INDIA

DECADE OF INNOVATIONS
2010-2020 ROADMAP

October 2010

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INTRODUCTION

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INNOVATION DEFINED
 Involves thinking differently, creatively and insightfully
 Enables solutions/ inventions that have an impact on
social and economic value
 Fulfillsunmet needs, not met by conventional
products/processes/ institutional forms
 Moving beyond R&D to mean new applications of old
technologies, new processes & structures,
organisational creativity & more…

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INNOVATION DEFINED

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INNOVATIONS
 People, Culture, Diversity, Ecosystem & Opportunities
drive Innovations
 Innovations are required to develop new Products,
Services, Markets, reduce Costs, improve Efficiency,
Productivity, Performance, Quality, etc
 Innovations are the key to Growth, Prosperity &
Problem solving world over
INNOVATION PILLARS
WEB ADDS NEW DIMENSION
 Web/Internet offers unprecedented opportunities

Related to openness, accessibility, networking

connectivity, democratization, decentralization
 Power of 1 billion connected people vs. 1 billion
unconnected people
 Wireless adds Mobility & Flexibility
 Web provides Video presence & Virtual reality
 Search engines, OSP, OCW, Vlabs, etc. are new tools

to train & engage the young

BACKGROUND
LAST 50 YEARS OF INNOVATIONS
 In the last 50 years Innovations have played a
significant role in improving:
Health, Education, Transport, Communication,
Infrastructure, Energy, Governance, Wealth..
 At the same time there are serious global challenges
related to:
Poverty, Hunger, Environment, Violence, War,
Security, etc.
THE US INNOVATIONS PARADIGM
 In the last 50 years several major scalable innovations
originated in the US:
Transistor, Laser, Fiber optics, Micro Processor, Windows,
DNA, Genetics…
 US provided the ecosystem to breed ideas:
• Large talent pool, Young diverse talent,

• Risk capital, Government Funding, Autonomy, Markets,

• Flexibility, Rule of law, IP framework etc.

 Silicon Valley has been the source of many innovations

INNOVATIONS FOR THE RICH
 Most breakthrough innovations have roots in
defense & related funding
 Best brains in the world are busy solving problems
of the rich who do not have problems to solve
 As a result complex problems of the poor do not
get the right talent
 It is time to change this paradigm
 It is also an opportunity for creating an
“Indian model of Development”
INNOVATIONS IN INDIA
 Indian diversity has been a fertile ground for Innovations
 India has a Long & Rich History & Heritage:
• Invention of Zero and Decimal system,
• Home to one of the three ancient civilisations (Indus Valley
Civilisation)
• Place of origin of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
• Pioneering Universities like Nalanda and Takshshila,
• Architectural and Engineering Marvels such the Iron Pillar in Delhi
• Temples, Taj Mahal, Qutab Minar, works such as Arthshastra,
Rigveda, Upanishads
• Traditional Knowledge Systems in Medicine, Mathematics,
Astronomy, Dance, Music, etc…
INNOVATIONS IN INDIA
 After independence in 1947 Indian innovations have
facilitated Agriculture Revolution, Milk Revolution,
Telecom growth, ICT Export, Space exploration, Atomic
Energy, Defense, Pharma, Biotech, etc.
 Indian Government has invested a great deal in building
institutions & Infrastructures to facilitate innovations.
 Simultaneously appropriate policies & programmes have
been introduced to help foster innovations
CURRENT EFFORTS
 Many players on Multiple fronts:

 National Innovation Foundation

 Honey Bee Network

 Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable

Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI)
 Council for Scientific & Industrial Research

 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

 Education Institutions like IISc, IITs, IIMs, etc

 Technology and Business Incubators

 New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative

 Department of Science and Technology (DST) and more ….

