How is the government cooperating with Nasscom to promote innovation?
We are working with the government on innovation, policies and to make patenting easy, among others. India has been successful in building applications around technologies. However, our structural weakness is that we dont create enough technologies. The core issue is IP in India. Creation of technology is imperative, hence IP. What is new at the Innovation Awards this year? We have the market-facing innovation category this year, aimed at the end-user. We have got 200 applications. Of these, 15 have been shortlisted five each in the large and medium segments, startups and emerging firms. Three companies have been shortlisted in the process and input innovation categories each. On November 15, they will showcase their innovations in Delhi. Besides, on November 17, all aspirants will display their innovations in Bangalore. The winners will be felicitated at the annual Nasscom Leadership Summit in Mumbai. Other measures by Nasscom to encourage innovation? There are specific initiatives. F
