India's innovation blueprint : how the world's largest democracy is becoming an innovator superpower / George Eby Mathew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mathew, George Eby.

Series:

Chandos Asian studies series.

Chandos Asian Studies Series: Contemporary Issues and Trends

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--India.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Government policy--India.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects--India.

India--Economic conditions--1947-.

India.

India--Economic policy--1991-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; Cambridge, England : Chandos Publishing, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In 2010, India celebrated its 60th anniversary as an independent sovereign republic. India is the fourth largest economy by gross domestic product. Economically, it is building itself as a formidable force and global influence. At the same time India has fundamental challenges: its inequities are visible; its young population tread a thin line between opportunity and pitfall; its infrastructure has gaping holes; and it's a slow chaotic democracy. This book establishes that in spite of these challenges, a new India is emerging out of the old, colliding more often than collaborating with the old

Contents:

Cover; India's Innovation Blueprint: How the world's largestdemocracy is becoming aninnovation superpower; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; About the author; Preface; Foreword; 1 Introduction; Notes; 2 The tipping point eras; A three-dimensional framework to study India; 1947: Licence Raj thinking; India's decline begins; What the 60 years achieved; The disconnects; 2007: The beginning of the innovation era; Notes; 3 India's place in the new world order; An upswing in the 2000s; Innovation geo-dynamics: structural shifts

Washington, Beijing and Delhi: new power centres?Notes; 4 Enviable growth; Liberalisation breaks ground for Entrepreneurship; Why Innovation is critical to sustain growth; Evidence for innovation-led competitiveness; Notes; 5 Groundbreaking changes; Globalisation 1970; The light bulb and the radio; The dial tone; Television; Computing; Mobile communications; The unforgettable Ambassador; Twenty-five years later; Note; 6 Innovation foundation; Institutional infrastructure; Industry-academia collaborations; National research programmes; Government commitment; Impressive results

Gaps in India's innovation systemNotes; 7 Gargantuan opportunities andmindless pitfalls; Accelerating rural development; Balancing the portfolio; Examples of rural engagement; Lessons from NREGS; Paradox in the trenches; Challenges of a noisy democracy; Rural development and the political process; The cost of change; Mismanaged natural resources; Infrastructure: elusive planning and missing accountability; Opportunities in infrastructure: public-private partnerships; Social change, an imperative; Notes; 8 Enhancing rural GDP throughinclusive innovation; An inclusive innovation portfolio

India's inclusive innovatorsThe national innovation system imperative; Notes; 9 Formalising innovation through anational innovation system; National innovation system - the concept; Evolving an NIS for India; NIS and globalisation; Lessons from the US innovation model; Role of the government in NIS; Policy dimensions; Policy areas; Establishing an environment for innovation; Maintaining currency, relevance, dynamism and collaboration; Conclusions; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 27, 2013).

ISBN:

9781780632247

178063224X

OCLC:

867317771