Indian Start-ups and MNC subsidiaries, with strong support from a fast-growing domestic market, will drive India's innovation growth: Zinnov Study

IT spend in India is poised to grow to over USD 50 Bn in the next 5 years, which presents a huge local untapped market for software MNCs. The Indian Government has earmarked USD 9 billion for investment in IT initiatives over the next five years; 12% Y-o-Y rise in IT spending allocation to States. End Quote

India is inherently an innovative country and companies need to get their strategies right to realize the true potential of this market. There is a combination of factors, as highlighted in our report, that is driving the growth story and we are confident that India will soon become the innovation hub of the world. The next decade will play a crucial role in the evolution of India's IT ecosystem, which will also have a significant bearing on the innovation growth story

(1888PressRelease) July 06, 2011 - Bengaluru, Zinnov Management Consulting, a leading globalization advisory firm, today launched the first-ever study on India's innovation potential and growth titled 'India Innovation's Thrust - Driven by Start Ups & MNCs'. The study is an interesting and in-depth discussion on the Start-up and MNC ecosystem in India which is likely to drive India's future innovation growth, ably supported by a huge domestic market with immense untapped potential.

According to the Zinnov study, India today is at the cusp of becoming an epicenter for global innovation, which is driven by the timely amalgamation of multiple factors viz domestic market, global aspirations of Indian firms and the need for innovation to succeed.

Another interesting fact is India's increasing shift towards becoming a technology enabled economy which is evident by some of the Government initiatives and budgeting. While the private sector has always rooted for technology adoption, the Government too seems to be making the strategic shift. For instance, the Government has earmarked USD 9 billion for investment in IT initiatives over the next five years. Around 27 Multi-Million Dollar Projects will be implemented as part of the National e-Governance Program (NeGP) which includes the National Citizen Database, Employment Exchange, Land Records, etc., reveals the study.

"India is inherently an innovative country and companies need to get their strategies right to realize the true potential of this market. There is a combination of factors, as highlighted in our report, that is driving the growth story and we are confident that India will soon become the innovation hub of the world. The next decade will play a crucial role in the evolution of India's IT ecosystem, which will also have a significant bearing on the innovation growth story," says Pari Natarajan, Co-Founder & CEO, Zinnov Management Consulting.

Highlighting the synergies that have also spurred the MNC & Start-up ecosystem in India, the study says that India has over 2,50,000 professionals working in R&D related services across captive centers and service providers. And, there is a sheer optimism among the talent which is available only in a few places in the world. The contribution of second generation entrepreneurs in India also needs to be highlighted in the same breath; successful IT company founders like Narayana Murthy and Azim Premji have started venture funds to encourage entrepreneurs resulting in the growth of the start-up ecosystem, states the study.

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• Number of Indian Companies in Forbes 2000 is expected to triple in the next 5 years as they continue to scale globally.
• The huge base of MNC talent pool is split across five key destinations with Bangalore continuing to lead in terms of the total talent pool availability.
• Bangalore and NCR have most of the Indian product startup companies, which mirror the talent pool hubs of MNC R&D centres as well.
• 75 percent of the total product startup companies are in the Digital as well as Business & Productivity Software space.
• Of which, 64 percent of the Digital companies are into Market Place and Mobile area.
• NCR and Bangalore have 60 percent of these Digital Product Start-up companies.

The study further indicates that India's domestic IT investments will become significantly large and potentially contribute to 33% of the growth in global IT investment in the next five years. This will take India's IT spend to over USD 50 Bn indicating a strong untapped local market potential. Add to this the global aspirations of Indian companies, the complexity of the local Indian market like diversity, infrastructure challenges, regulatory environment shift and the price / performance expectations, and we have an unparalleled innovation growth story.

Stressing on the new product start-up scenario, the Zinnov study says that while India is still to make significant contribution on the product front as compared to services, the country has seen more around 2020 new product start-ups till date, which is impressive. The startup eco-system has gotten a boost with a number of large funding deals in the recent months and a number of successful exits.

"Many companies have successfully created new innovation paradigms and are using India to export innovation to global markets. Some start-ups are innovating with technology and business models also. This is fuelling innovation growth and encouraging other companies to follow suit, says Karthik Ananth, Director-Market Expansion, Zinnov Management Consulting.

The analysis concludes on the note that co-creation between Indian start-ups and MNCs is the best way forward for driving the innovation story. Many MNC firms are leading this agenda through multiple initiatives namely venture funds, evangelism programs, partnership with angel networks and outsourcing services to very small early stage service providers and trying to scale them as dedicated service providers. Large technology firms like Intel, Cisco, all run India focused venture funds to identify and fund early stage/ growth start-ups.

About Zinnov Management Consulting

Founded in 2002, Zinnov - meaning Zeal in Innovation - is a leading management consulting company providing advisory services in the area of Global Sourcing, Emerging Markets Expansion and Human Capital Optimization to Fortune 1000 and reputed SMB companies. Zinnov works collectively with clients to tackle prevailing organizational challenges by analyzing the changing dynamics, improving performance, and building institutional capability. The services delivered to its clients through advanced reasoning and analytical techniques, provides solutions that help in integrating organizational vision, business definition and processes.

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