[Challenge:Future] Competitiveness Mantra: Knowledge-Focused and Entrepreneur Driven Economy
1. Team Name: chunumunu
Team Leader: Himanshu Gupta
Team Member: Himanshu Gupta
Country of Residence (and origin): India
School: Delhi Technological University
2. Focused Industries
• ICT, nanotechnology, biotechnology, creative industry,
well-ness industry, clean energy, future technologies
etc.
• Reason:
– Eastern Europe is a cluster of small countries with small
population
– Domestic demand is not much
– Focus should be high added-value, innovation driven
economy
• Characteristics
– High added-value
– Service Oriented
3. Vision: Marriage of Innovation and
Business
Patents
Knowledge Centre
(Intellectual property Business
(Innovation)
Infrastructure)
4. Region Advantage
• Literacy Rate is high
• Multi-lingual population
• Population of region is stable and less 400
million
• Free and open Market
5. Knowledge Center
• It comprises of R&D center, Research Lab in Universities.
• Function: To do RESEARCH activities and Innovate new Material, devise (medical
device, machines etc.), process etc.
• Role of Government:
– Establish state-of-the-art research facilities in university and knowledge park
– Attract FDI for this purpose:
• Through tax incentive
• Establishing efficient and effective Intellectual Property Protection Infrastructure.
• Providing state-of-the-art basic infrastructure (road, telecommunication, etc.)
• Devising ways so that the investor get benefited from the high quality patents in terms of
ownership and share from revenue.
• Harmonizing policies conducive to the ease of doing Business in the country.
6. Intellectual Property Infrastructure
• Simple, Reliable and Fast procedure to obtain
Patents
• Clearly articulated and non-ambiguous IPP laws
• The total cost to obtain patent (from application
to actual obtain) should be affordable and
provision for financial aid to financially weaker
section of researchers and R&D centers
• Fast resolution of IPP related disputes
• Generation of Patent Impact Meter.
7. Patent Impact Meter
• Selected researchers (Professors, lecturers, Master and Under Grad
students etc.) from University review any new patent application and give
it a number from 0 to 5 to indicate the Potential Effectiveness of the
patent to create New Innovative Product
• Benefits:
– Patent applicant (individual or knowledge center):
• Get noticed by the Business community and higher chance for her/him to earn through
licensing of the patent
– Business:
• Time to search for New and Specialist-accredited knowledge will be Reduced.
• Innovative and Game-Changer Product can be produced with much-ease.
– Government:
• Not just quantity but QUALITY of Research and Innovation will be enhanced
• Confidence on the country’s Research and innovation will be enhanced.
– University:
• Innovation and Research culture will be enhanced
• Highly qualified, research oriented and industry-focused graduates will be generated
8. Business
• Role of Government
– Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Incubation facility for start-up
• Easy access to affordable loan
• Innovation Voucher
• Innovative Public Procurement
– Creation of
• Free Economic Zone
• Networking of Small and Medium Size Industry
• Transparent, clearly articulated Municipality working and its fast
working
• State-of-the-art basic, affordable and easily accessible
Infrastructure (road, railway, sea-port, communication, water,
electricity etc.)