Comm Min forms task force to improve innovation ecosystem

The Commerce and Industry Ministry today set up an eight-member task force, which includes people from both private and public sectors, to assess India's position as an innovative country and suggest measures to enhance the innovation ecosystem.
Members from private sector include Naushad Forbes (Co- Chairman, Forbes Marshall Group; President, CII); Anil Wali (MD, FITT, IIT Delhi); Gopichand Katragadda of TATA Sons; Kris Gopalakrishnan (Executive VC, Infosys); Nikolai Dobberstein of AT Kearney Ltd and Rajeev Srinivasan (Adjunct Faculty, Innovation IIM-B).
Besides, a representative is there from the Department of Science and Technology and the convenor of the task force is Rajiv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).

"The task force will assess India's position as an innovative country and suggest measures to enhance the innovation ecosystem in India and thus improve India's ranking in the Global Innovation Index (GII)," the ministry said in a statement.
India's ranking in GII-2016 jumped 15 places to 66th.
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The task force will submit its report to the DIPP in two months.
The terms of reference of the task force is to examine the challenges before India in GII 2016 and identify areas where India needs to improve.
It would also examine the ideas received from public on the best way forward in inculcating a temperament of innovation in the country.

It will also assess the contribution of universities and academic institutions to innovation in different fields of studies.