R&D STATISTICS in India - The numbers are shocking !!!

• India ranked 58th in the Global R&D innovation performance index.
• Number of patents filed in India was as low as 2,387 in 2007 compared to South Korea (22,976) and Taiwan (18,486).
• India behind Mexico in R&D.
• A recent World Bank report titled ‘Unleashing India’s Innovation — Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Growth’ says that in comparison to 708 R&D researchers per million population in China, the number was a dismal 119 in India in 2004. While the same is 3,319 in Russian Federation, in Brazil the number of researchers per million population is a much better 344, the report stated.
• India is still at a typical early innovation stage with regard to the distribution of domestic R&D efforts — about 75 to 80 per cent of it is conducted by the public sector, 20 to 25 per cent by private companies and just 3 per cent by the universities. In contrast, average R&D expenditures in OECD countries are 69 per cent by enterprises, 18 per cent by universities, 10 per cent by government R&D labs and three per cent by private non profit organisations (OECD 2005).