1. BRAIN GAIN: PROMOTING
RESEARCH AND
INNOVATION

2. PROBLEMS
 Not realising the potential for innovation.
 Few patent applications.
 Lack of in-house training facilities.
 Innovation potential unrealised.
 Helping rural enterprises survive global competition.

3. REASONS
 Absence of culture of experimentation.
 No exchange of ideas between disciplines.
 Gap between industry and academia.
 Education system killing spirit of innovation.
 Nation's culture, belief systems, values, attitudes.
 Society is collectivist.
 Fear of failure.

4. SOLUTIONS
 Mental deconditioning of parents, teachers and
educationists.
 Raising the standards of higher education.
 Encouraging stronger competition among enterprises.
 Commercialising new knowledge.
 Fostering R&D for poor and grass-root enterprises.
 More early-stage funding for new enterprises.

5. REFERENCES
 http://www.scidev.net/global/digital-
divide/news/india-lagging-behind-in-innovation-
race.html
 http://kalvimalar.dinamalar.com/news-
details.asp?id=10623&cat=1