INSTITUTIONS Volume 1 March 2005

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Contents

1. Editorial ........................................................................................................... 3

Award Ceremony - 2005

2. The Jury ........................................................................................................... 4

3. The Organising Council .................................................................................... 4

4. President of India Speaks ................................................................................. 5

5. Messages

● Minister of HRD Hon’ble Mr. Arjun Singh ...................................................................... 8

● Chief Minister of Delhi Hon’ble Ms. Sheila Dixit ............................................................ 9

6. Awards and Citations ..................................................................................... 10

7. Annexure:

● Welcome Address by Mr. D.V. Kapur ........................................................................... 12

Chairman of the Organising Council

● Awards Concept by Mr. M.G.K. Menon ....................................................................... 14

Chairman of the Jury

● Acknowledgments by Mr. Gurnam Saran ..................................................................... 16

President, EMPI B-School, New Delhi

8. Unfolding the Future

● Dr. Ashok Jain / Pankaj Saran

Co-convenors EMPI-CIEPRO ..................................................................................... 21

20th century more than all the othercenturies put together has been thecentury of change – change thatis political, economic, social andabove all technological. Theinstitutionalisation of the changeprocess or the planned ‘changing ofchange’ has been perhaps the mostimportant change of the 20thcentury. From the early days of

science and technology where lone inventors like MichaelFaraday or a Thomas Edison invented ‘new things’, Inventionhas evolved to entire Organisations or the populace makingnew things. Further the search for newness has gone beyondnew things to systems and processes that makes up the presentsocio-technological era - a trend that has been characterized asInnovation. Thus the 20th century is witnessing atransformation in search for ‘newness’ in not only newproducts or inventions produced by eccentric inventors butentire organisations. Further, Innovations have even gonebeyond corporate organisations to all forms of Organisations.Therefore we have innovations in government - the modernwelfare estate; Innovations in Socio-Economic Development -the Amul Model; Innovations in social institution building -the Montessori school; the modern research University -Harvard, Stanford and the like; innovations in the rural sector- Gramin Bank etc. and above all traditional corporateinnovations like JIT by Toyota, Sony and the Walkman. Ofcourse, the taxonomy of Innovation varies from theDisruptive, Application, Product, Process, Experiential,Marketing, Business model to Structural etc.

Indian organisations, especially in the post-liberalisation era,have realized the importance of innovation as an imperativenecessity to join the global race in generating and capitalizingintellectual capital as the essence of business. No more is thepetty manipulation of the regulatory system important tosustain business, but the capability to efficiently and

effectively adapt, develop and create new products, processes,and systems for growth and development. India as a wholewith its regulating institutions and government is realizingthat age old methods cannot provide the public-privatepartnership requirement to power the creation of a globallycompetitive society. Also there is a growing perception thatIndia like other emerging economies and developing societieswith its unique problems of poverty and illiteracy requiresinnovations in non-corporate areas - innovations inAgriculture, Social Development, Government etc.

Traditionally, India has been characterized as a conservativenon-changing society where the innovator has been branded asa maverick outside the mainstream functioning at the fringesof society. A lot has to be done to create awareness ofInnovation and Innovators.

EMPI in response to this felt need has set up CIEPRO -Centre for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & IntellectualProperty, and is launching the Journal – INNOVATIONSthat shall synthesise academic disciplines with professionalpractice to address the larger paradigm of Innovation whichgoes beyond the classical innovation paradigm of hightechnology product based breakthrough invention situated inthe modern corporates, to look at Innovation in all organizedforms of human endeavour - from Governance and Policy toEducation and Health. This Journal does not negate theclassical paradigm of Innovation but aims to extend it. Aguiding thought is the relevance of the larger paradigm todeveloping societies and emerging economies where innovativesolutions are required for the enormous problems they face –poor governance, colonial administrative structures,dilapidated infrastructure, illiteracy, health etc.. Our attemptis to bring theoretical and methodological rigour to the ‘largerparadigm’ as the Journal aims to address both the scholar andthe practitioner.

Pankaj SaranVice-President, EMPI B-School

From the EditorS = T and T = I: “Science alone is not Technology” and

“Technology alone is not Innovation”- Akio Morita, Chairman of the Board, Sony Corporation at the Royal Society, London

(… as narrated by Prof. M.G.K Menon)

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Chairman, Reliance Power Ltd. Former Founder Chairman, NTPC & Secretary to

Ministry of Power and Industry, GOI

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Bhargava, R.C.Former CMD, Maruti Udyog Ltd.

Desai, NitinFormer Under Secretary General for

Economic & Social Affairs, UN

Hussain, AbidFormer Ambassador of India to USA

Irani, J.J.Director, Tata Sons Ltd.

Jain, H.K.Former Director, Indian Agricultural

Research Institute, Dy. Director General,

ISNAR, The Hague

Kapur, D.V.Chairman, Reliance Power Ltd.

Former Founder Chairman, NTPC & Secretary to

Ministry of Power and Industry, GOI

Kohli, F.C.Fr. Dy. Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services

Ltd.

Lall, BrijmohanChairman, Hero Honda Motors Ltd.

Mashelkar, R. A.Director General, CSIR & Secretary, Deptt. of

Scientific & Industrial Research, GOI

Maira, ArunChairman, The Boston Consulting Group

Nigavekar, ArunChairman, UGC

Bami, P.S. (Co-Chairman)President, Indian Energy Forum

Former Chairman, NTPC

Saran, Pankaj (Co-Convenor)

Vice President, EMPI B-School

Bhatia, S.K.Former Director General,

Research & Development

for Electrical Industry, Govt. of India

Chandna, Yadav

Faculty Consultant, EMPI B-School

Gupta, Vipin (International Advisor)

Senior Fellow, Wharton School

Khanna, Sushama

Co-Director, EMPI HR-LABS

Motiwal, O.P.

