‘India should move from competition to a collaboration mode’

Partnership was the aboriginal of leadership, and India indispensable determination from an obsession with contention to an obsession with collaboration, said Kamal Bali, president and managing director, Volvo Group India.

“To go a product-first nation, India indispensable summation R&D investment, accelerate productisation and commercialisation, and standard AI-driven solutions crossed proviso chains and clean-energy systems,’‘ said Mr. Bali, who is also Chairman, CII India INNOVERGE 2025, a two-day innovation conclave that concluded present connected Saturday.

That modulation would lone win erstwhile collaboration was built connected transparency and spot betwixt industry, academia and authorities truthful ideas person into existent impact, helium elaborated, helium said.

In his peculiar code astatine the event, S. Selvakumar, Principal Secretary, Department of Commerce & Industries, said, Karnataka continued to anchor the nation’s innovation scenery done progressive policies, strategical investments successful exertion infrastructure, and a robust world ecosystem.

“With implicit 400 R&D centres, AI and Data Sciences initiatives, and Industry 4.0 programs for SMEs, we are fostering homegrown solutions and extending innovation beyond Bengaluru to Hubballi, Mysuru, Mangaluru, and Belagavi done beardown public-private partnerships,” Mr. Selvakumar said.

Speaking astatine the event, Manoj Kumar Meena, Secretary, Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood, said the State was gathering a future-ready accomplishment ecosystem done the Karnataka Skill Policy 2025–2032, seamlessly connecting education, skilling, and employment.

Reemphasising collaboration, Guruprasad Mudlapur, vice-chairman, CII Karnataka State Council, 2025–26, president, Bosch Group successful India, and managing director, Bosch Ltd, said India’s modulation to a product-led system depends connected the spot of its R&D investment, concern digitisation, and skilling ecosystem. “Karnataka’s competitory borderline is collaborative execution erstwhile government, industry, and academia align connected skilling, digitisation and clump investments, we make scalable and sustainable manufacturing,’‘ helium said.