NEED FOR PARTICIPATION BY RESEARCHERS ON RELATED REGULATORY POLICY MAKING AND ADVOCACY

Dear Reader, Many bills and proposals are being mooted and moved by the present Government in response to public representations and also to resolve internal constraints and for operational reasons. Regulatory aspects are closely linked to research and innovation. However, the Indian research community appears either not aware of the need or geared up to participate in policy making or amendments to statutes closely linked to researchers, even when some of them act as impediments in progress of research or act as hurdles in their chosen field of investigative or innovative research. Research institutes, public funded laboratories, Universities and even researchbased academic conglomerates need to assign or designate an internal or external person or agency to familiarise them, and help generate views, comments and suggestions to make the path of Indian research smooth and friendly to creative contributions. We need to present or represent our concerns or views when the window is open on policy matters.