According to NEP 2020, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will focus on research and innovation by setting up

NEP 2020 urges higher education institutions to drive research and innovation by establishing start-up incubation centres, technology development centres and greater industry-academic linkages.

Statement 2 start-up incubation centres nurture student and faculty ventures into viable enterprises.

Statement 3 technology development centres translate laboratory work into usable technologies and products.

Statement 4 greater industry-academic linkages align research with real economic and employment needs.

Statement 1 holistic development centres and Statement 5 centres of performing arts serve all-round and cultural growth, not the research-innovation thrust asked here.

The policy also envisages a National Research Foundation to fund and mentor quality research across disciplines.