Global Innovation Index

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft Executive Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella are on the invitees list of the Andhra Pradesh government for its Global Investors Summit (GIS) to be held in Visakhapatnam on March 3 and 4. Fifteen Union Ministers, 15 Chief Ministers, 44 global industrialists, 53 Indian industry bigwigs and ambassadors of various countries are being invited for the two-day event on which the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government is betting big to attract large-scale investments into the state. Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos and Samsung Chairman and CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon are also on the invitees list for the summit to be held in the port city. Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Anand Mahindra, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Adi Godrej, Rishad Premji and N Chandrasekaran are some of the Indian giants being invited. In his message ahead of the event, the Chief Minister noted that the GIS was being hosted "with the goal of

Also in a bid to attract industrial investment, the government has decided to allot 2,458 acres in the Mohasa-Babai industrial area, Narmadapuram district

On the occasion, 175 electric vehicles for Gujarat and Karnataka were flagged off under the FAME Scheme

India's jump to the 40th rank in the Global Innovation Index 2022 is a testament to the Prime Minister's commitment to making India an innovation hub, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery said on Friday. Addressing an event organised by the Aayog, Bery further said the industry needs to ensure that its contribution to the R&D goes up substantially in the coming year. Also, speaking at the event, Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General said India leads the world in ICT services exports and hosts top ranking in key indicators. In 2021, Indian companies have almost 40 billion US Dollar in-venture capital investment, which is more than 200 per cent increase over the prior year, he added. India climbed six notches to 40th position in the Global Innovation Index 2022 on account of improvement in several parameters, according to a report by WIPO. Switzerland, the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are the world's ...

This was mainly due to an improvement in information and communication technologies (ICT) services exports, venture capital recipients' value as well as finance for start-ups.

The Prime Minister on Saturday inaugurated the Centre-State Science Conclave via video conferencing

India's overall score has increased from 38.40 percent (19.20 out of 50) in the ninth edition to 38.64 percent (19.32 out of 50) in the 10th edition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India's Global Innovation Index ranking has improved from 81 in 2015 to 46 now.

Piyush Goyal called upon stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem to strive to take India to the top 25 in the Global Innovation Index from the 46th position recorded in 2021

New enterprises have helped India overcome inadequate govt R&D as well as innovation infrastructure. India now has the third highest number of startups in the world, after the US and UK

The country's rank has been consistently rising in the last few years. From 81 in 2015, it has moved to 46 in 2021

About India, the statement said it has become the third most innovative lower middle-income economy in the world, thanks to newly available indicators and improvements in various areas of the GII

India increased the most in three pillars: Institutions (61, from 77 in 2019), business sophistication (55, from 65 in 2019), and creative outputs (64, from 78 in 2019)

The index keeps Switzerland in the No 1 spot a position it has held since 2011 followed by Sweden, the United States, the Netherlands and Britain

Merely focusing on specific marque indices alone cannot ensure a desired outcome

India's rank has risen by 29 places since 2015, when it was at the 81st spot

India climbed from rank 81 in 2015 to 52nd in 2019 in Global innovation Index

2019 report to be launched in New Delhi today

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2019 rankings will be announced on Wednesday

Rounding out the GII 2018 top 10 are the Netherlands, Sweden, Britain, Singapore, the US, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Ireland