1. Suresh kumar.S,[rtd.]CHIEF SCIENTIST
ADVISER,CSIR-NIIST,TRIVANDRUM
Innovation ecosystem-Kerala
model perspective

2. E S S E N T I A L L Y A B O U T B U I L D I N G
I N T E R D E P E N D E N T L I N K S A M O N G
E C O S Y S T E M P L A Y E R S
Ecosystem support is essential
for growth and sustenance

3. Innovation ecosystem support-
involves feedback and interactive
links among crucial components

4. INVOLVES GOVERNMENT
AND BUREAUCRACY,
ACADEMIA AND
INDUSTRY
Customer and supply chains,connectivity and
co-working spaces

5. Kerala is thought to have an
innovation ecosystem for IT/ITeS
service sector
 Kerala model of socio-economic growth
based on high HDI is thought to have
facilitated this
 A futures study we have carried out in the
late 70s indicated potential by 2000-2005
 Trivandrum-TBI set up at Technopark has
hastened it since 2006

6. T-TBI AT TECHNOPARK
 Culmination of efforts since the
mid/late90s
 From one start up in 2006 to over 300 of
late
 It is mainly supporting service sector in
IT
 It has to mature to technology products

7. Service vs. technology
 Service focus on niche solutions and asset
optimisation by business analytics
 Technology based ecosystem focus on
products based on market disruption
model
 Existing technologies are combined-
technolgy core plus value proposition plus
upgradation

8. Integrator/federator model
 Focus is on market disruption through incrementality
rather than radical idea
 The business model often creates or seeks value by
tech combinations and application
 The focus is less on IP and more on ecosystem
building based on partnerships' and interactions

9. START UP VILLAGE
 The PPP model is envisaged in this direction-
MobME[from T-TBI] plus govt
 Expected to provide a mature technolgy
based ecosystem for IT industry
 ~5000 start up applications since 2012
 Increasing percent of products and youth

10.  Front end of cycle-Idea generation based on
research-science based ecosystem-next
frontier[by2030]
 Down stream components like idea conversion
to product or service based solutions
 Mature technology based ecosystem
[kerala 2020]

11. Science based ecosystem
 Focussed at the front end of innovation cycle-
idea generation and radical innovations
 Research links with academia and PRI-new
technology based paradigm shifts
 Lablet model of INTEL –scientists from in-
house research freely interacting with
university-PRI

12. INNOVATION HUB
 Kerala being touted as an innovation hub for India-
ABCs are said to be focussing on this
 People like Sam Pitroda and recently Obama have
observed this
 Kerala model of socio-economic growth based on
high HDI can be transformed to a NEW Model OF
INNOVATION BASED GROWTH

13. Innovation model-kerala
 We need to enhance and extend to other
sectors
 We have the potential to evolve to a
knowledge economy based on innovation
based youth entrepreneurship
 The demographic dividend advantage plus
ecosystem advantage

14. KNOWLEDGE INITIATIVE POTENTIAL
 High tech/tech upgraded/vlue added
microenterprises
 Food processing/agroprocessing/natural
products
 Ayurveda and biotech health care
products/novel bioprocesses
 Aerospace based on industrial cluster at
CIAL-research linkages

15.  cluster innovation center for furniture
 REPORT BY ISB HIGHLIGHTS SCOPE
 India is 6th largest market-kerala has a
crucial role-EKM/TRICHUR has much
potential
 Focus on high tech/advanced
mfg/processsing and design and market
trends

16. NIn C-CIC
 Consortium of furniture industry clusters
 Alliance with industry partners,PRI-UNIV.-
RRI/CSIR-NIIST[TECH TRANSFER],CET
 TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY
 NID-designers interactions
 Common facility for advanced
mfg/hightech processing-external
business links

17. DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
 Advanced design and engineering skill
training and facility support
 Important for IT and other sectors
 T-TBI inhouse FAB LAB FACILITY[MIT
support]
 Inventor can walk in with an idea and walk
out with a product

18. NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM
 INTERACTIVE RESEARCH AND
TECHNOLOGY LINKS AMONG INDUSTRY
ALLIANCES AND RESEARCH PARTNERS IN
ACADEMIA AND PRI
 GOVT AND NON GOVT PLAYERS FOR
INNOVATION SUPPORT AND TECH
TRANSFER
 TRIPLE HELIX MODEL OF EUROPE-USEFUL
FOR MSME SECTOR

19. POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
• KERALA INITIATIVE—MODELLED AFTER
NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE INITIATIVE
• Applicable to micro/small/medium units and
industry clusters/consortia alliances
• CARe KERALA for Ayurveda supported by DST
• Business incubators at CSIR-NIIST,CIFT support
in agro/food process areas

20. A technology delivery and expertise
consultancy/knowledge transfer platform
Research and knowledge linkages for lab
to land and land to lab transfers
CSIR-NIIST WORKSHOP highlighted
scope for biotech NTBFs-small players
trucking with large ones and departments

21. Startup-bootup-scaleup-model
 Technology and innovation policy aiming at youth
entrepreneurship-YES highlight scope
 Aims at 10000 product startups by 2020
 5000crore investment for start ups in 5 years
 Focus on youth enterprise based on this model-2500
crore earmaked in 5 years
 Budgetary focus on MSME investments/angel funds

22. Spoke and hub model
 District hubs and tier 2 city infrastructure
 1 million m2 of incubation space inducing angel
funds upto 5000crores in a decade
 10 TBIs in 5 years including at NIT,CET and other
universities like CUSAT
 INCUBATION FACILITY/ACCELERATORS AT IT
PARKS AND SME CLUSTERS

23. CO-WORKING SPACES
 DENSITY OF UNITS UNDER ONE ROOF IS
IMPORTANT FOR IT SECTOR-PROXIMITY
IS IMPORTANT DESPITE CONNECTIVITY
 Silicon valley has a dense 60km hub
 KITCO /KASARGODE pvt infra in IT
 Linkages with research and univ for
innovation based enterprise-next frontier
of science based ecosystem

24. IMEC MODEL
 INTEL LABLET PROGRAM FOR IT
 IMEC INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATE PROGRAM FOR
MSME-Belgium nanotech/micro electronics
 Industrial partners as consortia alliance of clusters to
partner with PRI/UNIV thru inhouse
research/design/engg alliances
 Professional legal/management /businees
consultancy support and strategy-

25. MORE THAN MOORE STRATEGY
 We need a strategy for science based
innovation ecosystem for some of the above
industrial sectors and not merely a
technology based ecosystem strategy mainly
for IT [our current focus-2020]
 We have to aim at more than doubling the
capacity in 18 months for this by research
alliances partnerships and system links

26.  Networked mode for partnering and
knowledge ,research and innovation alliances
is important among industry-govt-private-
academia-research-business partners
 Most welcome-NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
NETWORKS among experts and students
 Our educational system need to use MOOCs as
online platforms for elearning and ecourses

27. IP STRATEGY
 GOVT IS HAVING A RELLOK AT IP BASED ON
MAKE IN INDIA POLICY
 MOSTLY FOREIGN INVESTOR AND INNOVATOR
ORIENTED
 NEED A FOCUS FOR TRADITIONAL
INDUSTRY/MSME WHICH IS SAID TO LACK
 KERALA PATENT FACILITATION INTHIS REGARD

28. NTBFs
 Great scope for small innovative enterprises based
on a coming together of nanotech and biotech life
sciences
 Science based ecosystem based on parterships with
research and large industry and govt/private
agencies for investment and innovation support/risk
capital
 IP is crucial unlike in service ecosystem

29. Research Partnering
 There are a slew of recent initiatives in
Kerala for innovation in biotech based on
programs of KCSTE AND KERALA
BIOTECH COMMISSION
 Patenting by Indian researchers/industry
need to increase to at least 50-60 percent
from the 20-25 percent level.
 50000patents in India vs.5 lakhs in CHINA
with 50 percent from ithin the country

30. MIND SET
 A CHANGE IN MIND SET AMONG
PROFESSIONAL YOUTH IN KERALA TO
EMPLOYMENT PROVIDER AND INNOVATION
BASED ENTERPRENEURSHIP
 SHIFT FROM FOCUS TO EMPLOYMENT SEEKING
BEHAVIOR OR MIGRATION ABROAD
 DERIVES FROM AND CONTRIBUTES TO
INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM WITH GOVT SUPPORT

31. THANK U