Realising the true value of R&D requires moving beyond citations and patents to deliver tangible, long-term societal outcomes. In this seminar, Aparna Gupta will explore how research ecosystems can operate as a collaborative "team sport," uniting fundamental, use-inspired, and translational researchers in agile, multi-dimensional alignment. Examining strategic frameworks of Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), the session will highlight key pathways in capacity building, industry collaboration, and AI-enabled democratisation (such as SARAL AI) to show how programmatic guidance can steer research breakthroughs toward national self-reliance and economic growth.
About the speaker: Aparna Gupta is Principal Expert, Advisor to the CEO at Anusandhan National Research Foundation, Govt of India. She is also Professor of Quantitative Finance at Lally School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. Her research interests are at the intersection of financial risk management and financial engineering. She has worked on several US NSF, US DoE funded research projects in financial innovations for risk management. She earned her doctorate from Stanford University and her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
