India: The Emerging Innovation Giant

Air Date: Monday, June 30, 2008

Cost: $250

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Who should attend: Vendor Strategy professionals and Technology Product Management & Marketing professionals

Description:

India is rapidly emerging as a hotbed for technology-enabled business and social innovation. While offshore IT vendors like Infosys, Wipro, and TCS provided the initial momentum for propelling India's tech economy forward, leading industrial and service firms like ICICI, Tata Motors, and the Reliance Group are also stepping up tech investments as they seek to radically transform their products, services, processes, and even business models. Their disruptive innovations have already started to set new industry standards worldwide — like the $2,500 car recently launched by Tata Motors. India is also emerging as a laboratory for societal innovations — as evidenced by the deployment of mobile computing applications by Nokia and TCS in Indian villages that enhance millions of farmers' livelihoods.

It's no wonder that big Indian and Western IT vendors are rushing to India to capture the rapidly growing domestic tech market. IBM has already won mega IT deals with Indian clients like Bharti. To hedge against the US recession, Indian IT vendors like Infosys and Wipro are also seeking to increase the share of the Indian market in their total revenues.

This teleconference articulates the dynamics of Indian innovation by answering the crucial question: "What does it mean to innovate in the Indian socioeconomic context?" We will identify the essential industry players driving innovation across key economic sectors like manufacturing, financial services, pharma, high-tech, retail, and media — and explore best practices in areas like R&D, supply chain, and customer service. We will analyze how Indian firms are harnessing IT to fuel their innovations and examine how India's expanding domestic IT market will affect the global tech sector in the coming decade.

Agenda:

• How does the Indian market differ from other emerging markets? What are the unique socioeconomic attributes of the Indian society?
• Which organizations are championing innovative best practices in key economic sectors? What's unique about their approach to innovation?
• How do Indian companies exploit technology to drive innovation and sustain growth?
• What are the key market opportunities for Indian and foreign IT vendors looking to sell innovative technologies and services to Indian customers? How could these vendors effectively seize these opportunities?

Vendors mentioned: Accenture, Bharti, Capgemini, Cisco Systems, IBM, ICICI, Infosys, Reliance Group, SAP, Tata Motors, TCS, and Wipro.

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