Director, EMPI University Law School

Pant, J.M.

Faculty Consultant, EMPI B-School

Ramachandriah, V.Director, EMPI Global Business Management &

Research, Former Director, GIFT (Vizag)

Pal, YashFormer Chairman, UGC

Parekh, Deepak S.Chairman, HDFC Limited

Rajagopal, P.V.Vice Chairman,

Gandhi Peace Foundation

Roy, PrannoyPresident, NDTV

Saran, GurnamFormer Director, BHEL & Senior Management

Consultant, Commonwealth (U.K.)

Sharma, ManjuFormer Secretary, Dept. of Bio-technology, GOI

Sharma, M.M.Emeritus Professor of Eminence, Univ. Inst.

of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

Singhvi, L.M.Former M.P. & Senior Advocate,

Supreme Court

Tandon, P.N.Chairman, National Brain Research Centre

Verma, J.S. (Justice)Former Chief Justice of India

Vittal, N.Former Chairman, Telecom Commission &

Secretary, Department of Electronics, GOI

Natarajan, R. (Co-Chairman)Former Chairman, AICTE, Govt. of India

Former Director, IIT Madras

Jain, Ashok (Co-Convenor)

VP, EMPI Academics Devpt. & Research

Former Director, NISTAD

Saksena, A. N.

Former Additional Secretary to

Govt. of India

Sarkar, Suman

Director, EMPI B-School

Sethi, Sanjay

Chief Publisher, MacMillan India

Verma,S.P.

Chief Editor, IGPA & HPA

Senior Dean & Director,

EMPI B-School

Saran, Abira

Faculty, EMPI B-School

Jyoti N. Singh

Faculty, EMPI B-School

Menon, M.G.K., Chairman

Chairman, BOG, IIT Delhi, President, ISI Kolkata

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I am delighted to participate in the Indian InnovationAwards 2005 organized by the EntrepreneurialManagement Processes International (EMPI) in

collaboration with NDTV and Business World. I greet theorganizers who are celebrating Indian InnovativeOrganisations towards promotion of a culture of innovationamong our entrepreneurs. I congratulate the award winners,Infrastructural Leasing and Financial Services, NarayanaHirudayalaya, BAIF Development Research Foundation,Mother Dairy Food Processing Ltd., All India Society forElectronics and Computer Technology, National StockExchange of India and the Department of School Education,Government of Nagaland. I understand that these seveninnovative organisations have beenselected through a process of selection fromfive hundred and ninety six participants. Iwas thinking, what to discuss with theteams assembled here. I have chosen thetopic as “Development challenges inreaching difficult regions of the Nation”. Tobegin with let us discuss the Engine ofknowledge society which is innovation.

Engine of Knowledge Society isInnovationDuring the last century, the world hasundergone a change from agriculturesociety, where manual labour was thecritical factor, to industrial society wherethe management of technology, capital andlabour provided the competitive advantage.Then the information era was born in thelast decade, where connectivity andsoftware products are driving the economyof a few nations. In the 21st century, a newsociety is emerging where knowledge is theprimary production resource instead of capital and labour.The Knowledge society is powered by innovative capacity.Efficient utilisation of this existing knowledge can createcomprehensive wealth of the nation and also improve thequality of life - in the form of better health, education,infrastructure and other social indicators. Ability to create andmaintain the knowledge infrastructure, develop knowledgeworkers and enhance their productivity through creation,growth and use of new knowledge will be the key factors indeciding the prosperity of this Knowledge Society. Whether anation has arrived at a stage of knowledge society is judgedby the way the country effectively deals with knowledgecreation and knowledge deployment in all sectors like IT,Industries, Agriculture, Health Care etc., Innovation is the key

element in building the knowledge society. Knowledge societyin turn leads to developed societies. I am very happy that withinstitutions that deal with entrepreneurship, electronic mediaand print media in business are joining together, taking theinnovation as an important task.

Now I would like to discuss the ingredientsof Knowledge Society.Necessary ingredients for Knowledge SocietyKnowledge is converted into wealth for social good throughthe process of innovation. Innovation is an important factorfor the competitiveness of both service and manufacturing

sectors. Innovation is mainly fed by dynamicorganizational change and also in variouswalks of life borne out of experiences ofindividuals and groups and at times fromR&D labs also. Hence there is an urgentneed to establish an efficient innovationsystem in the country. Such a system wouldinvolve creation of clusters, which arenetworks of

a) Inter-dependent firms,

b) Technology and knowledge producinginstitutions like universities, colleges andinstitutes, research institutes, andtechnology providing firms,

c) Bridging institutions like think tanks,providers of technical or consultancyservices, and;

d) Customers links the value-addedproduction chain

The concept of clusters goes beyond that ofa firm network, as it captures all forms ofknowledge sharing and exchange. Thus, an

innovative system with its clusters would tap into the growingstock of global knowledge, assimilate and adopt it to localneeds and finally create new knowledge and technology. Theinnovators who have been awarded can replicate theirinnovations in different parts of the country. Time is now ripeespecially since the Government is focused to provide a newdeal for the rural India.

New Deal for Rural IndiaIn my address to the nation on the eve of the Republic Day2005, I had outlined a vision for rural development. Thevision envisages total eradication of poverty, excellent andaffordable opportunities for education and skill developmentfor all citizens, health care for all and sanitation coverage and

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generation of higher income levels for all the people in thecountry. In addition, agriculture, manufacturing and servicessectors will not only cater to domestic needs but also acquireleadership positions in the global economy. In the FinanceMinister’s latest budget proposals the programme of ProvidingUrban Facilities in Rural Areas (PURA) plays a very importantrole. PURA envisages four connectivities. They are Physicalconnectivity, Electronic connectivity and Knowledgeconnectivity thereby achieving economic connectivity.

