With technology becoming a major driving force for economic growth and all- round development, developing nations need to share technical innovations to strengthen their capabilities, principal scientific advisor to the government, Dr R Chidambaram said. "In today's era of globalisation, technology has become a part of the basic economic planning tools... With Asean and India both moving towards an integrated regional economy, science and technology policy need to be looked from regional perspective,' Dr Chidambaram said inaugurating a two-day Asean-India workshop on