CURRENT EFFORTS
 Techno Entrepreneurs Promotion Program

 Technology Development Board (TDB)

 Home Grown Technology Program (HGT)

 AYUSH: Ayurveda Yoga Naturopathy Unani Siddha and

Homeopathy
 GIAN: Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network

 FRLHT: Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions

 TERI: The Energy and Research Institute

 CII,FICCI, AIMA and others

And many more at national & state levels in Government &

private sector
SOME CHALLENGES
 The researchers in R&D per million people in 2006:

India (119), China (715), South Korea (3723), US (4628)

and Japan (5300)
 R&D expenditure - 0.8 per cent of GDP
 Education , skill & infrastructure need new investments
 Need more productivity from the existing institutions
 Linkages between academia, research and industry need to be
Strengthened
 Innovations in Design need to be expedited:
India’s output in new designs 39 vs. 53,000 in China in 2002
CHALLENGES: SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
 India Ranked 119 of 149 countries in the 2004 Science Citation Index
 India produces only 6,000 PhDs a year in science and 1,000 in
engineering
 Less than 20 % of public support for R&D is for civilian applications
 Indian Institute of Technology was granted 3-6 patents a year compared
with 64 for the Stanford and 102 for the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (McKinsey)
 According to WIPO statistics (2009) India was granted 7,539 patents
while the equivalent number for Japan was 1,64,954, the US was
1,57,283, the Republic of Korea was 1,23,705, and China was 67,948
 In 2006, India had 119 researchers in R&D per million people, while China
had 715, South Korea had 3723, US had 4628 and Japan had 5300
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS:
S&T
SOME OPPORTUNITIES
 Organisational flexibility
 Increased collaborations
 Patent protection
 Young talent pool
 Diaspora talent pool
 Traditional knowledge based Products & Services
 Low cost robust Broadband ICT infrastructure
 Grassroots/low cost innovations
 Inclusive/BOP/Scalable innovations
 Global markets
OPPORTUNITIES IN ICT
 ICT has been a major success story for India
 India leads the world in the Out sourcing business
 IT-BPO industry revenue is around US $ 7o billion/Yr
 India has around 500 million phones now & is
projected to have over 750 million in 2012
 India has only 7 million broadband connections &
needs 100 million
 The next ICT benefits will come from Broadband,

Government, applications & public delivery systems

ICT: TELECOM
INCLUSIVE INNOVATION: THE INDIAN
MODEL
 Innovation paradigm to focus on inclusive
innovation for/of & by the people at the BoP
 Focus on ‘frugal innovation’ that produces
products and services that are affordable by
more people at low levels of income, without
compromising quality
 Need innovation processes that are ‘frugal’ in
terms of the resources required & have a
‘frugal’ impact on the earth’s resources

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FROM ‘JUGAAD’ TO FRUGAL ENGINEERING

 Existing culture of improvisational innovation or ‘jugaad’

driven by scarce resources & customers’ needs
 Informal improvisation needs to be scaled up to a system
based on frugal engineering geared towards Indian
needs
 Would drive disruptive innovations in sectors such as
health, education, housing etc. to meet the needs of
many. For example the $2000 Tata Nano or the $2000
open-heart surgery at Narayana Hrudayalaya

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STRATEGY

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INNOVATION PENTAGON

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 STRATEGY
 Provide broader PLATFORM for Innovations everywhere to include:

1. Products
2. Services
3. Organisations & Institutions
4. Processes
5. Research and Development
6. Science & Technology
7. Governance
8. Social and Cultural
9. Mindset
10. National/ State/ Sectoral Councils

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 STRATEGY
 Encourage Innovations for INCLUSION aimed at the Bottom Of the
Pyramid:
1. Awareness
2. Access
3. Affordability
4. Availability
5. Scalability
6. Sustainability
7. Quality
8. Pervasive Growth
9. Innovations for/by the people
10. Innovations for the BOP

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 STRATEGY
 Foster necessary ECO SYSTEM

