Global Innovation Index 2023 Science and Technology Clusters: India Experienced A Strong S&T Output Growth

The Global Innovation Index (GII) assesses and ranks the innovative capabilities of countries and economies worldwide on an annual basis. This ranking focuses on identifying localized areas with a high concentration of world-leading science and technology activity, providing valuable insights into the geographical distribution of innovation excellence.

According to the findings, four clusters located in India experienced a strong science and technology (S&T) output growth. These are namely Chennai (+10.3), Bengaluru (+7.9 percent), Mumbai (+7.1 percent) and Delhi (+5.4 percent). It is important to note that the two Indian clusters Chennai and Bengaluru experienced the biggest increases in density of inventors and scientific authors.

India is also one of the economies with three or more top 100 S&T clusters together with China, United States, Germany, Japan and Canada.