DECADE OF INNOVATIONS 2010-2020 ROADMAP

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INDIA
DECADE OF INNOVATIONS
2010-2020 ROADMAP
May 2013

2. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations
India’s Decade of Innovations
 Government of India has declared 2010-2020 as the ‘Decade
of Innovation’, with a focus on inclusive growth
 To help Implement National Strategy & Prepare Roadmap
for the decade 2010-2020 the Prime Minister has set up a
National Innovation Council (NInC)
 NInC would create a cross cutting system to provide policies,
recommendations and methodologies to boost innovation
performance in the country with a focus on Indian Model of
Innovation
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National Innovation Council (NInC)
A. Formulate a Roadmap for Innovation for 2010-2020
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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For more information on our initiatives, visit www.innovationcouncil.gov.in

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INNOVATION DEFINED
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Innovation Defined
 Involves thinking differently, creatively and insightfully
 Enables solutions/ inventions that have an impact on social
and economic value
 Fulfills unmet 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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•Products
•Services
•Processes
•Organization
•Governance
•Social sector
•Urban/Rural
•Public
•National
•International
•Private Sector/ NGO
•Individual
•Institution
•Big/ Small
Innovations redefine everything
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Innovation

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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
 Transform from a knowledge-producing economy to a
knowledge-sharing society that will have relevance to many
parts of the world

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Innovation Strategy

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Strategy
 Provide broader PLATFORM for Innovations everywhere to
include:
1. Products
2. Services
3. Organizations & 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. Organizational 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. India Innovation Portal

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Strategy: Impact
 The five-pronged focus will foster innovations by:
 Democratizing 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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NInC’s KEY INITIATIVES
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 To help Implement National Strategy & Prepare
Roadmap for the Decade 2010-2020:
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Institutional Framework:
Innovation Councils

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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 promote innovation in the State
 Encourage young talent and local universities, colleges, Medium and Small
Scale Industries (MSME), R&D Institutes
 Map opportunities for innovation in the State
 Identify, Promote and Reward talent in innovation & 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
 Status: 22 States have constituted State Innovation Council

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Sectoral Innovation Councils
 Map opportunities for innovation in the sector
 Help create innovation eco-systems
 Encourage young talent and local universities, colleges, industries, R&D
institutes
 Identify and reward talent in innovation and disseminate success stories
 Organize seminars, lectures, workshops on innovation
 Provide support to promote innovation in your sector
 Encourage innovations in public service delivery
 Prepare a Sectoral Roadmap for Innovation 2010-2020 for the sector in
the country
 25 Sectoral Innovation Councils have been constituted

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Financing Innovation:
India Inclusive Innovation Fund
 NInC wishes to establish a Rs 5000 cr (US $1 Billion) autonomous Innovation Fund
to back Bottom-of-the-Pyramid innovation in phases
 Government seeded (20%), privately invested (80%)
 Will invest in innovative, low-cost products and services to the poor: education,
health, agriculture, water and sanitation, energy
 Product innovation, business model innovation, service innovation
 Professionally managed as a for profit entity, combining social returns with (lower-
than-usual) financial returns
 Mentoring/Skill development to build entrepreneurial capacity
 The Hon’ble Finance Minister announced an initial contribution of Rs. 100 crore (US
$20 million) as seed money for the fund on 15th
November 2011.
 Contributions are expected from DFID UK, Public Sector Banks, PSUs and private
sector
 First close of the Fund to be announced in July –August 2013

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Improving Jobs, Productivity and
Competitiveness: Industry Innovation Clusters
 Driving the innovation agenda nationally would require
strengthening regional capacity for innovation
 It is proposed to identify 100 Industry Innovation Clusters
across the country to develop and support innovation in
2013
 These will enable interconnections between intellectual,
financial, human and creative capital as well as unleash
latent potential by galvanising innovation around Cluster
Innovation Centres
 An initial pilot in 7 identified industry clusters and 2
University clusters is currently underway

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Innovation Clusters: The Vision
• Connected Ecosystem
• Nexus for Collaborations,
R&D, Networking, Sharing
• Expand Role of Industry
Associations
• Not Govt-driven just a
kick-starter and facilitator
• Self-sustaining
responsibility

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Innovation Clusters: The Execution
Model
CIC – The connector
• All “internal” units
• All “external” orgs
• Collaboration,
cooperation, networking
CIC – The channel
• R&D, Skills, Mentors,
Financiers , Experts
CIC – The leadership
• Catalyze, facilitate and
manage innovation
activities on daily basis
CIC
Role of the
Cluster Innovation Center
(CIC)

