The document summarizes India's journey of innovation over the past 100 years and outlines its path forward. It discusses how India initially focused on food security, science, and technology under its first Prime Minister to build a foundation. Following this, globalization in the next 18 years led to high growth industries and a large middle class. Looking ahead, the next 38 years will be led by innovation, with forecasts of India surpassing many countries in patents and economy size. For sustained growth, India will need to address challenges like rural development, education, health, infrastructure, and balancing its national innovation agenda.

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2. India’s Innovation story is uniquely for its own needs, and for wealth creation global leadership & sustenance of the economy’s growth engines bridging disparities, grassroots innovation Infosys Global Education Centre, Mysore, India

3. A 100 year journey … not an overnight magic "A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance." Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s First Prime Minister 1947 1947 1957 1967 1977 1987 “The full freedom to dream the way you like came in 1991, not 1947” P.V.Narasimha Rao, Former Indian Prime Minister 1991 1997 2007 2009 2017 2027 “The next decade will be a decade for innovation and infrastructure” Dr. Manmohan Singh, Current Prime Minister 2037 2047

5. Focus on science and technology

6. Labs & Research Institutions

7. A Space Program

9. 7000 PhDs, 600 + R&D centers, 250 universities,

11. Failed public sector

12. Disintivised Entrepreneurship and Wealth creation

14. By 2003, there were 80 CMM Level 5 software centers in the world, 60 were in India

15. GDP $ 3.2 trillion - top ten largest economy

16. 300 million strong middle class

17. Per capita income has doubled in the last 7 years to $ 2900.

18. Reverse brain drain - approx 10,000 - 15000 professionals return per year

19. IIT graduates migrating to the US - 70 % (1995 )

20. Less than 20 % today

22. Technology and process infusion

23. Access to investors, markets

25. Rural GDP

27. In 10 years India's economy will be larger than Italy's

28. By 2018 will have overtaken Britain's economy

29. By 2040 India will be the world's third largest economy

31. Infrastructure & social security

32. Education, health, and employment for all

34. Geo-political stability

36. Reform in the Education System

37. Doubled R&D investments – 2 % GDP

40. 340 mn

41. < $ 1 a day

42. 40 %

43. 480 mn

44. 30 %

45. 375 mn

46. Health Care

47. Employment

48. Education , Skills & Training

49. Infrastructure

50. Rural Innovation & Entrepreneurship

51. Rural GDP growth opportunities

52. Global Competitiveness

53. Funding for Research & Development

54. Talent & Human Resources

55. Energy & EnvironmentIndia has a work force of 484 million people, of which 273 million work in rural areas, 61 million in manufacturing and about 150 million in services Source: Boston Consulting Group, Survey of India’s services sector

57. National R&D programs - Space Research, bio technology, smart materials

59. New Products - Food processing industries

60. New Services - Rural BPO

62. Rural entrepreneurship Programs

63. Wealth Creation infrastructure

64. Catering to the bottom of the pyramid Rural GDP

65. Global Competitiveness A Balanced Portfolio for rural wealth creation National GDP Rural GDP Rural India India in Transition Leading India

66. Global Competitiveness Education Service Industry Cutting Edge Research National GDP Enablement New Markets Domestic Consumption Rural GDP Infrastructure Health Care Productivity Rural Poor India in Transition Leading India

67. Is India’s R&D sustainable? India is granted between 1 and 2 patents a day. Only Malaysia has a higher rate of growth in patents awarded at 25% per year

68. Patents Granted by Competitive nations (excluding US) and BRIC Countries Source: US PTO, 2009, WEF Global Competitive Indices.

69. Supporting a National Innovation Agenda Employment & Wealth Creation Education Health Infrastructure

71. Right to work

72. Work that bring either social equity, or create permanent assets

73. Wages to be paid into an account – bank or a post office

74. If more than 20 women are employed on a worksite, child-minding to be provided

75. A contribution to welfare schemes such as health insurance, accident insurance, survivor benefits, maternity benefits and social security schemes.

76. More than 50 million families in rural India

77. One person, one job card, one bank account

78. Realization of the right to work, enhances the bargaining power, and raises minimum wages

79. Women’s enrollment up from 40 per cent in the first year of implementation to 50 per cent.

80. Important entry point for participation in the economy and society.

82. Rule of law

83. Sound Legal & financial system

84. Scientific manpower

85. English language

86. The world’s second largest free market economy

87. Low Rural GDP

88. Child labor

89. Infant mortality

90. AIDS epidemic

91. Malaria, Tuberculosis

92. Sectarianism

93. Insurgency

94. Gender inequality Development, Sustenance & Growth

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