Role of InnovatorsThere is always a tendency, even among social institutionsand social organisations including religious institutions, thatthey would like to select for education, healthcare and othersocially relevant activities, always well developed parts ofstates (with few exceptions), and preferably urban areas.Particularly, the innovators should always select difficultareas and trigger development to ensure the balanceddevelopment of the whole nation. Here I am reminded of an email which I received from one of our citizens. The e-mail readsas follows:

Here is a piece to remind all of us on whatever health, wealthor light we have, and the importance of sharing it with theless privileged or inherited ones. A few weeks ago National

Institute for Mentally Handicapped, Hyderabad, hadconducted a sports meet for all the physically & mentallyhandicapped children at National Stadium Hyderabad. In onerace.., Nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled,assembled at the starting line for the 100 mtr race. At thestarting signal, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, butwith a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, othersexcept one little boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbledover a couple of times, and began to cry. The other eight heardthe boy cry. They slowed down and looked back. Then theyall turned around and went back......every one of them. Onegirl with Down’s syndrome bent down and kissed him andsaid, “This will make it better.” Then all nine linked arms andwalked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadiumstood, and the cheering went on for several minutes. Peoplewho were there are still telling the story. Why? Because deepdown we know this one thing: What matters in this life is morethan winning for ourselves. What matters in this life is

helping others win, even if it means slowing down andchanging our course. I would say that, you do not have to slowdown. Rather by helping difficult areas, the feed back willmake you go faster. If you pass this on, we may be able tochange our hearts as well as someone else’s. “A candle losesnothing by lighting another candle”.

This noble act will promote creativity and socially conscioussociety among our billion people and they will all becomepartners in national development.

CreativitySince our population is of a billion people, the society in itsown way has to make innovations continuously, not only inurban areas but also in rural areas. For example, the honeybee network movement at Ahmedabad is an excellent attempttowards promotion of creativity. Creativity comes frombeautiful minds. It can be anywhere and any part of thecountry. It may start from a fisherman hamlet or a farmer’shousehold or a dairy farm or cattle breeding centre or itemanates from class rooms or labs or industries or R&Dcentres. Creativity has got multi dimensions like inventions,discoveries and innovations. Creativity has got an ability toimagine or invent something new by combining, changing orreapplying existing ideas. Creativity has an attitude to acceptchange and newness, a willingness to play with ideas andpossibilities, a flexibility of outlook, the habit of enjoying thegood, while looking for ways to improve it. Creativity has aprocess to work hard and continually to improve ideas andsolutions by making gradual alterations and refinements totheir works. The important aspect of creativity is: seeing thesame thing as everybody else, but thinking of somethingdifferent. Now I would like to share my experiences withNational Innovation Foundation.

PartnershipI have seen in Ahmedabad the working of the NationalInnovation Foundation which is able to attract a number ofinnovations coming from the rural sector. However, what theyneed is design input to make it into a competitive marketableproduct. I would recommend a collaborative venture betweenthe Entrepreneurial Management Processes International(EMPI) and National Innovation Foundation to work onconverting the promising innovations into a commerciallyviable venture. This can lead to creation of a number ofenterprises in the rural sector leading to large scaleemployment opportunity and wealth generation in the ruralareas. The establishment of enterprises for such ventures canbe financially supported by the institutions like IL& FS.

Now I would like to suggest a method by which EMPI andother partners can make productive use of the valuable datagenerated through the conduct of Indian Innovation AwardScheme.

In my address to the nation on the eve

of the Republic Day 2005, I had

outlined a vision for rural

development. The vision envisages

total eradication of poverty, excellent

and affordable opportunities for

education and skill development for

all citizens

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- The economic strength is powered by competitiveness- The competitiveness is powered by knowledge power.- The knowledge power is powered by Technology and

innovation.- The Technology is powered by resource investment.- The Resource investment is powered by revenue and return

on Investment.- The Revenue is powered by Volume and repeat sales

through customer loyalty.- The customer loyalty is powered by Quality and value of

products.- Quality and value of products is powered by Employee

Productivity and innovation.- The Employee Productivity is powered by Employee

Loyalty, employee satisfaction and working environment.- The Working Environment is powered by management

stewardship.

- Management stewardship is powered by Invisible leadership

The Invisible leadership means exercising the vision to changethe traditional role from the commander to the coach, managerto mentor, from director to delegator and from one whodemands respect to one who facilitates self respect. I am sureall the institutions and the future aspiring institutions arespearheaded by invisible leadership. For a prosperous anddeveloped India, the important thrust will be on the growthin the of number Invisible Leaders and InnovativeOrganisations. Once again let me congratulate all the awardwinners and wish you all success in promoting innovativeorganisations.

May God bless you.

Presentation of Memento to the President of India by Mr. Gurnam Saran, Honorary President, EMPI Business School

Role of Entrepreneurial ManagementProcesses International (EMPI) &similar institutionsThe Entrepreneurial Management Processes Internationalhas received five hundred and ninety six applicationson different areas relevant to the development of oursociety such as: public policy, physical infrastructure, social infrastructure, rural development, high technologyand manufacturing industries, new convergent media,service industries, banking, insurance, hospitals,agriculture, food, water management and environment.EMPI can create a forum in which the proposalssubmitted for the award can be discussed facilitating itsdissemination to intended users and also create marketconnectivity for wider applications. The faculty members ofEMPI could select the top three innovations in each of the areaand prepare them as case studies for the students of EMPI.The television partner NDTV and print partner BusinessWorld can make these innovations as episodes anddisseminate to different institutions through their channel.This will be an effective method of promoting theseinnovations towards societal applications. Can you take upthis challenge?

