The need of the hour was to solve the immediate problems and R&D should concentrate on short-duration, quick results projects, and deliver to industries for productionisation, its member V K Saraswat said Bengalaluru: Niti Aayog is preparing to come out with recommendations to transform research and development in the country to focus on short-duration projects to address immediate challenges and give quick results, its member V K Saraswat said on Sunday.
The former Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief said consultations are on with scientists and scientific institutions in this regard. "We are basically now looking for how to transform the R & D to meet the challenges.