India must greatly expand its investment in technology. Indian industry must see R&D as its way of building a future based on proprietary technology. And a much more research-focused higher education system must supply the quality of talent industry needs to do just that. Countries around the world have placed great emphasis on Innovation Policy, drawing on an increasingly rich understanding of what has worked, where and why. This rich understanding needs to be part of all discourse on economic policy. CTIER was established to do just this for India.

Naushad Forbes

Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall
Chairman, CTIER

Areas of Impact

Featured Work

Deeptech in India: What can the State do?

The innovation capability of a country is a critical deciding factor in the global competition for geopolitical influence and economic growth. In the quest to...

Deeptech in India: What can the State do ?

The innovation capability of a country is a critical deciding factor in the global competition for geopolitical influence and economic growth. In the quest to further India’s status on the world stage, the Government of India has invested policy focus and resources on improving India’s innovation ecosystem. There is a special emphasis on deeptech. In this policy brief we highlight four strategic levers in the policy space to optimise the ongoing transformation of the Indian deeptech ecosystem.

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CTIER Innovation Report 2025

The inaugural edition of the CTIER Innovation Report seeks to provide an understanding of where top Indian R&D firms stand relative to their global peers across a number of indicators...

CTIER Innovation Report 2025

The inaugural edition of the CTIER Innovation Report seeks to provide an understanding of where top Indian R&D firms stand relative to their global peers across a number of indicators such as profitability, R&D intensity, exports and patents. We seek to understand how firms are adopting digital technologies across the value chain, including the use of AI. We highlight the opportunities and risks that firms face as a result of blurring industry boundaries. We identify key technologies being worked on for a sustainable future. And we point to the lessons that the hiring practices of global R&D firms offer Indian firms, both in terms of diversity of roles and diversity in talent.

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CTIER Handbook 2023

It is a pleasure to introduce the third edition of the CTIER Handbook. As with the first edition four years ago, our objective remains to provide the most useful and up-to-date data...

CTIER Handbook 2023

The CTIER Handbook: Technology and Innovation in India, a biennial publication, brings together key indicators of India’s R&D and innovation ecosystem. The data captured in the Handbook allows for a comparison of India with the global economy, covers indicators on regional innovation systems and encourages a deeper study of industrial R&D and innovation in India. The Handbook is intended for use by policymakers, industry leaders and academics. The purpose of having these indicators in one place is to encourage the reader to draw her own conclusions about India’s innovation ecosystem. It also hopes to draw the reader into the debate on the need for greater R&D and innovation in India, its importance for India’s economic development, and how this could best be fostered. Furthermore, we have also introduced a few new indicators, used multiple sources of data for some of the indicators to ensure the data is as comprehensive as possible, introduced new data in the Appendix section that some of our readers may find useful, and have tried to address issues concerning data that we felt were problematic. Examples of these new indicators or issues that we have tried to address have been captured in Table 2 towards the end of this chapter. The next section of this chapter discusses the structure of the Handbook followed by the Data and Methodology section. Essays’ that has essay contributions from members of the CTIER team and it comprise of the following:

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Events

August 2025

CTIER Innovation Report Launched on National Chemistry Day Summit Organised by Godrej Industries Group

The inaugural CTIER Innovation Report, ‘Industry in India: Followers or Leaders?’ was launched at the National Chemistry Day summit organised by the Godrej Industries Group.

The report was launched by Nadir Godrej, Professor MM Sharma, Naushad Forbes, Burjis Godrej, Aniruddha Pandit, Vishal Sharma and Kamlesh Fondekar.

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April 2025

Principal Scientific Adviser Unveils Landmark Report on 'Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations’ (Round 2)

The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India today launched the (Round 2) study report on “Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations”, aimed at benchmarking and enhancing innovation performance across India’s publicly funded research ecosystem.

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Insufficient support for deep tech start-ups in India
April 2025

Insufficient support for deep tech start-ups in India

Jacob Koshy writes in the Hindu on findings from the report on ‘Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations’ (Round 2).
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April 2025

Principal Scientific Adviser Unveils Landmark Report on 'Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations’ (Round 2)

The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India today launched the (Round 2) study report on “Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations”, aimed at benchmarking and enhancing innovation performance across India’s publicly funded research ecosystem.
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April 2025

Insufficient support for deep tech start-ups in India

Jacob Koshy writes in the Hindu on findings from the report on ‘Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations’ (Round 2).
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Insufficient support for deep tech start-ups in India
Blurring Industry Boundaries and Disruptions Through AI
March 2025

Blurring Industry Boundaries and Disruptions Through AI

Indian firms are increasingly focusing on R&D and innovation as a part of their firm strategy to compete globally. Recent disruptive trends like blurring industry boundaries and AI adoption are increasingly impacting industry. In this context, the roundtable discussion shall focus on the level of preparedness of Indian industry, how AI can help Indian firms build differentiated products, and how Indian companies can adapt to disruptions caused by blurring industry boundaries across a number of sectors. This was the 8th closed door round table under the CTIER Ananta series on ‘India’s R&D ambitions: Challenges and Imperatives’.
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Dedicated to Building the
National Innovation Ecosystem

CTIER endeavours to continuously engage with all stakeholders to help fulfill India’s innovation ambitions.
Improving the Timeliness and Quality of India's Innovation Data
Shaping India’s Innovation Policy
Bringing Together Innovation Scholars and Thought Leaders
Building India's R&D Leadership
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