Conclusion: Development of Invisible LeadersFor the nation today what is needed is a combination oftechnology, innovation, leadership and inspired workforce.Let us analyze the dynamics of good organizations fornational development. Developed India as defined can be onlypowered by economic strength.

PRESIDENT OF INDIA SPEAKS ....

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SHEILA DIKSHIT

CHIEF MINISTER

Mr. Ravi Narain, Managing Director & CEO receiving the SilverAward on behalf of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., Mumbai

Mr. S.K. Choubey, Secretary, receiving the Silver Award onbehalf of All India Society for Electronics and Computer

Dr. Narayan Ganapa Hegde, President, receiving the Gold Awardon behalf of BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune

Mr. Ravi Parthasarathy, Chairman & Managing Director receivingthe Gold Award on behalf of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial

Services (IL&FS), Mumabi

Ms. Priti Jacob, CEO, receiving the Gold Award on behalf ofNarayana Hrudayalaya

Mr. A.K. Khanna, Managing Director, receiving the Gold Awardon behalf of Mother Dairy Foods Processing Ltd.

Awards and Citations

Shri Neiphiu Rio, Chief Minister, Nagaland, receiving the SilverAward on behalf of Department of School Education, Government

of Nagaland, Kohima

It is my proud privilege to welcome you Sir, and convey our sincere thanks for agreeing to give away

the Indian Innovation Awards – 2005 commissioned byEMPI Business School’s Centre for Innovation,Entrepreneurship & Intellectual Property (CIEPRO), NewDelhi.

Sir, the entire country acknowledges your achievements notonly as a great innovator but also as guiding spirit leadingthe teams responsible for scientific and technologicalinnovations the nation is proud of. Your graceful presence asChief Guest at today’s function is, therefore, most appropriatefor launching a movement to promote the culture of innovationon a platform in variety of fields. We are indeed grateful foryour blessings and encouragement.

Recognitions and awards for innovations have beenorganised for many years by Government Departments,Industry Chambers and Private trusts. However, by and largethese were to recognize individuals and not organisations. Itwas in this background that some of the enterprising mindsin EMPI initiated an in-house debate for accelerating amotivational process, which involves wider segments ofsociety and catalyses organisational innovations. It would beagreed that to gain its rightful place in the community ofnations and to fulfill objectives of Vision 2020, our countryneeds to, perhaps more than anything else, become aninnovation super power. The culture should also percolate inall forms of organisational endeavours spanning corporatesector to development institutions, government departmentsto NGOs etc. The Indian Innovation Awards function beingheld today is not culmination of the thought process but isan important first step to take movement of innovation cultureforward.

In addition to technology and manufacturing industry theseawards cover a number of areas critical for development,such as Public Policy, Law & Governance, Rural Developmentand Panchayati Raj, Physical Infrastructure, SocialInfrastructure including Health & Education, Agriculture &Water Management and Service Industry – areas generallynot adequately emphasised for innovation.

I must also mention that transformation of the idea to a

concrete shape would not have been possible but for theactive involvement of Prof. MGK Menon and the Jury Memberseach one of whom is one of the most distinguished personsin his field.Commitment of EMPIPresident GurnamSaran assisted byAshok Jain andPankaj Saran ispraiseworthy andtheir skillful handlingof the exercise was byitself innovational.Apart from promotinga good cause EMPIBusiness School sawthis as a learningopportunity for postgraduate and doctorallevel students so thatthey could becomebearer of InnovativeIndia’s flag in theircareers.

We had limited time to carry out the entire operation selectingthe meritorious organisations deserving the Indian InnovationAwards. We were, however, overwhelmed with the response.There were about 600 applicants out of which 380 weredocumented entries. Scrutiny of such voluminousdocumentation was a daunting task. Each entry wasevaluated by 2/3 expert evaluators. It goes to their credit thatafter careful scrutiny of applications, in a short time, theyprepared an initial shortlist of about 70 applications forfurther consideration. The committee of evaluators reducedthe number to 19 on the consideration of holistic merits ofinnovations carried out by respective organisations vis-à-viscriteria for Awards. Coordinators representing respectivegroups of evaluators concerned with each category ofcompetitive theme made presentations to the Jury on the 1st.March. It was due to wise counsel and insight of thedistinguished members of the Jury under Prof. Menon’schairmanship that the task of selecting the awardees couldbe completed. I would also like to mention that a good numberof entries were very deserving cases but perhaps lacked full

Welcome Address by Dr. D V Kapur, Chairman, OrganisingCouncil, Indian Innovation Awards – 2005

Respected Rashtrapatiji,Prof. Menon and Distinguished Members of the Jury

President EMPI Business School (CIEPRO) Shri Gurnam SaranRecipients of Indian Innovation Awards and Ladies and Gentlemen

Kapur, D.V. (Chairman)

Chairman, Reliance Power Ltd. Former Founder Chairman, NTPC &

Secretary to Ministry of Power and Industry, GOI

Dr. D.V. Kapur, Chairman,Organising Council

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scale verification data and presentation. However, we areindebted to each one of them and propose to convey ourgratefulness for their contribu-tions and would like to assurethem that we shall seek furtherinformation from them andconsider their cases for awardsin the future. We look forwardto their active support in thecoming months to acceleratethe innovation movement.

I must also very humblyacknowledge that all this hasbeen a very useful learningexperience for the organisers.EMPI is very enthused andshall henceforward redesignthe application forms, rewritethe criteria for awardsseparately for “Innovative Organisations” and for“Organisational Innovations” and develop such formatsthrough which full details regarding gains of innovations andtheir impact on others can be focused properly.

It is proposed to hold these awards

every year. At the CIEPRO a group

has been created to compile the case

studies for innovations carried out by

participants in the competition.

Publication and wide circulation of

these would be one approach for

furtherance of the Innovation

Movement. Case studies would be

useful addition in the archives of

schools of management studies and for

holding seminars and brainstorming

sessions.

