The second edition of the Euro India ICT cooperation Conference 2009 was held recently at the International Management Institute, New Delhi, India. Supported by the European Commission and hosted by IMI Delhi, the premier event aims to inspire an effective two-way dialogue between Europeans and Indians serving not only to boost ICT innovation but also to expand the multi-faceted relationship that exists between Europe and India as we take on board new challenges and opportunities ahead.
“The collaboration and their customers along with whom they innovate are predominantly found in India and secondly in the US and in Europe. Therefore there is a strong potential for bringing ICT innovation into the Indian society from these medium sized SMEs”, said Mr Mogens Kuehn Pedersen. Euro-India Coordinator & Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. “The most crucial technologies for innovation are application and communication technologies” he continued while discussing the key results of the Knowledge mapping study conducted during 2008-2009 as part of the Euro-India ICT Co-operation project conducted along with Mr Sudhanshu Rai, both Euro-India Coordinators & Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
The ICT co-operation project sampled specific data on ICT innovation and R&D from more than 200 companies representing approx. 50% of a sample of 382 ICT innovative companies from all over India identified through a range of public channels. It noticed that there are a very wide range of sectors and domains targeted by the innovative companies. Innovative ICT companies are often found to be medium sized SMEs bridging the characteristic gap in Indian industry structure of very many small SMEs and few major companies with few in the middle sized range.
The Interactive Information Sessions were aimed at giving participants a comprehensive understanding of the FP7 (2007 - 2013) ICT Work programme, covering ICT domains, the international cooperation objectives, instruments and funds to engage in research projects alongside European partners.
