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Public Lecture “From Incremental to Disruptive Innovation” by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, FRS Lecture Abstract Incremental innovation is the norm but disruptive innovation is an exception. Disruptive innovation has invariably arisen due to out of the box and lateral thinking, appetite for risk taking and even serendipity. Disruptive innovation changes the way we live and work, leads to creative destruction of businesses and also dramatically changes the geopolitics. The lecture will lay out a path forward for building an Indian innovation ecosystem that fosters the movement from incremental to disruptive innovation and helps create ‘next’ practices – not just ‘best’ practices. Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm Date: 25 th August, 2015 Venue: PS-09, PACL Campus Indian Institute of Technology Indore Indore - 453446 About The Speaker Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, National Research Professor, is presently the President of Global Research Alliance, a network of publicly funded R&D institutes from Asia-Pacific, Europe and USA with over 60,000 scientists. He served as the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), with thirty-eight laboratories and about 20,000 employees for over eleven years. He was also the President of Indian National Science Academy. In August 1997, Business India named Dr. Mashelkar as being among the 50 path-breakers in the post- Independent India. In 1998, Dr. Mashelkar won the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award, the first scientist to win it. He was the first Asian Scientist to receive it. In the post- liberalized India, Dr. Mashelkar has played a critical role in shaping India's S&T policies. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and also of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet set up by successive governments. The President of India honoured Dr. Mashelkar with Padmashri (1991), with Padmabhushan (2000) and with Padma Vibhushan (2014), which are three of the highest civilian honours in recognition of his contribution to nation building.

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Page 1: Public Lecture “From Incremental to Disruptive …. Mashelkar.pdfPublic Lecture “From Incremental to Disruptive Innovation” by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, FRS Lecture Abstract Incremental

Public Lecture“From Incremental to Disruptive Innovation”

byDr. R. A. Mashelkar, FRS

Lecture Abstract

Incremental innovation is the norm but disruptive innovation is an exception.Disruptive innovation has invariably arisen due to out of the box and lateral thinking,appetite for risk taking and even serendipity. Disruptive innovation changes the waywe live and work, leads to creative destruction of businesses and also dramaticallychanges the geopolitics. The lecture will lay out a path forward for building an Indianinnovation ecosystem that fosters the movement from incremental to disruptiveinnovation and helps create ‘next’ practices – not just ‘best’ practices.

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm Date: 25th August, 2015Venue: PS-09, PACL Campus

Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore - 453446

About The Speaker

Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, National Research Professor, is presently the President of Global Research Alliance, anetwork of publicly funded R&D institutes from Asia-Pacific, Europe and USA with over 60,000 scientists.He served as the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), with thirty-eightlaboratories and about 20,000 employees for over eleven years. He was also the President of IndianNational Science Academy. In August 1997, Business India named Dr. Mashelkar as being among the 50path-breakers in the post- Independent India. In 1998, Dr. Mashelkar won the JRD Tata CorporateLeadership Award, the first scientist to win it. He was the first Asian Scientist to receive it. In the post-liberalized India, Dr. Mashelkar has played a critical role in shaping India's S&T policies. He was a memberof the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and also of the Scientific Advisory Committee to theCabinet set up by successive governments. The President of India honoured Dr. Mashelkar with Padmashri(1991), with Padmabhushan (2000) and with Padma Vibhushan (2014), which are three of the highestcivilian honours in recognition of his contribution to nation building.