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It is proposed to hold these awards every year. At the CIEPROa group has been created to compile the case studies for

innovations carried out byparticipants in the competition.Publication and wide circulationof these would be one approachfor furtherance of the InnovationMovement. Case studies wouldbe useful addition in the archivesof schools of management studiesand for holding seminars andbrainstorming sessions. In thisregard we would needtremendous support from allconcerned and in particular fromcorporate sector andGovernment. We sincerely hopethat would be forthcoming.

May I now request Chairman ofthe Jury and my respected colleague Prof. MGK Menon toaddress the gathering.

Thank you

First Row (From L to R): Co-Chairman, Organising Council, P.S. Bami, Fmr. Secy., Dept. of Bio-Technology, GOI, Manju Sharma,Chairman, Boston Consulting Group, Arun Maira, and Ms. Tara Sinha

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The Indian Innovation Awards were conceivedof by the Entrepreneurship and ManagementProcesses International (EMPI) B-School Group in

association with its interdisciplinary initiative, CIEPRO. Theprimary purpose is to recognize innovation of a high orderat an inter-organisational levels that have demonstrated theirpotential for significant national development.

Innovation is broadly defined as introducing something new.Often, innovation is thought of as relating to advances thattake place in science and technology; and more particularlyin terms of those changes that can be exploited commercially.But for successful commer-cialisation to take place, andindeed more broadly for successful social and nationaldevelopment, innovation has to cover a broader spectrum. Itis important to improve the ways of doing things throughnew and original approaches across a wide range of areas:science, technology, politics, economics, business, trade,industry, finance, agriculture, and in the homes and inrelationships, in institutional structures and most of all inattitudes. The objective of the Indian Innovation Awards isto recognize the importance of innovation as an attitudinalaspect of society, and to set in motion a movement to bringabout an innovation culture and movement.

I had the privilege more than a decade ago of listening to oneof the great industrial leaders of Japan, Akio Morita, Chairmanof Sony Corporation, delivering the first United KingdomInnovation lecture at the Royal Society in London in 1992.The title of the lecture was: S = T and T = I. He wanted todistinguish between these three aspects, science, technologyand innovation. Science is the search to understand natureand the laws that govern its functions. It can result in greatdiscoveries and must involve a high degree of creativity andoriginality. It does not necessarily lead to applications or thedevelopment of technology. Technology involves themanipulation of the outputs from science, and sometimesdevelops on an empirical or an intuitive basis, to lead toconcepts, processes and devices that have a practicalconnotation. This also involves a high degree of originalityand creativity. What Morita had to say was that, in addition,there is another important aspect also involving creativityand originality: and that is innovation.

One of the finest examples that can be cited of innovationleading to a meteoric rise to success is that of Silicon Valleyin the U.S.A. wherethere was ac o n t i n u i n ginteraction of thegreat ideas of science,and ideas ofinnovative engineersand technologists,venture capitalists,lawyers, linkagesbetween businessand industry andacademia, func-tioning like anintegrated, inte-ractive livingorganism with themany feedback loopsthat characterizehighly productiveecosystems. Thisinteraction has involved successes and failures, mergers andalliances, with the innovative component of failures becomingthe driving force of success. For this it was important forinnovative elements to be part of all aspects of the system.Some of these may be small in terms of ideas or magnitude;but when they are in synergy, the whole becomes muchlarger than the parts. This calls for an ambience, which isliberal, open, secular and highly interactive. It is only thenthat originality and innovation can flower.

Many in this country do not recognize the importance ofopenness and teamwork. Particularly in science andtechnology, and in many of our sports and in performingarts, there is a tendency for the work to be highlyindividualized so that a person can be recognized for apinnacle of achievement. Even in science and technology, ifone carries out a proper analysis, one finds that the greatestdiscoveries have had many earlier or parallel building blocksthat have enabled them to take place. There is thus a tendencyin this country to focus on individuals and icons whereas,invariably, large scale success at national and societal levelultimately takes place through teamwork; co-ordination

Awards Concept by Prof. M.G.K. Menon, Chairman of the Jury,Indian Innovation Awards – 2005

Respected Rashtrapatiji,Dr. D.V. Kapur and Distinguished Members of the Jury,

President EMPI Business School (CIEPRO) Shri Gurnam Saran,Recipients of Indian Innovation Awards, and Ladies and Gentlemen

Menon, M.G.K., Chairman

Chairman, BOG, IIT Delhi, President, ISI Kolkata

Prof. M.G.K. Menon, Chairman, Jury

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involving a large number is important. It is thus that we seegreat teams in football, cricket and hockey; or in music, thegreat orchestras. The individual entities in each one of thesehave to be welded together tomake one powerful whole. Thegreat conductors of worldfamous orchestras of westernmusic manage to coordinate aslarge a number as a hundredmusicians and more. Some ofthese may be of the highestquality who often give soloperformances. But in anorchestra they work to producesublime music. For this theleadership of a great conductor is important. And that is trueof leadership needed at organisational and national levels. Itis for this reason that the Indian Innovation Awards arebeing given to organisations, including successes that havebeen based on partnerships involving organisations.

More is needed beyond the awards. There is need for greaterawareness amongst the people concerning some of theseconceptual ideas – to have innovation as a national movement,just as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had always talked of thenation and society being imbued with the scientific temperthat characterizes a scientific approach to the very functioningof life. For the creation of awareness, the media will have toplay an important role.

Respected Rashtrapatiji! You have repeatedly spoken aboutyour ideas concerning a developed India; and the need to

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“ignite the minds”. You have throughout been interactingwith the younger generation, particularly children, to motivatethem to think of success and achievement that have

characterized your life. We are,therefore, particularly happy thatyou are today in our midst togive away these awards.

