1. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on TOWARDS A BETTER INNNOVATION ECOSYSTEM In Collaboration with National Innovation Council International Confederation Council of Indian Industry of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences, Inc (CAETS)

2. INNOVATION & INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM –Innovation is indispensable for organizations to remain competitive and is indeed a major driver of progress of any country. Innovations, going beyond the confines of formal R&D, are key to growth, prosperity and problem solving the world over. It is being seen as a means of creating sustainable and cost effective solutions and viewed as an important strategy for inclusive growth of the country. –A strong innovation eco-system is critical for creating an innovation society. An innovative eco-system must facilitate the birth of new ideas and also provide platforms for the successful implementation of these ideas.

3. INAE SILVER JUBILEE –Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) will be completing 25 years of its existence on April 20, 2012. –A number of important events/activities are being planned to celebrate INAE Silver Jubilee. One of the important events planned for the year is an International conference on TOWARDS A BETTER INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM being organized on September 20-21, 2012 at New Delhi. –The conference is planned to be organized in collaboration with National Innovation Council (NIC), India and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and is contemplated to be an international event supported by CAETS.

4. OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE –This conference is aimed at providing a platform for exchange of ideas and for collaboration and engagement between the countries. –These cross-cultural exchanges will stimulate and add value to our views on innovation and to improve the innovation ecosystem. These collaborations could be in the form of industry- academia exchanges, bilateral exchange or through facilitating linkages at the grassroots level. –The core ideas, strategies and recommendations derived from this conference will provide action points and policy inputs to foster innovations for meeting the challenges of our times.

5. PROPOSED TOPICS –Key Elements of the Innovation Ecosystem –Entrepreneurship and Innovation –Organizational Autonomy & Flexibility –Innovative business clusters –Innovation in MSMEs –Academia-Industry Interaction –Academia-R&D Perspective –Innovation clusters at universities –Challenges for Innovation –Policies, Programmes and Incentives/Awards –Risk/ Venture Capital –Intellectual Property Rights/ Patents –Country Experiences –Way forward

6. INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PROPOSED) Dr. Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations, India (Chair) Dr. Baldev Raj, President, Indian National Academy of Engineering, India Dr. T Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, India Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Chairperson, National Innovation Foundation (NIF), India Mr. Anil Agarwal, Founder & Executive Chairman, Vedanta Resources plc, London Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, Singapore Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Secretary General, FICCI Prof. Sameer K Brahmachari, Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Nominee, Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), Australia Nominee, Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), China Nominee, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), USA Nominee, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW), Switzerland Nominee, The Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ) Nominee, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, India Shri HK Mittal, Member Secretary, National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) Dr. Ashok Soota, Chairman & Managing Director, Happiest Minds Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India Dr. V Sumantaran, Executive Vice-Chairman, Hinduja Automotive Ltd., India Mr. Kunal Upadhyay, CEO, Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM Ahmedabad, India

7. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (PROPOSED) Dr. MJ Zarabi, Vice-President, INAE (Chair) Dr. Anjan Das, Executive Director, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Ms. Sukhman Randhawa, National Innovation Council, NIC Shri Subir Kumar, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, DSIR, New Delhi Dr. B Harigopal, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India Shri Sumeet Gupta, Head - Science & Tech / Innovation, FICCI Capt. Mohan Ram, Adviser, TVS Motor Company Ltd., Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India Dr. Anil Wali, Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi Brig SC Marwaha, Executive Secretary, INAE

8. INVITED SPEAKERS INVITED SPEAKERS (to be confirmed among the following) From Government : 1.Dr. Sam Pitroda, Head National Innovation Council, India 2.Dr. K Kasturirangan, Member Planning Commission, India 3.Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Chairperson, National Innovation Foundation (NIF), India 4.Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Member National Innovation Foundation (NIF), India. 5.Mr. Kiran Karnik, Member National Innovation Council & Former Preident, Nasscom, India 6.Mr. Som Mittal, President, Nasscom 7.Mr. Somenath Ghosh, Chairman & Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation, India 8.Dr. V Premnath, Head, NCL Innovations, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 9.Mr. Shalendra Porwal, Co-Chair, FICCI Innovation Committee & CEO, MD, Battelle India 10.Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission and National Advisory Council. 11.Dr. G. Sunderarajan, Director, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI)

9. INVITED SPEAKERS (contd….) From Industry: 12.Mr. NR Narayan Murthy, Founder Infosys Technologies, India. 13.Mr. Vinod Khosla, The Indus Entrepreneur, Silicon Valley 14.Mr. Porus Munshi, Senior Associate, Erehwon Innovation Consulting, Bangalore & Author : Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen 15.Dr. Arun Saxena, Knowledge Engineer and L&D Program Manager Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt. Ltd 16.Mr. Ananth Krishnan Vice-President & Chief Technology Officer, TCS 17.Mr. Sanjay Correa, Vice President & Managing Director, GE India Technology Centre 18.Mr. Pavan Soni, Innovation Evangelist, WIPRO, India 19.Mr. C. K. Ranganathan,Chief Managing Director,CavinKare- Chennai-India 20.Mr. R. Bhaskaran, Deputy General Manager, Bosch- Bangalore- India 21.Xerxes Desai, Managing Director, Titan- India 22.Dr. Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra, President and Managing Director, Texas Instruments India 23.Ms. Padmaja Ruparel, President, Indian Angel Network, India 24.Mr. Venkatesh Valluri, President, Ingersoll Rand, India 25.Mr. Vikas Garg, Sr. Manager, R&D, Su-Kam,India.

10. INVITED SPEAKERS (contd….) From Academia: 26.Prof. Anil K Gupta, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad: 27.Prof. MS Ananth, Director, IIT Madras 28.Prof. Devang Khakkar, Chairman, Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay 29.Dr. Anil Wali, Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi 30.Dr. KV Nori, IIIT, Hyderabad 31.Mr. Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. 32.Prof. B. Gurumoorthy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 33.Mr. Kunal Upadhyay, CEO, Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entreprneurship (CIIE), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 34.Professor Pankaj Chandra, Director Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore 35.Dr. Vikal Mehra, Director, Institute of Innovation in Technology and Management.

11. INVITED SPEAKERS (contd….) 36.…………… 37.…………… 38.…………… 39.…………… 40.…………... 41.…………… 42.…………… 43.…………… Nominees/ Invited Speakers from Member Academies

12. ABOUT NATIONAL INNOVATION COUNCIL Realizing that innovation is the engine for the growth of prosperity and national competitiveness in the 21st century, the President of India has declared 2010-2020 as the ‘Decade of Innovation’. To take this agenda forward, the Office of Adviser to the PM on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations (PIII) is working on developing a national strategy on innovation with a focus on an Indian model of inclusive growth. Towards this end, the Prime Minister has approved the setting up of a National Innovation Council (NIC) to discuss, analyze and help implement strategies for inclusive innovation in India and prepare a Roadmap for Innovation 2010-2020. NIC would be the first step in creating a crosscutting system which will provide mutually reinforcing policies, recommendations and methodologies to implement and boost innovation performance in the country.

13. ABOUT CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes. CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organization, playing a proactive role in India's development process for over 116 years. CII in partnership with planning commission, Government of India, has initiated the development of an India-specific model of Innovation Ecosystem. CII’s other initiative in innovation has been promotion of Innovation Culture. CII catalyses change by working closely with government on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry through a range of specialized services and global linkages. It also provides a platform for sectoral consensus building and networking.

14. TOWARDS A BETTER INNNOVATION ECOSYSTEM THANK YOU Dr. MJ Zarabi Vice-President (INAE) inaehq@inae.org