A first of its kind report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Nature Index, the report was released on the occasion of 5th University – Industry Congress and Higher Education Summit of CII. The report is the first of a new style of Nature Index analysis which further probes data from the Nature Index to answer questions about India’s place in global science, especially when compared with countries that have similar volumes of index output in 2014 and with broadly similar economic conditions such as Australia, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
Some highlights from the report are:
- At number 13, India is among the top 15 countries globally in Nature Index 2014.
- India's research output has grown steadily since 2012, showing stronger CAGR of 8 per cent than other countries with comparable output and economic conditions.
- Chemistry continues to be India's strongest research area with 50 per cent of India’s overall Nature Indexoutput coming from Chemistry alone.
- The US is India's top collaborator followed by Germany. India collaborates with 85 countries, mostly in Europe. Other strong collaborative ties include East Asia and Australia.
- Institutions in India collaborate mostly with inter¬national counterparts, but their largest collaborations tend to be with other domestic institutions.
- Industry–academia collaboration is at a nascent stage in India, but Indian academic institutions have good collaborative ties with international corporations.