My distinguished colleague,Dr. D.V. Kapur, who himself wasresponsible for major innovationsin the power sector, has been amoving spirit behind this conceptand this function. In these effortswe have had the fullest support

from Shri Gurnam Saran, Honorary President, EMPI BusinessSchool; and Mr. Pankaj Saran, and Dr. Ashok Jain, VicePresidents of EMPI Business School.

These awards are different from others given in the countryin the sense that they are for organisations and inter-organisational partnerships; they are also not only fortechnology and manufacturing but cover a wide spectrum ofhuman effort that are important for development. The awardsthat will be presented today will illustrate both these concepts.

I am happy that there will be many more who fulfill thesecriteria, and who will be given awards in succeeding yearsas we improve our system to search and identify the gemsthat exist in this country and constitute the mainsprings ofour dynamism.

Thank you

First Row (From L to R): Former CMD, Maruti Udyog Ltd., R.C Bhargava; Chairman, National Brain Research Institute, P.N. Tandon;Former Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN, Nitin Desai; Former Chairman, Telecom Commission Secretary,Dept. of Electronics, GOI, N. Vittal; Dutch Ambassador Hon’ble Eric F. Ch. Niehe

There is need for greater awareness

amongst the people concerning some of

these conceptual ideas – to have

innovation as a national movement, just

as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had always

talked of the nation and society being

imbued with the scientific temper that

characterizes a scientific approach to

the very functioning of life.

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At the out set, I would like to first of all assure thePresident of India that we have very carefullylistened to the advice and words of wisdom given

by you Sir. We are going to further study the same in moredetail on the President’s website (as advised in thePresidential address). More so, because the thoughtsexpressed by the President have been very much on our mindfrom the beginning when we at EMPI, conceived the Indian

Awards today will perhaps continue to be seen as innovativein future as well. What we consider essential for achievingthe goal of ‘promoting a culture of innovation’, is to look atthe other 589 proposals which are in the pipeline and ourscheme should encourage them to become excellent. Withthis objective, Sir, we thought that we will go through allremaining proposals systemically and involve our facultyand students in analysis and case development and createcase books sector-wise to be used as examples for emulationby a wider cross section of the society in the country.

In that sense, today has become the day what we have likedto call “the Bhumi Pujan day”, when we have broken freshground through today’s giving away of Awards for 2005from the President’s gracious hands. The exercise of selectingthe best, if I may mention has been completed, rather speedilyto meet the deadline given by the President i.e. today the 7th

March, 2005. Right through the Jury was, however, clear thatwe should not make any mistake because of circumstantialhurry. Deliberations in the course of choosing the best alsobrought in focus the need to differentiate ‘organisationalinnovation’ from ‘innovative organisations’. Being the firstexercise, the Jury hand picked only those which were completein content and presentation and of course, spotless. Othercases were deferred to be submitted again with morecomprehensive and verifiable information through visits andinteraction for detailed study and enabling properpresentation in future.

We at EMPI B-School, New Delhi, as I have mentioned earlierhave already setup a core team which is being enlarged soas to go in details of each case of reported innovation andenable the concerned organisation to gather all relevant dataand present their case in an appropriately structured formatfor effective communication with due justifications requiredfor evaluation and acceptance by the Jury. Simultaneouslyobjective is to enable dissemination of the case within theorganisation for the purpose of taking it to the grass roots.We also want to encourage the organisations to avail it as amotivational tool for spreading the culture of innovationwithin the organisation and emulation by all those connectedwith it and the society at large. The President will notice Sir,that the Logo design of CIEPRO says “Promoting a Culture

Acknowledgments: President, EMPI Business School, Gurnam SaranRespected Rashtrapatiji,

Honb’le Chief Minister of Nagaland,(Leading the government official team which has won award today)

Prof. MGK Menon, Chairman of the JuryDistinguish Member’s of the Awards 2005 Jury,Dr. D. V. Kapur, Chairman Organizing Council,

Recipients of the Indian Innovation Awards – 2005,Ladies and Gentlemen,

Gurnam Saran, President, EMPI Business School deliveringthe vote of Thanks

Gurnam Saran, Hony. President, EMPI

Fmr. Director, BHEL & Sr. Management Consultant (Commonwealth, UK)

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Innovation Awards-2005 as a scheme. We were sure in ourminds that we are starting the Awards-2005 as the firstchapter of the book, not to be closed and opened again perhapsnext year. Goals set have been very clear. Accordingly, wehave not only intended but are working for creating aperpetual chain reaction whereby we are not going to stopafter taking the first five hundred and ninety six (596)proposals through an in-depth study process leading toselection or rejection. In fact, one point which emerged as akey feature in all our deliberations has been that in operatingthe concept, we should always remember not to keep lookingand talking about only at the first list of high visibility 7selected innovative organisations because those who havealready achieved innovative excellence and received the

of Innovation”. This Sir, is our objective. As such our effortis not restricted to do this as an annual ritual to give awayAwards once in a year.

The ideas given by you Sir, today are indeed excellent food forthought and help us in enhancing the qualitative aspects of ourscheme. I on my own behalf and behalf of the young communitywhich I represent, express my deep gratitude to you Sir, forblessing us with such wonderfulwords of wisdom and practicaladvice. We will certainly avail theopportunity of coming to youagain and seek further guidanceand get more details to achievethe mission of enabling ourcountry becoming known as “Innovative India” and on how weshould continue to work in future?

