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2 practices not yet assessed for evidence strength.
Most practices in: India (19)
Launched in 1995, Ahmedabad's Parivartan programme used a four-way cost-share between the city, NGOs, private donors and residents to connect 41 slum …
India's national open-source data exchange lets cities publish and share standardised urban datasets. Backed by ₹29 crore in central funding, it scaled …
India's first university-based research park (2010) hosts 100+ corporate R&D tenants and an incubation cell that nurtured 511+ startups worth over ₹53,000 …
After a deadly 2010 heatwave, Ahmedabad launched South Asia's first heat action plan (2013). A pilot evaluation estimated 1,190 deaths avoided per …
India's subsidised Lean Manufacturing Scheme embeds certified lean consultants in MSME factories. A pilot across 89 mini-clusters reported a 20% productivity gain, …
IIT Madras's incubation and technology-transfer ecosystem in Chennai has incubated 567 startups (2 unicorns, ₹74,100cr/~US$8bn portfolio) and filed 431 patents in FY2025-26, …
India's largest state-level startup programme (2006, Kerala), with 63 incubators and 525+ mini-incubation centres. By 2024: 6,400+ startups supported, US$665 million in …
India's largest startup hub, established 2015 by Telangana government and three premier universities. The 572,000 sq ft T-Hub 2.0 campus hosts 1,000+ …
India's Rs945-crore Startup India Seed Fund Scheme channels early-stage grants through ~300 accredited incubators; by December 2024 it had supported over 2,600 …
Established in 1992, FITT has built IIT Delhi's industry interface into 1,618+ IPR filings and 185+ technology transfers, with 2019 alone bringing …
Telangana's T-Hub, a state-backed innovation campus in Hyderabad launched in 2015, reports 4,100+ startups supported and $2bn+ funding facilitated. These are T-Hub's …
A Stanford–World Bank field experiment gave free Accenture management consulting to 17 Indian textile firms; treated plants raised productivity by 11% within …
After India's 2012 data-sharing policy, the National Informatics Centre built data.gov.in to publish non-classified government data nationwide. By 2026 it hosted over …
India's Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship has funded the return of 312 overseas life scientists since 2007, with 203 absorbed into Indian faculty positions …
Since 1988, India's largest bank has paired SME credit with in-house technology audits and demonstration units, cutting pollution and fuel costs in …
A randomized experiment gave free Accenture consulting to 20 Mumbai textile plants; adopting standard management practices raised productivity 11% in year one …
FITT, IIT Delhi's tech-transfer society since 1992, has filed 200+ IP applications, licensed ~40 technologies in a decade and graduated 15 spin-offs …
A randomised trial gave free Accenture consulting to 17 Mumbai textile firms (28 plants). Treated plants raised productivity 16.6% in a year, …
Kerala's NORKA Roots is India's oldest state migrant-welfare agency, but a 2022 peer-reviewed survey of 1,985 returnees found 84–92% were unaware of …
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