India's innovation journey is tailored to its unique needs, focusing on wealth creation and economic growth, with significant advancements in science, technology, and education. Over the past decades, India has transformed its economy, reversing brain drain, and is projected to become one of the world's largest economies by 2050. Key initiatives in rural innovation and entrepreneurship aim to address disparities, enhance employment, and promote sustainable growth.

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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 enginesbridging disparities, grassroots innovationInfosys 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 194719471957196719771987“The full freedom to dream the way you like came in 1991, not 1947”P.V.Narasimha Rao, Former Indian Prime Minister199119972007200920172027“The next decade will be a decade for innovation and infrastructure” Dr. Manmohan Singh,Current Prime Minister 20372047

4. The first 44 years: profit motive was greed. efficiency was anti-socialistic, improvement in lifestyles was hedonistic. Key achievements Food security through green revolution

5. Focus on science and technology

6. Labs & Research Institutions

7. A Space Program

8. Atomic Research programOutcome – solid foundation for innovation6th Largest scientific and technical pool

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

10. 3 million graduates, 700,000 post-graduates and 1,500 PhDs qualify in the scientific stream each year in India. Laggards Growth engines for the economy

11. Failed public sector

12. Disintivised Entrepreneurship and Wealth creation

13. Brain Drain The next 18 years led by GlobalizationKey AchievementsThree high growth globally competent industries

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.