Technology Readiness Level: An Assessment of the Usefulness of this Scale for Translational Research

By : Sujit Bhattacharya , Vipan Kumar , Shiv Narayan Nishad

Page No: 112-124

Abstract
Technology assessment at different stages of a ‘technology development cycle’ is critical for successful technology development and deployment. One of the useful frame works for technology assessment is the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale. This paper draws attention to the evolution of this scale, making an implicit argument that revisiting the technologies developed in India through a suitably modified TRL scale can provide a useful direction for technology development and in translation/commercialization. It highlights the CSIR TRL assessment to show how the scale is developed in actual practice. It concludes with the challenges that need to be addressed while implementing this scale.

Authors :
Sujit Bhattacharya
CSIR National Institute of Science, Communication and Policy Research, K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110012.

Vipan Kumar
CSIR National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110012.

Shiv Narayan Nishad
CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, Krishnan Marg, New Delhi.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/PROD.2021.62.02.2