CONTENTS: 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.