Sources from United Nations have stated that India has been ranked the world’s top exporter of information and communication technology in a UN agency report that recommended that the country leverage this lead to innovate in emerging areas where biology and materials sciences intersect with computing.
It is stated that India leapt 14 places from the 85th rank last year to the 61st in the latest Global Innovation Index (GII) released in Geneva by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Monday and India ranked 8th in the world for producing graduates in science and engineering and showed the most significant improvements in human capital and research moving up 40 places to 63.
WIPO has quoted CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee has stated that the commitment of India to innovation and improved innovation metrics is strong and growing, helping to improve the innovation environment, where this trend will help gradually lift India closer to other top-ranked innovation economies.
The report has added that another recommendation was to developing the research capabilities of universities and the industry and government should team up with universities to create meaningful graduate research programs utilizing global collaboration models where appropriate. Meanwhile among innovators in India measured by the number of patents obtained in the last five years, Infosys led with 281; it was followed by TCS with 244, Ranbaxy 196, Wockhardt 160, and SunPharma 84.
