The training process will deal with various aspects of technology commercial viability, organisational set up, transfer process, technology transfer package, legal issues for commercialization, field support and marketing technology, products and solutions.

'These technology commercial specialists will subsequently work with R&D engineers in the lab to facilitate transfer of technologies from the lab to the manufacturers for bulk production, thus reaching out the benefits of public funded research institutions to the masses,' the statement said.

'The initiative will fill a long standing gap of technology commercialisation knowhow faced by public funded labs in science and technology, defence, telecom, space, agriculture, medicine and other fields,' the statement added.