conference. Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, President, INSA, Institute Chair Professor & C. V. Seshadri Chair Professor, IIT Kanpur, Former Secretary, DST, Govt. of India will deliver the Chief Guest address. Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) will deliver the Foundation Day Lecture.
Experts from the NITI AaYOG, Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Govt. of India, and from reputed academic institutions will address this conference. Along with keynote and invited talks, there will be panel sessions and paper presentations. International experts speaking on the conference will be from France, Russia, South Korea, the Netherlands, Brazil, Australia, and Armenia. Science councilors from Germany, Mexico and The Netherlands will also attend and be on the panel. Conference is structured to bring diversity and involve the participants in engaging discussions through keynote and invited talks, panel sessions among others.
The conference is expected to bring out novel methods and practices for performance evaluation and impact assessment of R&D. It will bring out some key policy suggestions of how R&D governance, access and inclusion can be strengthened by proper application of the STI indicators. The deliberations on new initiatives like PM One-Nation-One-Subscription will also be reflected in the final document. The conference will expose young researchers to various nuances of evidence based policy making, the tools and techniques and shaping their research to address developmental challenges. The outcome of the conference will be published in different formats, from a dedicated special journal issue to a policy bulletin and book proceedings.