1. Incentives & Awards

2. Innovation clusters at universities
3. Innovative business clusters
4. Innovation in MSMEs
5. Organisational Autonomy & Flexibility
6. Policies & Programmes
7. New Institutions
8. Risk/ Venture Capital
9. IPR/ Patents
10. Web & ICT as tools

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 STRATEGY
 Focus on DRIVERS

1. Multidisciplinary
2. Collaborative
3. Disruptive
4. Generational Change vs. Incremental Change
5. Durable vs. Disposable
6. Need vs. Demand
7. Nature as Nurture
8. Locally Relevant
9. Globally Connected and Competitive
10. Focus at the Edge

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STRATEGY
 Expand Space for Discourse on Innovation in the country
by:
1. Discussions
2. Debates
3. Seminars
4. Conferences
5. Best Practices
6. Subversive Dialogue
7. Irreverent Dialogue
8. New Ideas
9. Media
10. Innovation Portal

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 STRATEGY: IMPACT
 The five-pronged focus will foster innovations by:
 Democratising Information
 Identifying and empowering domain experts at National, State & District
levels
 Ensuring institutional autonomy, freedom, flexibility, accountability and
transparency
 Increasing community and public participation at all levels
 Improving Governance & Planning

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 Disparity Demography

- Rich & Poor - 550 million below

- Urban & 25
rural years
- Educated & - Health, Nutrition
Uneducated - Education, Jobs

Development

- Expedite the
process &
create new
methods &
new models
MULTIPLE DEMANDS
 Female literacy
 Infant mortality
 Water & Sanitation
 Food & Nutrition
 Health for all
 Education for all
 Alternate energy
 Droughts & Floods
 Security & Safety
MULTIPLE DEMANDS
 Scientific Temper
 Implementation
 Improved services
 Better Governance
 District level Development
 Maintenance
 Dignity of Labor
 Process Re-engineering…
 And More…..
ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY

 Technology as a
tool for problem
solving
Technology an
entry point to
increase
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
 Government can:
 Drive innovation through education policy and skill
development
 Improve governance and re-engineer public service
delivery by innovating within its own structures
 Create a roadmap for Inclusive Innovation
 Facilitate connections between universities,
manufacturers, users and regulators
 Drive high quality research, basic research & Business
Innovations
 Bring appropriate Defense research to consumer market
 Promote Innovative Policies & Places
 Provide appropriate infrastructures
 Facilitate exchange of innovations between public and
private sectors
 Initiate Nation wide innovation movement
SOME INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES BY GOVERNMENT

Need improved processes, coordination, collaboration,

communication & implementation
NEW INITIATIVES
NEW INITIATIVES
 National Knowledge Network
 Education
 Health
 Panchayats
 Judiciary
 E-Office
 Railways
 E-Governance
 National Advisory Council
 Others
NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
NETWORK
 Government building IP Network with gigabit capabilities to
connect 1500 plus nodes across the country for Education and
Research to expand, excel & collaborate
 All universities will be included in this
 First phase of NKN is operational with 2.5 gigabits for

