New Delhi, July 25: “India has made a significant progress to 52nd rank in the GII-2019. We will not rest on past laurels until we achieve target of positioning itself among the top 25 countries of the Global Innovation Index”, said Piyush Goyal while launching Global Innovation Index 2019 in New Delhi.
"India jumped five places to improve its position from 57th last year. The nation has made a significant and now the culture of innovation is coming to the centre-stage”, Goyal said adding that India would continue its efforts to reach upwards of top 50 ranks in the GII, further urging the stakeholders to work in mission mode.
Requesting the World Intellectual Property Organization to factor in India’s rural innovation as part of the innovation index in future, he said that the improvement in the rankings should inspire Indians to help marginalized and under privileged section of society.
Referring to GII theme for year 2019, ‘Creating Healthy Lives - The Future of Medical Innovation’, the minister said that the Centre was focusing on not just curative but preventive healthcare where wellness would become a part of society.
Published every year by Cornell University, this is the 12th edition of the GII rankings of 129 economies based on 80 indicators ranging from intellectual property filing rates to mobile application creation, education spending and scientific and technical publications.
Globally, Switzerland remains number one in the GII index followed by Sweden, the United States of America, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark, Singapore, Germany and Israel.