FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Technical Research
 Product analysis
(General and specific characteristics properties)
 Commercialized application analysis
 New application – Recently developed application
 Product substitution possibilities
 Patent analysis
Market Research
 Supply scenario
(List of existing manufacturers, present production level, import level)
 Demand scenario
(Annual domestic consumption, sectorwise consumption, regionwise
consumption, unitwise consumption & export demand)
 Gap in supply
(Deficiency in supply/quantity to be imported to meet the present demand)
 Future demand supply forecast
(Growth rate in demand , new project , future gap in supply)...