57 institutions, 43 virtual classrooms, 95 crores allocated

 In Final phase 550 institutions to be connected by March 2011
 NKN to consolidate multiple networks in the country
 NKN to provide new virtual network facilities
 NKN to be the backbone for the Education, health, Research
and multiple applications for the future
EDUCATION
 Expansion, Excellence, Equity & Access
 Higher Education Council for Regulatory Reforms
 National Mission on Vocational Education
 More IITs, IIMs, Colleges, Schools & investments
 16 New National Universities & Multidisciplinary Ed
 14 New Innovation Universities
 More students in Maths ,Science &PhD
 Distance learning & Technology in Education
 Open course ware , Corse wise credit, New models
 Private & Foreign partnerships
HEALTH
 Rural Health Mission
 National Health Portal
 Health Literacy
 National Health Information Network & vault to
connect all health institutions and care centres
 Electronic Health Record
 Nationwide Emergency Medical Services
 Public Health/PHC & Traditional Systems
 Low cost – medicine, facilities & care
 Research in Health Systems ,Biotech, Genetics, etc
PANCHAYATS
 To facilitate inclusive growth for ‘Aam Aadmi’ devolve
greater power & autonomy to panchayats for selection,
approvals and execution of social sector schemes
 Connect 250,000 Panchayats to National Broadband
Infrastructure
 Create Information Infrastructure at Panchayat level for
capacity building, productivity, efficiency, transparency,
training, social audit, etc
 Improve processes and procedures to reflect local needs
& decentralization
E-LEGAL
 Use ICT to reduce time to justice from 15 years to 3
 Create National Arrears Grid/ database
 Identify & solve current lags & bottlenecks
 Reengineer legal/ Judiciary processes
 Define new policies and procedures
 Focus on Human Resource development
 Develop Infrastructure to enhance efficiency
 Leverage ICT technology & tools
E-OFFICE
 Under the aegis of the Department of IT, the National
Informatics Centre has designed a e-office software to
replace paper files in the Government of India with a virtual
filing system.
 For smooth transition the software has been created with a
user friendly design interface
 This innovative system will create paperless government,
efficiency and transparency in the system
 The project is currently at the pilot stage in certain
Government departments
RAILWAYS
 Implement real time System to monitor Train Schedules
 Implement Modern Electronic Signaling System
 Implement real time Freight Management System
 Provide paperless ticketing & incentives on Mobile Phones

 Use Railways’ Fiber (OFN) to connect 50K to 70K Panchayats &

Consumers to Broadband functionalities
 Launch dedicated TV channel & Satellite
 Launch program to modernize Toilet Systems
 Identify Public Private Partnership to Modernize Stations

 Provide Health delivery and Diagnostic centers at Stations

 Provide Vocational Education facilities at stations
E-GOVERNANCE
 Enhance Access & Quality of Public services
 Reduce Transaction time & cost
 Increase Transparency
 Reengineer Government processes
 Standardize Platforms for service delivery
 Use Web to scale, secure & minimize data centers
 Link UID to public services
 Implement e-office for paperless files & documentation
 Empower all citizens
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES
UK INNOVATIONS
 Central organization to coordinate innovation strategy
 Higher Education Innovation Fund for knowledge transfer
from HE to business and public sector
 National Skills Academy in crucial sectors of the economy
 Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) to deliver tailored
business support products at a regional level
 UK Government’s Venture Capital Fund of 150 million pounds
($246 million) to kick start British technology investment
and the ailing business sector
 The Public Service Innovation Laboratory -NESTA to form the
centre of an open and collaborative approach to develop the
radical innovations that will transform public services
LESSONS FROM UK
 Strategy driven by the Department of Innovation, Universities
and Skills (DIUS)
 Other strategic organisations driving innovation and coordinating
government effort
 Technology Strategy Board (TSB)

 Regional Development Agencies (RDA)

 Devolved Administrations (DAs)

 UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO)

 Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)

 National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)

