“Building interactive systems reflects supportive innovation policy”

After a series of expert talks, academic sessions, topical policy debates, workshops, panel discussions and practitioner-oriented discussions on contemporary topics on public policy and management, the third day of the XVIII International Conference on Public Policy & Management featured the valedictory address by Dr. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM Bangalore. The conference on Public Policy & Management was hosted from 22^nd to 24^th August 2023 by the Centre for Public Policy (CPP) at IIM Bangalore.

Dr. RT Krishnan’s talk titled: ‘Towards an Indian Innovation Policy’ detailed innovations at different levels, including industry and Government. He listed the leading innovations in India during 2011-2020. “Affordable vaccines to address public health, Aadhaar, UPI, Government e Marketplace (GeM), Aspirational District Program, Mylab test kits, Mangalayaan, the drug Saroglitazar, deep tech healthcare start-ups, Tejas Netwoks’ optical transmission system in the telecom space, etc. are among the top innovations in the last decade.”