Part One : Regional Development in India and Europe through Clusters and Networks

The EU-INDIA Cross-Cultural Innovation Network project is concerned with the fostering of proactive collaborations in applied research in socio-economic and entrepreneurial innovations through academic and entrepreneurial networking. The project is rooted in our commitment to human centred systems approaches in science and technology. The Project was set up based on the belief that the establishment of a direct relationship between university research and the socio-economic and industrial applications is central to the fostering of proactive entrepreneurial and industrial cultures. Within the context of this project, the entrepreneurial dimension focuses on models of innovation and entrepreneurship, and their transferability between and across regions and cultures. Culture in this context emphasises the social and economic contexts in which technology is designed and applied to solve problems. Karamjit S. Gill and Ashok Jain