US INNOVATIONS
 Bayh Dole Act 1980 allowed universities to patent innovations that grew out
of government-funded basic research
 Small Business Innovation Development Act in 1982—established the rule for
federal agencies to commit 2.5 percent of their extramural research budgets
to the Small Business Innovation Research program
 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is tasked with
maintaining U.S. technological superiority, and has a history of creating new
industries in information technology and advanced manufacturing
 Three key science agencies coordinate S&T and innovation: the National
Science Foundation, the Department of Energy's Office of Science, and the
National Institutes of Standards and Technology
 New Innovation Strategy underlined in the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
 In the Recovery Act the President has committed over $100 billion to support
groundbreaking innovation with investments in energy, basic research,
education and training, infrastructure, advanced vehicle technology,
innovative programs, health IT and health research, high speed rail, smart
grid, and information technology .
LESSONS FROM US
 Patent Reform and Legal Framework
 R&D Funding: Government aims to invest 18.3 billion in research
funding, the largest annual increase in research and development in
America’s history
 Education and Skills:
 Investment of $200 billion over the next decade for scholarships and
tax credits to help students complete college
 Using the $4 billion Race to the Top in America’s Schools fund to
encourage states to put STEM at the center of their reform efforts
 Proposed investment of up to $500 million over the next 10 years to
create world-class online courses available at community colleges
 Creation of Regional innovation Clusters
 White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation to grow
the marketplace for community innovations
 First Social Innovation Fund to identify results-oriented non-profit
programs and provide the capital needed to replicate their success in
communities
 The Recovery Act provides over $19 billion in investments to modernize
health information technology
 Support for SMEs & Defense innovations
CHINA INNOVATIONS
 China’s National Medium- and Long-Term Science and Development
Plan (MLP) 2006-2020 aims to make it an innovation nation and create a
National Innovation System
 The Plan aims to raise the ratio of R&D to GDP to 2% by 2010 and to 2.5% or
more by 2020
 The plan calls for China’s overall reliance on foreign technology to “decline
below 30 percent” from an estimated 60 percent in 2006.
 The MLP also directs that the number of patents and leading academic papers
from Chinese nationals will rank among the top five in the world by 2020
 Innovation Drivers: Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education,
State Council and NDRC (National Development and Reform Commission)
departments, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Chinese
Academy of Sciences
 Key Players:
 Government Research Institutes
 Higher Education
 Business Sector
LESSONS FROM CHINA
 R&D spending has increased at a stunning annual rate of almost 19% since
1995 and reached USD 30 billion in 2005, the sixth largest worldwide
 Government funding for government research institutes and the higher
education sector to support basic and applied research has driven
innovation
 Role of Higher Education sector in establishing academia-industry linkages
 Role of Business sector as largest R&D performer in terms of inputs, outputs
and patent applications
 Government to focus on building up innovation capability and creating more
IPR on the basis of extensive utilization of resources worldwide
 Technological support and tax incentives to small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs)
 Move towards Indigenous Innovation
 Technology Markets to facilitate Industry-Science relationship. These are
physical entities set up to facilitate technology transactions between sellers
and buyers of technology and technological services
CHINA INDIGENOUS INNOVATION
 MLP defined indigenous innovation as ‘enhancing original innovation through co-innovation
and re-innovation based on the assimilation of imported technologies’
 Focus on replacing foreign technology in such “core infrastructure” as banking and
telecommunications systems. That means products like integrated circuits, operating software,
switches and routers, database management and encryption systems.
 Patent rules now make it easier for domestic retaliation by Chinese companies which face
overseas Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) lawsuits from foreign competitors; incentivise filing
of patents by Chinese companies
 Product testing and approval regimes are geared to delay the introduction of foreign imports
into China, and to study foreign designs and production processes before the products cross
the border
 A refocus on state-industry monopolies and controlled competition privileges accompanied the
enactment of an anti-monopoly law that aims to protect domestic companies
 Preferential Government procurement policies and industrial and technology standards serve
to promote products designed and produced in China
CHINA INDIGENOUS INNOVATION
 MLP detailed preferences for domestic goods and service providers.
 A September 2006 tax bureau “Circular on Preferential Tax Policies for Innovation
Enterprises” offered two year exemption of enterprise income tax.
 The December 2006 “Administrative Measures on the Accreditation of National
Indigenous Innovation Products” outlined the plans for creating national indigenous
innovation product catalogues
 The May 2007 “Measures for Administration of Government Procurement Budgets
for Indigenous Innovation Products” warned government at all levels to develop
specific indigenous innovation procurement plans or they would lose procurement
funds.
 In May 2007, “Measures for Assessment of Government Procurement of Indigenous
Innovation Products” lowered government procurement supplier qualification
standards for companies doing indigenous innovation.
CHINA INDIGENOUS INNOVATION
 In December 2007, MOF issued “Measures for the Administration of Government
Procurement of Imported Products” which directed that approval by a board of
experts is necessary for government entities to purchase imported goods. It called for
favouring foreign suppliers that provide the domestic industry with technology
transfers and training services.
 A January 2008 “Enterprise Income Tax Law” offered a preferential rate of 15 percent
to high-tech enterprises designated by the government as indigenous innovation
companies because they developed and owned their intellectual property.
 On November 15, 2009 with the release of the public draft of the “Circular on
Carrying Out the Work on Accreditation of National Indigenous Innovation Products,”
known as Circular 618, MOST, the NDRC and MOF issued the joint circular announcing
the creation of a new national-level catalogue of products that will receive
preferential treatment in government procurement.
LESSONS FROM ISRAEL

