Lab to Launchpad: How Government Labs Can Ignite India’s Startup Revolution in 2025 – Transform Research into Rockets, or Let Potential Perish!
India’s government labs—behemoths like CSIR (37 institutes, 4,800+ scientists) and DRDO (52 labs, 30,000 personnel)—hold a treasure trove of IP, with 82,811 patents filed in FY23 alone, yet only 15% commercialize, trapping innovation in bureaucratic silos while startups scramble for breakthroughs. Imagine flipping this: Labs as launchpads, via BIRAC’s BioNEST (200+ incubators, Rs 50 lakh…