BioVoice News September 2017 Issue 4 Volume 2 | Page 22

face to face has taken strong lead into trying to create valuable entreprises. There was even a BIRAC analysis which conluded that industry takes a lead and academia comes later. Small perecentage of products developed at academic levels actually go to the industry as of yet. The contribution is far lesser than what should have been the case. The government’s policy on funding for research activities hasn’t gone down well with lot of scientists. Many have expressed disaapointment on CSIR’s budget cut. What is your take on this? Dr Ganguly at a recent event on diarrhoea organized by PATH in New Delhi. 22 BioVoiceNews | September 2017 Actually the funding matrix was changed by the government due to new priorities and the organizations