'Gap between industry, research narrowing'
The gap between the fields of research and industry has reduced drastically, said Dr G Padmanabhan, former director of Indian Institute of Science.
Speaking at the biotechnology and medical technology module of the third edition of National Research and Development Corporation organised conference - “Leveraging Innovation for Knowledge Economy,” he said, earlier when scientists discovered something they had to chase industrialists, who would grant funds making is seem like a favour.
Dr S K Shankar, Prof and head of Neuro-Pathology, Nimhans said finding a vaccine for an epidemic, which causes morbidity and disability but not mortality, does not become a priority. For instance, we never bother to develop vaccine for Chikungunya because it is not fatal.
