India’s innovation profile

IndiaIndia Bharat Varsha (Jambu Dvipa) is the name of this land mass. The people of this land are Sanatan Dharmin and they always defeated invaders. Indra (10000 yrs) was the oldest deified King of this land. Manu's jurisprudence enlitened this land. Vedas have been the civilizational literature of this land. Guiding principles of this land are : सत्यं वद । धर्मं चर । स्वाध्यायान्मा प्रमदः । Read more is ranked 57th in the GII 2018, moving up 3 positions from the previous year.

India is rapidly climbing in the GII ranking and has constantly outperformed on innovation relative to its level of development for many years in a row (see bubble chart at page 5 of this brief). Positioning in the top half of the GII ranking, India ranks well in a number of important innovation inputs, including graduates in science and engineering, expenditures of major R&D-intensive global companies, and capital formation.

Strengths

• In Market Sophistication (36th), India exhibits particular strength in the area Trade, competition & market scale (16th) and indicators Ease of protecting minority investors and Domestic market scale, ranking 4th and 3rd respectively.
• In Human Capital and Research (56th), India has strengths in indicators Graduates in science and engineering (6th), Global R&D companies’ expenditures (18th), and Quality of universities (21st).
• In Infrastructure (77th), India also has strength at the variable level in Gross capital formation (20th).
• In Innovation Outputs, India shows strengths in Quality of scientific publications (21st),
Productivity growth (4th), ICT services exports (1st), and Creative goods exports (17th).

India’s scores by area Weaknesses

• In Institutions (80th), India has relative weaknesses in Political stability & safety (110th) and Ease of starting a business (114th).
• In Human Capital and Research (56th), India exhibits relative weakness in the area Education (112th) and in indicators PISA results (71st), Pupil-teacher ratio (101st), and Tertiary inbound mobility (102nd).
• In Infrastructure (77th), the area Ecological sustainability (119th) and indicators ICT use
(110th) and Environmental performance (123rd) are identified as weaknesses.
• In Business Sophistication (64th), India ranks relatively weakly in Females employed with advanced degrees (93rd).
• In Innovation Outputs, India demonstrates relative weaknesses in New businesses (100th) and Entertainment & Media market (61st).