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Pilot Clusters
Agartala, Tripura
Sector : Bamboo
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Sector : Brassware
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Sector : Life Sciences
Faridabad, Haryana
Sector : Auto Components
Ernakulam, Kerala
Sector : Furniture
Krishnagiri, Tamilnadu
Sector : Food Processing
Thrissur, Kerala
Sector : Ayurveda

25. Innovation Cluster | Krishnagiri: Food Processing
NATIONAL INNOVATION COUNCIL

26. Innovation Cluster | Ernakulam: Furniture
NATIONAL INNOVATION COUNCIL

27. Innovation Cluster | Tripura: Bamboo
NATIONAL INNOVATION COUNCIL

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Nurturing Innovation through
Education
 Promoting innovation in schools and colleges by intervening in curriculum, talent-
spotting of innovators among students and award of Innovation Fellowships
 Setting up an Innovation Centre in each DIET (District Institute of Education and
Training)
 Mapping of Local History, Ecology and Cultural Heritage by each High School in the
country to create critical thinking
 Creation of a Meta University, as a global first, that rides on the National
Knowledge Network to promote multi-disciplinary learning,
 Setting up twenty Design Innovation Centres co-located in Institutes of National
Importance
 Facilitating the creation of innovation ecosystems at Universities through
University Innovation Clusters
 Ministry of Human Resource Development has green-lighted the three proposals of
awarding Innovation fellowships; mapping of local history, ecology by high schools
and creation of a Meta University

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National Innovation Scholarships
 Initiative to institutionalise innovative thinking in youth.
 Scholarships for 1000 exceptionally innovative students across India,
every year.
 Awardees will be from Classes VIII to XII (or similar age group, for
children not attending regular schools, or out of school).
 Rs 25,000 per year, for each awardee student, for each year from
Classes VIII to Classes XII.
 Scholarship will encourage problem-solving and innovative thinking.
Annual ‘innovation camps’ to groom, mentor, and network young
innovators.
 Operationalised by National Innovation Foundation. Modalities being
developed by joint committee of National Innovation Council, Ministry
of Human Resource Development; for launch of first batch in 2013.

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Design Innovation Centres
 The National Innovation Council has been developing a
proposal under the aegis of the Ministry of Human
Resource Development (MHRD) for setting up a network
of Design Innovation Centres as new models of design
education, co-located in Institutes of National
Importance
 Co-location in campuses of national repute like IITs/NITs
will help leverage academic and industry resources and
give a boost to design capacity in the country.

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Design Innovation Centres: Key
Features
 DICs will be specialised design research institutions
 DICs should be co-located in existing educational and research
institutions that do not currently have a design programme, thereby
infusing the principles of design thinking into academic institutions.
 The underlying mandate of each DIC would be to scout for
innovation opportunities in both economic and social domains, and
to determine priorities for action in a structured but open process
 DICs may chose to have a regional focus (local crafts/local industry/
environmental needs/skill development needs, etc.), and/or could
focus on the host institution’s core function.

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Design Innovation Centres: Key
Features
 DICs will be free to network and partner with other institutions, and
will not be limited in any way by their being co-located with the host
institution.
 In addition to sharing faculty with host institutions, their own
permanent staff, DICs will have rotating faculty comprising of
working professionals from varied educational and professional
backgrounds, as well as international faculty through extensive ties
with leading design institutions across the world.
 DICs will promote collaborative learning between students of the
DIC and of the host institution.

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Design Innovation Centres: Status
 In the 12th
Five Year Plan the Ministry of HRD has
approved 5 host institutions for the first five Design
Innovation Centres to be set up in the financial year
2012-2013
 These include: IIT- Bombay, IIT-Delhi, IIT-Guwahati, IISC-
Bangalore, and the University of Delhi. The
implementation plan is currently being discussed with
MHRD and NInC has also suggested an Advisory
Committee for this purpose to be created under the
purview of the Ministry.