This exercise has shown us yetanother dimension i.e.commonness of urge, amongstall sections of society, be it publicor private, to get involved in innovation. I may mention herethat quite a few proposals have been received from GovernmentDepartments including those from the Ministry of HumanResource Development (Government of India), the Governmentsof Delhi and Chattisgarh, in addition to the Government of

Nagaland who are one of the winner of the Awards today. Iwould like to thank the Minister of HRD Hon’ble Shri. ArjunSingh and Chief Minister, Government of Delhi Hon’ble Smt.Sheila Dikshit, for their keen interest and messages ofencouragement. My special thanks to the Chief Minister ofNagaland Hon’ble Shri Neiphiu Rio for joining today’sfunction and personally receiving the award.

We are indeed thankful to theAmbassadors of Finland, Polandand Netherlands and diplomaticstaff from various countries andinternational organisationspresent here and many otherswho could not come but sentmessages of encouragement andhave been helping EMPI in jointresearch and knowledgesharing. We thank you all foryour participation and support.

I would like to thank Prof. MGKMenon, Chairman of the Jury and

all Jury Members for giving their valuable time and helping usin choosing the seven Award winners for the year 2005. Wehave been really enthused by their instant support which cameto us at a short notice. We are equally indebted to the 29 verysenior evaluators, each one eminent and accomplished in the

In that sense, today has become the

day what we have liked to call “the

Bhumi Pujan day”, when we have

broken fresh ground through today’s

giving away of Awards for 2005 from

the President’s gracious hands. The

exercise of selecting the best, if I may

mention has been completed, rather

speedily to meet the deadline given by

the President i.e. today the 7th March,

2005.

ANNEXURE

Mr. Hari Shankaran, Joint Managing Director, IL&FS, Mr. Gurnam Saran, Hony. President, EMPI, Fmr. Director, BHEL & Sr. ManagementConsultant (Commonwealth, UK) Mr. Ravi Parthasarthy, CMD, IL&FS and Mr. Pankaj Saran share moments of happiness

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respective field. I can’t check myself but share with you Sir,how they worked day in and day out rummaging throughthe 596 proposals, short listing 70 in the first go and finallyto 19 which were presented to the Jury.

I can’t forget acknowledging the respondents - 596organisations, who within a matter of 10 weeks of ourannouncement came rushing with their proposals, some evenflew their documents through personal bearers. This waslike a flood which was notexpected. It gave us Sir, not onlyconfidence and reaffirmation offaith in what we were attemptingbut also an assurance that ourcountry is ready for change.

Of course Government officials,Associations, Executives,Industry Leaders anddistinguished members fromother sections of the society whoare present here, I would like tothank you for yourencouragement. Our specialthanks to the sponsors : NDTV, Business World, Reliance,L&T, Coca-Cola, ONGC, NTPC, and Hindi daily AAJ, whocame forward to help us by providing funds, freeadvertisements and the like. The promptness of their responsehas been indeed very encouraging because such support ofalone can help us to sustain and grow this concept. Myprofuse thanks once again to the organisations and theirCEOs for the timely help. I have no doubt that many more arein waiting to extend support in future.

Of course, the Press as the President himself has mentioned- the TV and the print media, can play the key role of carryingthe message of innovation to every section of society,particularly to the villages.

We are grateful to the President’s office, Security andAdministrative staff, Horticulture wing and all other membersof the Vigyan Bhawan who have really put in excellent effortsin making such beautiful arrangements which we are able toenjoy today.

To our own organising council Chairman Dr. D V Kapurassisted by Mr. PS Bami, Dr. A.N.Saksena, Dr. Vipin Gupta,Mr. SK Bhatia, Mr. Yadav Chandna and other colleagues, we

owe special gratitude forproviding incessant guidanceand advice. Of course, I can’tforget the Co-conveners Dr.Ashok Jain and Pankaj Saranassisted by EMPI faculty, staffand students - the work horseswho made this day happen. Wethank you all for making thisfunction a success and throughthis setting in EMPI an exampleof how to work with speed andefficiency and also demonstratewhat a committed team canachieve.

The small section of our students who are present here areindeed thrilled to get the Presidents attention and benefitfrom his personal advice. In fact more wanted to come but forthe restricted availability of space. As such Sir, I will requestthe President for a special session with the students of EMPIBusiness School on the topic of innovation.

I would like to thank once again every one present here andall those who have helped us from behind the scene formaking this programme a success.

Thank you very much

We are indeed thankful to the

Ambassadors of Finland, Poland and

Netherlands and diplomatic staff from

various countries and international

organisations present here and many

others who could not come but sent

messages of encouragement and have

been helping EMPI in joint research

and knowledge sharing. We thank you

all for your participation and support.

The audience at the Awards Function

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Mission – Promoting a ‘Culture of Innovation’Promoting a Culture of Innovation - Enabling the vastintellectual potential of India to become innovative inwhatever we do, thus leading to speedy socio-economicdevelopment, on one hand for alleviation of poverty and atthe same time accelerating the innovative processes all aroundfor enabling India to become a knowledge super power andfind its rightful place of pride in the comity of nations.

In the post-independence India, the cognizable efforts bothvoluntary by individuals as well as organised by theGovernment and Non-Government agencies have takenroutes in the country. Researching for gaps to bring aboutagility in what India does intellectually, EMPI BusinessSchool’s Centre for Innovation, Entrepreneurship andIntellectual Property (CIEPRO) spotted the inadequacy ofinvolvement of the Indian Organisations and felt that a quickparadigm shift is possible if Organisations – all types, aremotivated to become the vast add-on through anappropriately conceived motivational environment sharplyfocussed on building an accelerated National InnovationMovement.

The Launch Process 2005:Instant agreement of the EMPI’s Advisory Board ChairmanDr. D.V. Kapur, Chairman Reliance Power Limited andProf. M. G. K. Menon, Chairman, BOG, IIT Delhi supportedby the EMPI Hony. President Mr. Gurnam Saran, to constitutean organising body for translating the concept into an actionplan.

1. Setting up a motivational process by inviting andawarding organisations who have been innovative inthe past years without being identified for anyrecognition, as a start-up of the accelerated national effortfor innovation.

