Technology Exchange- TIFAC

Technology Bhawan, Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi.

Transfer Technologies Together and Transform India Together

About Us

TIFAC is a unique knowledge network Institution with a variety of activities leading to knowledge generation for the country in terms of preparing various kinds of reports viz. technology foresight, technology development, preparing technology linked business opportunity reports and implementing mission-mode programmes. Its mandate is to assess the state-of-art of technology and set directions for future technological development in India in important socio-economic sectors.
TIFAC plays a crucial role towards flagging, alerting and planning Government response to fast changing technological scenario and rapidly evolving geo political relations and their impact on Indian economy, and more importantly integrating with other ministries and giving a holistic picture as opposed to standalone views.
TIFAC exhibits ubiquity in its offered services and has been pioneering in mapping future technology trajectories for the nation; came up with a variety of foresight reports comprising short, medium and long term time scale, Techno Market Survey reports, Technology Vision documents (TV 2020, TV 2035) and techno-economic feasibility reports on emerging technologies.
TIFAC is involved in demonstration of some unique models of innovation support, technology development, and assessment.

Innovation Support

Assessment of Technology Maturity for AatmaNirbharta (ATMA)
The program is focussed on providing handholding support to Scientists, innovators in national labs and academia for preparing business plan, obtaining necessary approvals, conducting field testing / trials etc. to improvise the readiness levels of the technologies to bring them closer to the stages of transfer/licensing to industries.

Patent Facilitating Centre (PFC) at Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) works with four-fold objectives of creating IPR awareness and deeper understanding of patents and IPR in the country, facilitating filing, obtaining and maintaining patents on sustained basis, providing patent information as an input to R&D and handling IPR policy matters.

TIFAC SRIJAN
Joint programme of TIFAC and SIDBI aiming at scaling up of technology innovation through industries particularly MSMEs and startups. This programme catalyses early-stage traction of technology commercialisation.

TIFAC now working on preparing Technology Vision 2047.
TIFAC prepared Technology Vision 2035 in response to the major changes in economic situation, geopolitics and technology domain at a global level in the last two decades. The document is prepared on a consultative framework and is being placed as a referential document to inspire all the stake-holders. It roots itself into the collective aspirations of the people of India, the ambitions of our youth and the likely expectations of Indians in 2035 as the country grows. The overall exercise is steered by a National Apex Committee chaired by Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman TIFAC. The document has been recently released by Hon'ble PM in the 103rd Indian Science Congress on 3rd January 2016 at University of Mysore, Mysore.
TIFAC also commended Technology Vision 2020 to the nation in 1996 under the leadership of Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam with an objective to make India a developed nation, same was released by Hon’ble PM.