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Informationen zum Autor Shyama V. Ramani is a Professorial Fellow in the United Nations University, UNU-MERIT, in Maastricht and Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise in Brunel Business School in London. Her work revolves around three core themes: the impact of the national system of innovation on the creation of industrial competence and inclusive development; the use of patent and publications statistics as indicators of competitive position and comparative advantage; and the creation of incentives for cooperation and coordination. Dr Ramani holds a PhD in economics from Cornell University, USA. After the tsunami of December 2004, she founded the non-profit organization 'Friend in Need', an action-research unit which aims to improve sanitation coverage and waste management in rural India. For this work, she was one of the laureates of the 'Women of the Earth' trophy in 2008 awarded by the Institut de France and the Yves Rocher Foundation. Klappentext This volume evaluates the performance of innovation in India and the role of its scientific establishment. Zusammenfassung This volume evaluates the performance of innovation in India and the role of its scientific establishment. It discusses the impact of innovations on inclusive development through a presentation of the traditional healthcare system! innovations in the sanitation sector and the lessons learnt from India on innovation-making for the poor. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Prologue; 1. Innovation in India: the challenge of combining economic growth with inclusive development Shyama V. Ramani and Adam Szirmai; Part I. Setting the Background: 2. The university as a catalyst of innovation, entrepreneurship, and new markets in the Indian system of innovation Gita Surie; 3. Demand and innovation: paths to inclusive development Smita Srinivas; Part II. Sectoral Studies: 4. Innovations in Indian seed/ biotech industry Carl E. Pray and Latha Nagarajan; 5. National innovation systems and the Indian software industry development Nagesh Kumar; 6. The secret behind India's success in pharmaceuticals: seizing the right windows of opportunity Shyama V. Ramani and Samira Guennif; 7. Nanoscience and nanotechnology: the new sunrise industry? Manish Anand; 8. Energy innovation (sub)systems in India Ambuj Sagar and Ankur Chaudhary; Part III. Innovations for Inclusive Development: 9. Evolution of traditional medical systems sector in India: what has innovation got to do with it? Arijita Dutta; 10. Where is the toilet please? On the diffusion of toilets as a pro-poor innovation in rural India Shyama V. Ramani and Shuan Sadre Ghazi; 11. Pro-poor innovation-making, knowledge production and technology implementation for rural areas: lessons from the Indian experience Dinesh Abrol; 12. Innovation in India: melding economic growth with inclusive development - concluding remarks Shyama V. Ramani; Contributors; Index....
