Ministry of Science & Technology
Department of Scientific & Industrial Research

Technology Development & Utilization Programme for Women (TDUPW)

List of Projects Supported [5 JUN 09]

Introduction

The contribution of women to the society and the economy is well known. If given proper opportunity and encouragement, women have the potential to excel in every field. However, a lot remains to be done to understand women’s needs and development of appropriate products for the benefit of women. In order to meet the specific needs of women and to enhance the contribution of women towards technology capability building, the “Technology Development & Utilization Programme for Women (TDUPW)” has been formulated by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). DSIR has a mandate to carry out the activities relating to indigenous technology promotion, development, utilization and transfer. 

Objectives

The objectives of the programme are :

1. Promoting the adoption of new technologies by women.

2. Awareness creation and training of women on technology related issues with regard to women.

3. Promoting Technological upgradation of tiny, small and medium enterprises run by women entrepreneurs.

4. Showcasing of appropriate technologies and organizing demonstration programmes for the benefit of women

5. Design and development of products, processes beneficial to women

Proposals Eligible for Funding

DSIR under its “Technology Development and Utilization Programme for Women (TDUPW)” provides assistance for those projects which are relevant to technology development and utilization by Women. In particular, the projects of the following nature are eligible for assistance:  

• Studies/ surveys for the assessment of technology related information needs of women in different walks of life.

• Documentation and content development on the following aspects:

• Technologies useful for production activities, personal care and community management including food procesing, water conservation, waste disposal, maintenance of health and hygiene, etc.

• Best practices in the use of technology to strengthen competitiveness of gainful activities by women.

• Contribution of women innovators/entrepreneurs.

• Contribution of women scientists/ technologists working in various Scientific laboratories.

• Technologies and products beneficial to women. 

• Establishing Consultancy Cells for imparting technical knowledge on adoption of latest technologies.

• Awareness creation and training of women in technologies useful for production activities, personal care, community management, including food processing, water conservation, waste disposal, etc..

• Case studies of successful R&D, Technology Development and business women.

Institutions Eligible for Assistance

The Organisations in the Government, non-Government sectors and professional bodies working on areas related to development of technologies for women with adequate experience in the field are eligible for financial assistance. Also the agency should be involved in promotional activities related to S&T/ R&D entrepreneurship development, SME, promotion, etc. Organizations seeking assistance under the programme should belong to one of the following categories: 

• Institutions receiving annual recurring grants from the Central or State Government Agencies including the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian Universities, academic institutions, R&D institutions, Public Sector Undertakings, etc.

• Institutions registered under the Societies Registration Act.

• Institutions incorporated under the Companies Act,

• Professional & industry Associations

• Trusts registered under Indian Trusts Act. 

Assistance can be by way of financial support (partial or full) and technical guidance. The type of assistance required by the institution should be clearly indicated in the proposal. However, financial assistance will be provided only for meeting expenditure on Manpower, Consumables, travel within the country and other miscellaneous expenditure. No support will be provided for basic infrastructure and buildings. The assistance will be released in installments and will be linked to specific milestones achieved as per time schedule indicated in the proposal. The release would also be dependent on the completion of formalities like submission of progress reports and Utilization Certificates.  

The proposal should be prepared and submitted according to the format prescribed in this document, to facilitate quick processing. The following documents/ papers are required to be submitted along with the proposal.

	Format No		No of copies
A letter of forwarding the project proposal and an undertaking from the head of the institution	Format A	RTF	1
		PDF
Certificate of responsibility and commitment from Investigators	Format B	RTF	1
		PDF
Technical and financial details of the proposal	Format C	RTF	5 Hard Copies and also an email to rra@nic.in
		PDF

Institutions, other than Government, are required to attach the following:

• A Copy of registration certificate
• A Copy of Annual report of last 3 years
• A Copy of the Auditor’s report of last 3 years

The proposal may be submitted any time during the Financial year. 

The project should be time-bound, depending upon the nature of the project. Normally duration less than 2 years is preferred.

The project proposals received for assistance would be considered by the ‘Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)’ of the Ministry. The Committee may also take the advice of an internal Screening Committee duly constituted for the purpose and/or the advice of external experts and/or the Ministry concerned with the subject matter. The proposals, which are accepted by the TAC, will be further processed for administrative/financial approval and sanction letter would be issued indicating the amount of assistance under different budget heads, schedule of payment and other conditions of assistance. The institutions receiving the assistance are then required to accept the conditions formally and sign an agreement in a judicial stamp paper of Rupees Ten only or an MoU as the case may be and as per GoI rules. On signing the agreement and its submission, the first installment of assistance would be released. 

List of Projects Supported

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Guidelines for Submission of Project Proposals for Financial Assistance

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Last Updated: 18/11/2011