NITI Aayog to release 3rd edition of India Innovation Index tomorrow

New Delhi, July 20 (KNN) NITI Aayog will launch the third edition of the India Innovation Index on July 21 at NITI Bhawan.

The India Innovation Index 2021 is set against the backdrop of the pandemic, which has disrupted the global demographic landscape.

Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Suman Bery will release the report in the presence of Dr. V K Saraswat, Member; Parameswaran Iyer, Chief Executive Officer and other officials.

It examines innovation capacities and ecosystems at the sub-national level, highlights the recent factors and catalysts for promoting such crisis-driven innovation.

The third edition strengthens the scope of innovation analysis in the country by drawing on the framework of the Global Innovation Index (GII).

The new framework presents a more nuanced and comprehensive outlook for measuring innovation performance in India, with the introduction of 66 unique indicators, as compared to the 36 indicators used in the preceding edition.

Through this comprehensive framework, the index evaluates the innovation performance of all the states and union territories in India.

The states and the union territories have been divided into 17 ‘Major States’, 10 ‘North-East and Hill States’, and 9 ‘Union Territories and City States’, for effectively comparing their performance.

A special section has also been introduced in the India Innovation Index 2021 for showcasing the detailed analysis of the drivers of innovation, by evaluating the improvement in the indicators.

The states can assess their position and the factors that led to a change in their ranking vis-à-vis that in the India Innovation Index 2020.

The event will also be live-streamed at: https://youtu.be/h9Esk5EFpP4

(KNN Bureau)