Indovation : Innovation and a Global Knowledge Economy in India

"How should we understand the many reports that poverty is the mother of innovation in India? What has the role of austerity been in the development of India's knowledge economy? In this critical study of Indian innovation, or 'Indovation', Thomas Birtchnell explores how the complex mobilities of 'globals' with stakes in India have transformed discourses and imaginaries about innovation in the region. He adopts a critical eye to the notion of Indovation by focusing on the various circuits of globals where India's knowledge economy is concentrated: expertise, entrepreneurship and community. Birtchnell traces the various discourses and counter-discourses around an Indian way of working and illustrates how differences in the international dimensions of austerity allow India's knowledge economy to prosper."--Publisher's website Front Matter....Pages i-ix Indian Innovation for All....Pages 1-21 Indomobilities....Pages 22-38 Austerity in the Dark Ages....Pages 39-62 Austerity in the Spotlight....Pages 63-85 Expertise on a Shoestring....Pages 86-104 Bare-Bones Entrepreneurship....Pages 105-126 Close-Knit Communities....Pages 127-150 India: From Indolence to Innovation....Pages 151-158 Back Matter....Pages 159-218