3 October 2023

National Design Innovation Network

Indian Institute of Science . Bangalore

Indian Innovations Meet 2024

28 FEBRUARY 2024 | IISc BANGALORE Call for Innovations

OVERVIEW
Indian Innovations Meet aims to showcase indigenous and unique design innovations from
Indian firms in India to cater to the Indian market. The event will have presentations from industry
leaders on innovations by their organisations and how it added value to their customers and
businesses. The innovations presented could belong to any of the categories below:

. PRODUCT INNOVATION . PROCESS INNOVATION .

. SERVICE INNOVATION . BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION
We invite to report innovations from all industries not limited to :

● Aerospace and Defence

● Automotive Manufacturing and Automotive Suppliers
● Manufacturing Engineering and Machinery (including High-Tech)
● Consumer Electronics
● Chemicals (including Specialty & Petrochemicals)
● Electrical Engineering and Electronics incl. Industrial Electronics Retail
● Energy and Resources
● Financial Institutions and Insurance Utilities (electricity, gas, water etc.)
● Food and Beverage (excluding product innovation in F&B)
● Healthcare and Healthcare providers
● Logistics and Services
● Medical Technology and Medical Devices
● Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals
● Public Services (Upstream)
● Telecommunications, IT/Software and Media (TIME industries)
● Transport and Travel
● White Goods (Household appliances — refrigerator, stove, washing machine, etc.)

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Entries received will undergo a review process. Shortlisted entries will be notified to submit as a
1500 word article on the innovation, and will be invited to present the innovation at Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore. The selected articles and videos of presentations will be
published in National Design Innovation Network, an online platform connecting the design
community of India (design students, trainers, the Design Innovation Centres) in its exclusive
section on Indian Design Anthologies. Indian Design Anthologies aims to turn to an innovation
corpus of design/innovation/business case studies for design students.

SELECTION CRITERIA FOR INDIAN INNOVATIONS

Innovations that fit the purpose of the meet are :

● An industrial product originated or invented in India for use in the Indian market (or global
market).
● Product must have made a significant change in lifestyle.
● Must be a successful product widely used at present time point (contemporarily in the
last 5 years).
● Product successful or popular for a particular era and influenced another product that is
presently widely used or successful.
● A process or service involving tangible products for its delivery or operation which
transformed the way a product/service was used/operated/carried out, may also be
included. E.g. Aravind Eye Hospital chain in South India, scaled the cataract surgeries
performed per day in India by five times, using a new service model for operational
efficiency between two consecutive surgeries.

Innovations that does not fit are :

● Products designed by foreign firms for foreign markets, but manufactured in India.
● Handmade crafts.
● Products naturally evolved to a machine made product for the globalised world. E.g.
Pressed leaf plates is an expected evolution of raw leaves used to serve food, and is not
a radical innovation.
● Products created to meet legal or environmental regulations. E.g. Saree guard attachment
in motorcycles is a legal enforcement in India, so a must accessory.
● Products from Indian start-ups or groups not yet launched in the market.
● Test of time products: Products from colonial era British inventions or Mughal inventions,
where traditional industry exists and continues to produce the product in the same
fashion without much change.

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IMPORTANT DATES

● Reporting Innovations : 31 October 2023

● Communicating shortlisted innovations : 15 November 2023
● Submission of full article : 10 January 2024
● Communicating review comments : 31 January 2024
● Innovation Meet : 28 February 2024

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Content guidelines
Each article should include the following information about the innovations reported.

● Describe the context and era in India (in terms of governance: pre-independence/colonial,
post-independence; economic: post industrial revolution, post liberalisation in India,
globalisation).
● Years since market release: > 15 years
● Describe the underlying need behind the innovation.
● The situation or the key problem the innovation wanted to change, and whether it could
achieve it.
● Explanation of the innovation, its design, the key innovation elements
● How the innovation was accepted/received in terms of
○ Sales (immediately after launch and present)
○ Reach and adoption
● Impact of innovation on lifestyle or the situation it intended to change.
● Influence on later products in the same market.
● Evolution/improvement of the innovation since market release.

Submission
Submit your innovations at this link with the below information:

● Innovation Category
● Year of Innovation
● 500-word description on the innovation.
● 500-word description of why your innovation was successful and the metrics to assess
success.
● Background details of the organisation

Registration Details : To be announced later.

Organiser Contact : M.C. Kumari, National Design Innovation Network, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
E: contact@ndin.in