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In a first of its kind policy consultation, Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan interacted with the highly-skilled Indian diaspora to facilitate channels for them to contribute to India’s Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) 2020.
 
India aims to connect the diaspora with the Indian scientific and economic ecosystem to accelerate the growth in Science technology and innovation.

A diaspora is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale. 

STIP 2020

• The Government of India launched STIP 2020, a holistic and pragmatic policy dedicated to Science, technology and most importantly innovation. The policy aims to reorient Science Technology & Innovation (STI) in terms of priorities, sectoral focus and strategies.
• The STIP 2020 policy is initiated jointly by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (Office of PSA) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST). A Secretariat with in-house policy knowledge and data support unit, has been set up at Department of science and Technology to coordinate the entire process.

The Process

• Track I aims to create a repository of public voices that will act as a guiding force for the drafting process.
• Track II consultations comprises 21 expert-driven thematic collectives to feed evidence based recommendations into the policy drafting process.
• Track III brings together Ministries and States in extensive engagement through nominated nodal officers
• Track IV is the binding force that draws upon apex level multi-stakeholder engagement at the national and global levels. Inputs from these wide-ranging deliberations will finally lead to STIP 2020.

Source: Newsonair