H Purushotham, Chairman & Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation (NRCD) on Friday said, “The three crore Indian MSMEs have an extraordinary opportunity to contribute significantly to the national flagship programmes of the Centre viz the Smart Cities, Make in India, Clean Ganga, Skill India and Digital India campaign provided they focus on Research & Development (R&D), technology upgradation, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and modernisation.” While addressing the MSME Conclave organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at Sector 31 here, he said “It is highly critical for the Indian beleaguered MSMEs which contribute 8% of national GDP, 45% of Manufacturing, 40% of exports, produce more than 6000 products and provide employment to about 7 Crore people to invest in R&D, Patents, and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in order to sustain in the long run.”