 Eco-system for innovation created through

government policies, private initiative & start up
culture
 Government push for developing the domestic
venture capital industry through schemes such
as Yozma
 High level of investment in R&D
 Room for failure
OTHER COUNTRIES
GLOBAL LESSONS
 In 2003, the world’s largest companies spent $70.6 billion in R&D
outside their home countries, up from $33.9 billion in 1995
 Around 2.5 million students were studying outside their home
country in 2004, up from 1.75 million in 1999
 Global Exchanges develop “Absorptive capacities” which help
places channel global flows into their local economies and become
even more connected to the global economy in return
 New hotspots of innovation being created beyond the US and
Europe: Sao Paolo in Brazil, Shanghai in China and Bangalore in
India
 Global research and faculty linkages: UK-India Science and
Innovation Council; UK-India Education and Research Initiative
(UKIERI), US-India Business Council, proposed US-India Education
Council
 Global Research and Innovation Forum for coordination
 Global Grassroots Innovation Platforms
KEY INITIATIVES

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1. INNOVATION COUNCILS
 To help Implement National Strategy & Prepare Roadmap
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NATIONAL INNOVATION COUNCIL
(NInC
A. ) a Roadmap for Innovation for 2010-2020
Formulate
B. Create a Framework for:
 Evolving an Indian model of innovation with focus on inclusive growth
 Delineating policy initiatives within the Government, required to spur innovation
 Developing and championing innovation attitudes and approaches
 Creating appropriate eco-systems and environment to foster inclusive innovation
 Exploring new strategies and alternatives for innovations & collaborations
 Identifying ways and means to scale and sustain innovations
 Encouraging Central and State Governments to innovate
 Encouraging universities and R&D institutions to innovate
 Facilitating innovations by SMEs
 Encouraging all important sectors of the economy to innovate
 Encouraging innovation in public service delivery
 Encouraging multidisciplinary and globally competitive approaches for innovations
A. Promote setting up of State and Sector Innovation Councils to help
implement strategies for innovation in states and specific sectors

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NInC: LIST OF MEMBERS
 Shri Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the
Prime Minister, PIII
 Shri Arun Maira, Member, Planning
Commission
 Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Member,
Planning Commission
 Dr. Ramesh Mashelkar, Former DG,
CSIR
 Shri Kiran Karnik, former
President,
NASSCOM
 Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Founder,
Narayana Hrudayalaya
 Shri R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive
Director, Tata Sons
 Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw,
Chairman and MD, Biocon
 Shri Shekhar Kapur, Film Director and
Producer
 Shri Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman, CA
Technologies
 Dr. Anil K. Gupta, Executive Vice
Chair, National Innovation Foundation
 Dr. Sujatha Ramadorai, Professor, TIFR
 Shri Chandrajit Banerjee, Director
General, Cll
 Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI
 Dr. Samir Brahmachari, DG, CSIR
 Dr. Sanjay Dhande, Director, IIT Kanpur
 Shri R. Gopalakrishnan, Additional
Secretary, PMO (Member-Secretary)
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STATE INNOVATION COUNCILS
 SICs will do at the State level mostly what NInC will do at the national level

