Technology Development Fund Achievements

Achievements

This development project was approved by the CDWP in its meeting held on October 29, 2015, at a capital cost of Rs. 2,905.00 million. The administrative approval was issued on May 31, 2016, with an implementation period of 60 months. In its first cycle 200 tech. development projects with 175 industry, business partners, and investors were funded. Out of these 160 are already in commercialization and licensed with partner industries.

It has proven the first developmental scheme to provide academic researchers a platform and opportunity to interact with the industry for linking innovation and invention to revenue generation by marketing their innovations with Industry. Based on this project's success CDWP again approved the enhanced scope of the project to support more such joint academia-industry projects and continue to support the Government of Pakistan Vision 2025 to lead Pakistan towards the knowledge economy.

List of 200 projects approved against three calls from 2016-2019

Out of 200 awarded projects 178 are completed and whereas remaining are at different stages of implementation with expected completion by December 2022. Over 100 impact factor publications are made, while others are submitted to international peer-reviewed journals, 150 prototypes/processes have been developed while 23 are under development against the PC-I target of developing 75 prototypes. 160 products licensed to Industry and over 20 launched as spinoffs spearheaded by faculty against the PC-I target of 20 products. 41 National/ International Patents granted/ 50 plus filed while many are in the preparation phase.

Project Inputs	Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)	Target	Achievement
Technology Development Projects	Number of Awards	200	200
Technology Development Projects	Number of Projects Completed	200	176
National/ International Patent Filed in Collaboration with Industry		10	41 Granted, 55 filed IPO/ WIPO, and 34 are in the process
Prototype Development	Number of Prototype Developed	75	150
Initial Product development	Number of Product Developed	20	170
Marketing of Research/ Licensing	Number of Research Products Commercialized	75	160

TDF-awarded projects help the Government of Pakistan to meet its commitment to achieving Sustainable Development Goals.

Bridged Industry-Academia Gap through Chambers of Commerce and Industry University-Industry Linkages Committees by regional Chambers of Commerce & Industry More than dozens University-Industry Linkages meetings and Roundtables Identification of Areas of cooperation/ collaboration to solve problems of local industry 200 TDF projects partnered with 175 Industries across Pakistan Enabled academicians came out of HEIs and talk to industry for their problem solution Policy Dialogue to support the commercialization of Academic Research National Startup Policy National IP and Commercialization framework National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Pakistan Venture Capital Policy and Implementation Framework


Technology Development Fund. Progress/Status as of now.

Bridged Industry-Academia Gap through Chambers of Commerce and Industry

University-Industry Linkages Committees by regional Chambers of Commerce & Industry
More than dozens University-Industry Linkages meetings and Roundtables
Identification of Areas of cooperation/ collaboration to solve problems of local industry
200 TDF projects partnered with 175 Industries across Pakistan
Enabled academicians came out of HEIs and talk to industry for their problem solution

Policy Dialogue to support the commercialization of Academic Research

National Startup Policy
National IP and Commercialization framework
National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
Pakistan Venture Capital Policy and Implementation Framework

Technology Development Fund. Progress/Status as of now. 

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