DRDO
Defence Research & Development Organisation
(DRDO), the R&D wing of the Ministry
of Defence, Government of India has completed
50 years of dedicated service to the Nation.
The year 2008 marks its Golden Jubilee Year.
With 50 research and development laboratories
under its umbrella, DRDO has developed and
produced several state-of-the-art military
hardware & strategic systems. DRDO has
synergised with the Armed Forces in capability
building, both in terms of equipments and
technologies. DRDO owes its success to the
participation and contribution made by more
than 100 academic institutions and over
500 industries from within and outside the
country. Research centres, S&T establishments
and various departments of the State and
the Central Governments have also contributed
to its success story.
Website:www.drdo.org
FICCI
FICCI is the rallying point for free enterprises
in India. It has empowered Indian businesses,
in the changing times, to shore up their
competitiveness and enhance their global
reach.
With a nationwide membership of over 1500
corporates and over 500 chambers of commerce
and business associations, FICCI espouses
the shared vision of Indian businesses and
speaks directly and indirectly for over
2,50,000 business units. It has an expanding
direct membership of enterprises drawn from
large, medium, small and tiny segments of
manufacturing, distributive trade and services.
FICCI maintains the lead as the proactive
business solution provider through research,
interactions at the highest political level
and global networking.
In the knowledge-driven globalized economy,
FICCI stands for quality, competitiveness,
transparency, accountability and business-government-civil
society partnership to spread ethics-based
business practices and to enhance the quality
of life of the common people.
FICCI reach is not restricted or dominated
by large business houses. We provide service
and support to all cross section of industry
and trade irrespective of their size. In
fact, we have a separate Committee, which
handles the specific issues relating to
small and medium sector in India. By definition,
the small and medium sector in India is
possibly equivalent to the "tiny sector"
that you have in the US. We are closely
associated with the Indian SME's as we invite
them on delegations to help provide them
international linkages with industry clusters
abroad. Our membership structure also provides
us direct as well as indirect linkages with
the SME's all over the country.
Website: www.ficci.com
IC² Institute,
University of Texas at Austin
The IC² Institute is a globally recognized
"think and do" component of The
University of Texas at Austin whose mission
is to engage in cutting-edge research to
enhance the solving of unstructured problems
related to market economies, wealth creation,
growth, and prosperity through entrepreneurial
activity and the commercialization of technological
innovation. IC² Institute offers its
29 years of experience to regions and enterprises
interested in increasing prosperity through
technology commercialization. Services include
training entrepreneurs and technology commercialization
managers; launching and managing programs
for venture incubation, global business
acceleration, lab-to-market technology licensing;
and developing strategic plans for technology-based
infrastructure and economic development.
Website: www.icc.utexas.edu |
