Invention factory: New India dawning

Invention versus innovation

Here I was on a Friday morning a few weeks ago, sitting with six other judges, in a cosy Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay conference room, waiting for the event to start. The hall was filled with an audience of IIT students and some professors. I was mentally prepared for this: I am often invited by many IITs and IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management) to be in a similar role: Be part of a panel of judges where IIT or IIM students present their research papers or entrepreneurial ideas. I was mentally and emotionally prepared for