Editors:

Thillai Rajan A. is a Professor in the Department of Management Studies and leads the Centre for Research on Start-Ups and Risk Financing (CREST) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Jon Thomas is Director at the Esposito Family Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (EFCIE); BC Regional Innovation Chair, Canada–India Partnership Development; and Associate Professor, University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) School of Business in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors

Overview
1. Fostering Science Innovation through an Ecosystem of Universities, Start-ups,
Incumbents, Funders and Policymakers
Jon Thomas and Thillai Rajan A.

Section A: Political Approaches to Start-up and Innovation

2. The Dravidian Approach to Start-ups and Innovation: The State of Tamil Nadu
Dr. P. T. R. Palanivel Thiagarajan

3. Accelerating Economic Growth: Transforming the Innovation Ecosystem
K. Annamalai

4. Democratising the Creation of Start-ups for Social and National Development
C. K. Kumaravel

Section B: Commercialising Technology and Innovation

5. Bridging the Research–Innovation Gap in the Indian Ecosystem
Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao

6. Technological Leadership in India: Enabling Start-ups to Take the Wheel and Forge Ahead
Rishikesha T. Krishnan

7. Will Ideas Follow the Money Trail or the Other Way Around?
Narayan Ramachandran

8. Nurturing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a University Ecosystem: A Blueprint from IIT Madras Research Park and Incubation Cell
Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala
9. Commercialising Science: Assistive Devices and Rehabilitation Resources for the Indian Context
Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan

10. Commercialising Science: Electric Mobility in the Sky
Prof. Satya Chakravarthy

 Section C: The Paradigm of Open Innovation

11. Start-ups, Corporates, Academia: The Open Innovation Trinity
Avnish Sabharwal

12. Should Billion-Dollar Corporations Engage with Start-ups? The Case of TCS Co-Innovation Network (COIN)
Raju Goteti

13. Catalysing Corporate–Start-up Partnerships through an Open Innovation Framework
Sruthi Kannan and Keerthi Raghavendra

Section D: Ingredients to Elevate Start-up Success

14. Why Do Start-ups Need Incubators? Perspectives from Deep-Tech Incubation at IIT Madras
Jayalakshmi Umadikar

15. Equipping the Ecosystem to Help Start-ups Survive and Thrive
Sonali Jha and Maniranjan Kumar

16. Investment in Deep Tech: Choosing the Right Bets in a High-Stakes Game
Dr. Archana Hingorani

17. The Small Industries Development Bank of India: Lending a Hand to the Indian Start-up Ecosystem
Anita Nagarajan

18. Credit Guarantee: An Effective Tool to Support Entrepreneurship
Sandeep Varma
19. Internationalisation and Start-ups: Why and How? A Case Study of the Cleantech Sector
Satyajit Mohanan