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Tod-Fod-Jod
 NInC has come up with the concept of Top-Fod-Jod
workshops at schools and colleges to
 Excite young minds to understand the technology behind
articles/devices of daily use by dismantling them
 Encourage them to put together ‘jugaad’ solutions for local
problems
 Encourage hands-on learning of science
 Numerous Tod-Fod-Jod Sessions with schools, both urban
and rural, are planned in 2013
 Discussions underway with MHRD for nation wide roll out

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Advocacy and Communication for Innovation:
India 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, interactive communities
 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
 Portal launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 15th
November 2011:
www.innovation.gov.in
 An online Platform to conduct Grand Challenges to promote innovations to be
launched

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Call for Proposals for Reducing
Drudgery
 NInC had announced an innovation Challenge to reduce worker
drudgery in October 2011
 468 proposals were received and 6 were awarded for their
innovations by Shri Jairam Ramesh, Kumari Selja, and Shri Sam
Pitroda at a function on 4th April 2012
 PM appraised of the innovations and the need for appropriate
policy interventions
 Indian Step and Business Incubators Association (ISBA) and
Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) supporting these
entrepreneurs to convert their proposals into a business plan

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One MP One Idea
 NInC initiative to foster a grassroots bottoms-up approach
to innovation and to arrive at solutions for local problems
 Through this competition, every MP will be encouraged to
become the ‘champion of innovation’ in his/her
constituency by holding the ‘One MP-One Idea’
competition
 Cash awards of Rs. 2.5 lakh, Rs. 1.5 lakh and Rs. 1 Lakh to
be awarded to the winners from the MPLADS
 Approved for all Lok Sabha MPs in May 2012 by Ministry
of Statistics and Programme Implementation

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Science Museums
 NInC is working with the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)
and the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) to promote
innovation in Museums through:
 Creating Innovation Spaces
 Promoting Interactive Exhibits
 Encouraging outreach activities
 7 Pilots of Innovation Spaces to be set up by December 2012
 Pilot effort at: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, North-East to be
led by NCSM
 Pilot at Sawai Madhopur to be led by NMNH
 Pilot at Ahmedabad to led by Vikram Sarabhai Communcity Science
Centre (VASCSC)

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Partnering for Innovation:
Collaboration and Networks
 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
 As a first NInC hosted a Global Innovation Roundtable on 14th
-15th
November 2011 where heads of innovation policy from 15
countries came together to share innovation perspectives.
 A Follow up Roundtable was hosted on 1st
and 2nd
November 2012
 Post Roundtable we are receiving multiple proposals on
collaboration from interested countries

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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 India Inclusive Innovation Fund would provide the right resources
and incentives
 The India 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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Multiple Roadmaps
 The core ideas, strategies and recommendations devised at the
national, state and sectoral levels will be crystallized 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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Consultations
 Government
 Political Parties
 Ministry of Finance
 Ministry of S&T
 Ministry HRD
 Ministry of Information and
Communications Technology
 Ministry of MSME
 Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare
 Ministry of Railways
 Ministry of Law and Justice
 Scientific Advisory Council to the
PM
 NIC
 CSIR
 Planning Commission
 PMO
 State Governments
 Professionals
 Indian Science Community and
associations
 Indian Industry Associations – CII,
FICCI, AIMA, etc.
 Think Tanks and Innovation
Organizations
 NGOs
 Multilateral Agencies
 Industry and private sector
 Regional/ National/
International Consultations

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Unique Window of Opportunity
 Redefine Innovation Paradigm beyond R&D
 Focus on Inclusive Innovations
 Create innovation roadmaps across States /Sectors
 Create necessary ecosystem, talent & funding
 Use ICT/Web as entry point for delivery
 Build scalable and sustainable Indian model

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Websites & Portals
Websites
Adviser to the Prime Minister: www.iii.gov.in
National Innovation Council: www.innovationcouncil.gov.in
National Knowledge Commission: www.knowledgecommission.gov.in
Global Innovation roundtable:
www.globalinnovationroundtable.gov.in
National Knowledge Network: http://www.nkn.in/
India Smart Grid Task Force: www.isgtf.in
Modernization of Indian Railways: www.railwaymodernisation.gov.in

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Websites & Portals
Portals
 National Innovation Portal: www.innovation.gov.in
 India Biodiversity Portal: www.indiabiodiversity.org
 Teachers of India: www.teachersofindia.org
 India Environment Portal:
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in
 India Energy Portal: www.indiaenergyportal.org
 India Water Portal: www.indiawaterportal.org

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Websites & Portals
Social Media:
 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Delhi-
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Infrastructure-and-Innovations/100738043327407?
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 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/iii
 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Pitroda
 Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/71175052@N04/

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THANK YOU
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