India must greatly expand its investment in technology. Indian industry must see R&D as its way of building a future based on proprietary technology. And a much more research-focused higher education system must supply the quality of talent industry needs to do just that. Countries around the world have placed great emphasis on Innovation Policy, drawing on an increasingly rich understanding of what has worked, where and why. This rich understanding needs to be part of all discourse on economic policy. CTIER was established to do just this for India.
Naushad Forbes
Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall
Chairman, CTIER
Areas of Impact
Featured Work
CTIER Innovation Report 2025
The inaugural edition of the CTIER Innovation Report seeks to provide an understanding of where top Indian R&D firms stand relative to their global peers across a number of indicators...
Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators: Report on Public Funded R&D Organisations (Round 2)
As India advances towards new frontiers in science and technology, our publicly funded R&D institutions continue to play a pivotal role in shaping the...
CTIER Handbook 2023
It is a pleasure to introduce the third edition of the CTIER Handbook. As with the first edition four years ago, our objective remains to provide the most useful and up-to-date data...
Events
August 2025
CTIER Innovation Report Launched on National Chemistry Day Summit Organised by Godrej Industries Group
The inaugural CTIER Innovation Report, ‘Industry in India: Followers or Leaders?’ was launched at the National Chemistry Day summit organised by the Godrej Industries Group.
The report was launched by Nadir Godrej, Professor MM Sharma, Naushad Forbes, Burjis Godrej, Aniruddha Pandit, Vishal Sharma and Kamlesh Fondekar.
April 2025
Principal Scientific Adviser Unveils Landmark Report on 'Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations’ (Round 2)
The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India today launched the (Round 2) study report on “Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations”, aimed at benchmarking and enhancing innovation performance across India’s publicly funded research ecosystem.
April 2025
Insufficient support for deep tech start-ups in India
April 2025
Principal Scientific Adviser Unveils Landmark Report on 'Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations’ (Round 2)
April 2025
Insufficient support for deep tech start-ups in India