India, despite its talent pool, has never been a global leader in technological development. Lack of investments in research and development and infrastructure have often been cited as reasons for the country lagging behind in terms of innovation and discoveries.
Things are, however, changing with the concept of partnership between the government, industry and university taking shape. In certain instances it has almost reached a stage of fructification and ready to take the global leadership position in various areas of technology.
A case in point is the prototype development unit in the Samtel Centre for Display Technologies at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. The prototype unit, which was recently dedicated to the nation by Union Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal, is set to become the nursery for India's quest to be leaders in the Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), which are now finding increasing usages as full colour displays in applications such as digital cameras and mobile phones.