2. Constitution of a high powered Jury to select the bestInnovating Organisations operating in initially 9identified sectors and enable their receiving national levelawards given by the President of India.

3. Study, review and bring about refinements in thejudgement processes through setting up of appropriatestructures and Study Groups. Seven out of 596 proposalsreceived were thus given awards in the launching year-2005. Remaining proposals, including those which lackedadequate verifiable information, were deferred for detailedstudy and consideration for awards in the next andfollowing years.

Future Action Plan:1. Re-classify the Organisations innovation effort into three

segments :-

a. Organisational Innovation: - A break throughinnovation in a Business Model that forms theraison’detre for the organisation’s creation in achallenging environment e.g. Gramin Bank,Discovery Channel etc.

b. Innovative Organisations: - An organisation which,within a sector or industry, constantly innovates newProducts, Services, Technologies, Systems etc, therebycontinuously emerging as not only a market leaderbut a trend setter, e.g. SONY, 3M etc.

c. Business Process Innovations: - An organisationwhich has introduced a new system or process at asub-organisational / organisational level that hastransformed delivered product or services. Innovationin Business Processes could be in:-

● Marketing

● Finance

● Supply Chain

● Human Resource Management

● Manufacturing

● R&D and New Product Development

2. Sector-wise listing limited to 9 in 2005 is proposed to beredefined to contain the following

a. Governance and Policy Making

b. Social Sector

c. Corporate Sector

3. Enlarged specialised Evaluator Groups suiting the sectorand segment judgement needs are being constituted.

4. An enlarged partner and supporting sponsor base isbeing created for a sustained effort to make the innovationenabling drive perpetual till it becomes a national habitand a part of our educational intellectual milieu.

5. Preparation of a Promotional Plan.

6. Case documentation for the younger generation inInstitutions to study.

7. Enable setting up an Annual Award as a calendaredevent.

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About EMPI, New DelhiEMPI Business School Group is a unique conglomeration of institutions/centres of excellence

founded in 1994, New Delhi. It is a complimentary part of the innovative CSKM Educational complexhoused in a sprawling 45 acres residential campus in the picturesque environs of South Delhi. EMPIis founded by a group of eminent management professionals and academicians lead by Mr. AjitN.Haksar (Chairman Emeritus – ITC Ltd.) as the group’s founder chairman who has been providingcontinuing guidance in making EMPI a highly industry interactive education set up. Joined by LatePatron Col. Satsangi, Chairman, CSKM Educational Complex; Patron Dr. D.V. Kapur, ChairmanReliance Power Ltd.; Patron Advisor, Ms. Tara Sinha, Founder – Tara Sinha Associates and itsPresident, Mr. Gurnam Saran (Former Director, BHEL & Sr. Management Consultant-Commonwealth,UK). The Group’s activities have developed towards two distinct foci. While the front set up, EMPI’sPGI imparts highly enriched Business Management Education, a second set comprises of Centersinvolved in global research and studies on the one hand and industry required education trainingon the other. Considering the need for infusing the Entrepreneurship dimension in all its pedagogy,it is christened as EMPI – Entrepreneurship and Management Processes International. EMPI’s flagshipPost Graduate Programme in Business Management was launched in 1995 after obtaining due approvalfrom the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

In its endeavours to achieve high quality standards, EMPI has set its focus on ever enrichingintellectual property processes through joint major research studies with intellectuals drawn fromInternational institutions like AMIC – Singapore, European Union, Japanese Multinational EnterpriseStudy Group and the Globe Program and Wharton School of Management among others. A majorEMPI initiative of constituting a society ‘We Think for India (WTI)’ is a unique participatory publicpolicy body that brings together, perhaps for the first time in India, Academics, Government, Industryand NGOs on a common platform. Their first study on Drafting a Manufacturing Policy for Indiadrew the attention of the Prime Minister Honourable Atal Bihari Vajpayee who formally handedit over to the Minister of Industry for consideration. EMPI has also set up a first of its kind Inter-disciplinary Centre for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Intellectual property (CIEPRO) which isemerging as a ‘Process House’ for promoting INNOVATIONS in a wide open context. The centrehas taken the initiative, for the first time in India, to launch the concept “Innovation Movement inIndia.” Seeding of the movement has been done in 2005 by inviting organizations to participate ina national competition with top seven entries being honoured by H.E. the President of India, Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam on 7th March 2005 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. While lunching the innovationmovement at the inaugural function, the honorable President directed the Faculty and Students ofEMPI to create real life episodes of industry innovations as case-studies for emulation by others.

EMPI’s commitment and beliefs are novel and unique. Every effort is made in identifying andimparting market-need related management education and training. It also provides consultancy andfacilities for global research which aid in the fast growing socio-economic situations in India. EMPI’smotto is, “Whatever the EMPIans do, it must be found on excellence for creating new global studentsaligning with mission 2020.

About EMPI’s CIEPRO

Centre for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Intellectual

Property – (CIEPRO) is a unique EMPI inter-disciplinary initiative

that attempts to bring together on a common platform integration at

different levels i.e. Public Policy, Economics, Technology, Psychology,

and Management, to study the emergence, creation and diffusion of

innovation within the context of developing countries like India so

as to foster a ‘Culture of Innovation”; integration of Innovation and

Entrepreneurship with specific reference to India wherein our

developmental model kept the two largely separate. Integration of

Governments, Corporates & Academia; Integration of Product,

Process & Market drivers of Innovation so as to create an

Internationally Networked Resource & Research Centre.

CIEPRO’s activity profile includes Policy Studies, creation of

an Indian Innovators Forum, conducting an Indian Innovation Awards,

function apart from Education, Training and Consulting to Organization

and individuals on Innovation.

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