‘We cannot wait 75 years’: ANRF CEO Shivkumar Kalyanaraman on scaling India’s research multiplier
India cannot afford to replicate the 75-year evolutionary timelines of Western institutions like the US National Science Foundation or DARPA, according to Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Chief Executive Officer of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation.
Via YourStory
Speaking at TechSparks 2026, YourStory’s annual summit, Kalyanaraman made it clear that under an impatient Prime Minister, the organisation must bypass traditional bureaucratic friction and drive scientific discovery into the real economy at unprecedented speed.
Describing the foundation as an institutional startup, Kalyanaraman outlined how the nation is altering its approach to scientific research and technology commercialisation. Formalised by parliament in 2023 following recommendations in the National Education Policy 2020, the foundation operates as an autonomous statutory body presided over…
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