The
National Innovation Council (NInC) has asked all State
Governments to set up State Innovation Councils to drive innovations in their
respective states. There has been a positive response from several State
Governments regarding the setting up of these Councils. NInC
has also written to central Government Ministries to set up autonomous Sectoral
Innovation Councils, aligned to Ministries, to drive innovations and competitive advantage in multiple sectors. These Councils
would aim to co-opt domain experts and other stakeholders to prepare a Roadmap
for Innovations for the next decade for identified sectors.
In
its second meeting here, the Council decided to take Inclusive Innovation Fund
to second phase of implementation. Earlier the Council had decided to work towards setting up a preliminary
structure of a US $1 Billion Inclusive Innovation Fund, structured as a ‘Fund
of Funds’. The Council also identified 40 industry
clusters under the aegis of CII and FICCI where innovation eco-systems will be
created to improve the innovation index and competitive advantage. The initial
list would include clusters in different regions of the country such as Panipat, Surat,
Ludhiana, Faridabad,
Jalandhar, Pithanpur, Moradabad, Gurgaon, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore,
Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
A decision was also taken at the Council to identify universities in the
abovementioned clusters where innovation centres would be created to connect
relevant stakeholders and promote innovations. To promote and foster the spirit
of innovation in the country, proposals were discussed on creating a Television
Reality Show on Innovations, instituting a National Innovation Day and
encouraging MPs to drive innovations in their constituencies through awards and
incentives.
The National Innovation Council
meeting held on 12th Jan 2011 was attended by:
1. Mr. Sam Pitroda,
Adviser to PM on PIII
2. Dr. Sujatha
Ramdorai, Member – National Innovation Council,
Professor - TIFR
3. Mr. Arun Maira, Member – National Innovation Council, Member -
Planning Commission
4. Dr. R. Mashelkar,
Member – National Innovation Council, Chairman - National Innovation Foundation
5. Mr. Kiran Karnik, Member – National Innovation Council, Former
President - NASSCOM
6. Dr. Samir K
Brahmachari, Member – National Innovation Council,
Director General - CSIR
7. Mr. Saurabh
Shrivastava, Member – National Innovation Council,
Chairman - CA Technologies
8. Dr. K. Kasturirangan,
Member – National Innovation Council, Member -
Planning Commission
9. Mr. Shekhar
Kapur, Member – National Innovation Council, Film
Director & Producer
10. Dr. Anil. K. Gupta, Member – National
Innovation Council, Executive Vice Chair-National Innovation Foundation
11. Mr. Chandrajit
Banerjee ,
Member – National Innovation Council, Director General - CII
12. Dr. Amit Mitra, Member – National Innovation Council, Secretary General - FICCI
13. Dr. Sanjay Dhande,
Member – National Innovation Council, Director - IIT Kanpur
14. Mrs. Kalpana
Awasthi, OSD to Adviser to PM and Team.
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