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Mandate

i. To obtain from appropriate sources and project the estimates of the nature and

quantum of the likely demands of goods and services in various sectors of the

economy against 10 and 25 years’ time frames on the basis of:

a. ‘normative’

b. ‘exploratory’ approaches and to suggest the direction and extent of

technological changes that might be considered necessary in order to fulfil

these demands in the light of the existing or anticipated resource base of the

country.

ii. To prepare Technology Impact Statements, to uncover the likely implications

and consequences, both desirable and undesirable, of the existing as well as newly

emerging technologies upon society, indicating to decision-makers, through the

generation of future-oriented scenarios, their short-term and long-term

implications.

iii. Based on TIFAC studies and with a view to:

a. Ensuring timely availability of requisite technologies relevant to the needs of

the country on futuristic basis and minimizing the time gap between the

development of new technologies and their utilization and

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b. Establishing a purposeful linkage between technology development and

technology import policies, to identify priority areas of research in relation to

the socioeconomic, environmental and security needs of the country; to evolve

and suggest strategies for technological developments based on such priorities;

and to draw up programmes of purposeful research in various sectors.

Organisation

Dr VK Saraswat is the current chairman of TIFAC (year 2019).

There are ex-officio members and eminent members in the governing council. The

eminent members are professors, scientists, knowledgeable persons from R&D

institutions, universities, colleges, etc. The ex-officio members are as follows:

1. Secretary, Department of Science and Technology

2. Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog

3. DG, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR

4. Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,

5. Secretary, Department of Biotechnology,

6. Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Ministry of Commerce

and Industry

7. Secretary, DRDO

8. Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance

9. Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Science and Technology

Achievements of TIFAC

Vision 2020