 Support the State Government to innovate

 Encourage local Universities, Colleges, MSMEs, R&D Institutes

 Provide SWOT analysis of the Innovation in the State

 Identify, Promote and Reward talent & disseminate success stories

 Organize seminars, lectures, workshops on innovation to educate

 Help build Innovation Eco-Systems

 Organise Risk capital

 Prepare Innovation Roadmaps 2010-2020 for the State

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SECTORAL INNOVATION
COUNCILS
 Focus on Innovations in a specific sector
 Collaborate with the Ministry and the Industry
 Provide SWOT analysis

 Monitor Globally Competitive landscape

 Identify, reward and promote talent & disseminate success stories
 Collaborate with Universities and R&D labs
 Help build Innovation Eco system in the sector
 Prepare & help Implement Innovation Roadmaps

2010-2020 for the sector in the country

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PROPOSED AREAS:
SECTORAL INNOVATION COUNCILS
 Education  Service Delivery (Govt, NGO,
 Health Private)
 Energy  Design

 Water  Creative
 Food Industries/Entertainment/Me
dia
 Environment
 Science and Technology
 Agriculture
 Manufacturing
 Transport
 Rural Development
 ICT

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PROPOSED AREAS:
SECTORAL INNOVATION COUNCILS
 Biotech  Automobile  Transport
 Nanotech  Gems and Jewellery (Aviation, Railways,
 Genetics Water, Road)
 Chemicals
 Robotics and AI  Defence
 Agro Foods
 GIS  Quality Testing,
 Natural resources
 Sensors Certification and
 Waste Management
 Materials Assurance
 Sanitation
 Space  Patents and
 Ocean  Urbanisation
Commercialisation
 Construction  Disaster Management of innovations
 Textiles  Pharmaceuticals  Exports
 Tourism & Hospitality
 Traditional
Knowledge
 North East

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‘INNOVATION SANDBOX’
 Create Innovation Sandbox for each sector with
core team and key strategies
 Sandbox to create parameters for innovation in
each sector
 To provide framework of functioning and
standards for scalability
2. NATIONAL INNOVATION PORTAL
 Information related to innovations and innovators in a single repository
for prospective innovators and policy makers
 Platform for idea exchange
 Platform for fostering industry-academia partnerships, and national and
global collaborations
 Dissemination of information on innovations across sectors and in states

 Outreach medium to publicise and announce Awards and Challenges

 Similar portals on core sectors such as water, energy, environment,

biodiversity have been successfully facilitated by the National Knowledge
Commission

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3. INNOVATION ECO-SYSTEM
 Innovation is the result of a complex interplay of dynamics among various
players such as
 Government
 Firms
 Schools/ Education and Research Institutions
 Finance
 Individual Innovators
 Customers/users
 NGOs / Civil Society/ Grassroots organisations
 Media
 Policies and activities in these domains, as well as the interaction among these
players influence the innovation eco-system
 NInC can act as a catalyst for stimulating the innovation eco-system by
 Empowering people to innovate
 Providing Policy Direction
 Identifying knowledge/ innovation flows and gaps
 Providing a collaborative platform for existing innovators
 Applying innovation to address social and development challenges
 Stimulating innovation at National/ State and Sectoral levels

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4. INCLUSIVE INNOVATION FUND
 Establish an autonomous Rs. 5000 crore (US $1 Billion) Inclusive
Innovation Fund
 To encourage commercialisation efforts for generating inclusive growth
 To encourage VCs and angel investors for designing solutions for BoP
with a focus on
 Livelihood opportunities
 Skills and sustainable services
 To be structured as a ‘Fund of Funds’ with seed capital from Government
and built up by investment from private/public sector enterprises, banks,
FIIs, HNIs and overseas investors
 Will primarily operate as a fund of funds, investing in intermediate
funds / institutions which will make the end investment in the chosen
areas and also invest directly in ventures
 To be based on a PPP model, structured to achieve a 10 to 20 fold
multiplier on government investment

