Realising that innovation is the engine for the growth of prosperity and national competitiveness in the 21st century, the President of India has declared 2010 as the ‘Decade of Innovation’. To take this agenda forward, the Office of Adviser to the PM on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations (PIII) is working on developing a national strategy on innovation with a focus on an Indian model of inclusive growth. The idea is to create an indigenous model of development suited to Indian needs and challenges.

Towards this end, the Prime Minister has approved the setting up of a National Innovation Council (NInC) under the Chairmanship of Mr. Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the PM on PIII to discuss, analyse and help implement strategies for inclusive innovation in India and prepare a Roadmap for Innovation 2010-2020.

• Mr. Sam Pitroda (Chairman)
• Mr. Arun Maira
• Dr. K. Kasturirangan
• Dr. Ramesh Mashelkar
• Mr. Kiran Karnik
• Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
• Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan
• Ms. Kiran M Shaw
• Mr. Shekhar Kapur
• Mr. Saurabh Srivastava
• Dr. Anil K. Gupta
• Dr. Sujatha Ramdorai
• Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee
• Mr. Rajeev Kumar
• Dr. Samir Brahmachari
• Dr. Sanjay Dhande
• Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan (Member Secretary)

• Evolving an Indian model of innovation, with focus on inclusive growth
• Delineating policy initiatives within the Government, required to spur innovation
• Developing and championing innovation attitudes and approaches
• Creating appropriate eco-systems and environment to foster inclusive innovation
• Exploring new strategies and alternatives for innovations and collaborations
• Identifying ways and means to scale and sustain innovations
• Encouraging Central and State Governments to innovate
• Encouraging universities and R&D institutions to innovate
• Facilitating innovations by SMEs
• Encouraging all important sectors of the economy to innovate
• Encouraging innovation in public service delivery
• Encouraging multi-disciplinary and globally competitive approaches for innovations.