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Model

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5. INNOVATION CLUSTERS
 Driving the innovation agenda nationally would require strengthening
regional capacity for innovation
 It is proposed to identify 20 innovation clusters across the country to
develop and support innovation, especially inclusive innovation
 These will enable interconnections between intellectual, financial,
human and creative capital as well as unleash latent potential
 This requires an Innovation Roadmap that focuses federal and state,
public and private funding on creating and sustaining regional anchors
throughout the innovation economy

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6. INNOVATION CENTRES IN
UNIVERSITIES
 Industry-academia linkages are critical for a thriving
innovation eco-system
 To enable this NInC will identify and facilitate the
development of 20 innovation hubs at Universities in
India
 The idea would be to go beyond IITs and established
institutions
 This would spur the young innovators in the country

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7. COLLABORATION, TRAINING &
RESEARCH
 Fostering a culture of innovations requires mechanisms for
collaboration, training and research
 The Councils will bring key stakeholders together to analyse
problems and recommend solutions
 The clusters – physical and virtual – will create support systems and
infrastructure for innovators
 The Innovation Fund would provide the right resources and incentives

 The Innovation Portal would provide a platform for collaboration,

sharing and support by creating right synergies
 These linkages, knowledge exchanges and support mechanisms in
the system will enable ideas to be transformed into innovative
outputs

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8. MULTIPLE ROADMAPS
 The core ideas, strategies and recommendations devised
at the national, state and sectoral levels will be crystalised
in the form of Roadmaps
 These will provide action points and policy inputs to the
government for innovation focused on inclusive growth at
the National level, State levels and in each identified
domain and sector
 These roadmaps will be created at the national level by the
National Innovation Council, at the state level by the State
councils and in each sector by the Sectoral Councils or sub
groups identified by the Sectoral Councils

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9. OUTREACH
 National Innovation Portal
 Papers, Reports, Books, DVDs
 Conferences, Seminars, Workshops
 University, College, Business Interactions
 Innovation Funds & Venture capital
 Awards & Competitions
 Collaboration with Industry Associations
 Public Broadcasting Platforms: DD radio/TV
 Social networks/ Mobile/Web……

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10. INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS
 NInC will develop platforms for collaboration and
engagement with other countries to understand their
views, ideas and strategies for strengthening the
innovation eco-system
 These cross-cultural exchanges will stimulate and add
value to our views on innovation
 These collaborations could be in the form of inter-
ministerial exchanges, bilateral exchange forums or
through facilitating linkages at the grassroots level.

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CONSULTATIONS
 Government  Professionals
 Political Parties  Indian Science Community
 Ministry of S&T and associations
 Indian Industry Associations
 Science Advisory Council to
the PM – CII, FICCI, AIMA, etc.
 Think Tanks and Innovation
 HRD
Organizations
 Ministry of Information and
 NGOs
Communications Technology
 Multilateral Agencies
 Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare
 Ministry of Railways  Regional/ National/
 Ministry of Law and Justice International Consultations
 NIC
 Planning Commission
 PMO
 State Governments

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UNIQUE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

 Redefine Innovation Paradigm beyond R&D

 Focus on Inclusive Innovations
 Create innovation roadmaps across sectors
 Create necessary ecosystem, talent & funding
 Use ICT/Web as entry point for delivery
 Build scalable and sustainable Indian model
WAY FORWARD: NInC
 Focus on implementation of key initiatives
 Focus on identifying the learning agenda of the Council
 Outline modalities of proposed Inclusive Innovation Fund
 Fund to be a platform for garnering innovative ideas from the public and for
proposing innovation challenges for the country
 Outline concept of a Reality show for promoting innovation in the country
 Delineate a strategy for instituting innovation awards and competitions
 Popularising the National Innovation Portal (http://innovation.gov.in)

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