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{{Infobox College
|name = The Centre for India & Global Business <br />Cambridge, UK
|type = Research Centre
|established = March 2009
|director = Jaideep Prabhu
|location = [[Cambridge Judge Business School]], [[Trumpington Street]], [[Cambridge]], UK
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|website = {{url|www.india.jbs.cam.ac.uk}}
}}

'''The Centre for India & Global Business''' ('''CIGB''') was launched in March 2009 as part of [[Cambridge Judge Business School]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], [[England]], to support the university's growing engagement with India.<ref>[http://www.cambridge-india.org/ Cambridge-India Partnership].</ref> As a research centre and an engagement platform CIGB is dedicated to the study of India's rapidly expanding role in the global [[knowledge economy]].

==History==
CIGB was established with initial funding from the [[BP]] foundation. The academic director of CIGB is [[Jaideep Prabhu|Professor Jaideep Prabhu]], the first [[University of Cambridge|Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise]] at the University of Cambridge, who took up the post in September 2008.<ref>[http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2008050202 Appointment of the first Jawaharlal Nehru Professor at Cambridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013094137/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2008050202 |date=2009-10-13 }}, press release from Cambridge University</ref> The founding Executive Director of CIGB was [[Navi Radjou]], who served between January 2009 and June 2011. The Centre has 14 other academic members, including [[Cambridge Judge Business School]] faculty and PhD students.

==Research activities==
CIGB conducts research in collaboration with a global network of academic partners around three complementary themes:
*''India as a global innovation hub'': how and why firms from around the world are increasingly locating their global R&D and innovation activities in India
*''Indian firms going global'': how Indian firms are going global on the back of innovation in India or in order to become more innovative relative to global competitors
*''Co-innovation with the'' [[bottom of the pyramid|''bottom of the socio-economic pyramid'']] (mass markets): how multinational and Indian firms are engaging those who live on less than $5 a day as value-adding partners through innovative products, services and business models.
A major issue underlying these three themes is how India is emerging as a learning laboratory for affordable and sustainable innovation to deal with the global challenges of scarcity and diversity.

The academic projects undertaken by CIGB involve field research in India which CIGB-related faculty visit frequently in order to collect data and conduct interviews with local policy-makers, entrepreneurs, and corporate executives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridge-india.org/visits/|title=Cambridge-India Activity: : University of Cambridge: Cambridge and India|access-date=October 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831222345/http://www.cambridge-india.org/visits/|archive-date=August 31, 2010}}</ref>

CIGB produces case studies that feed into its outreach and networks activities. Its research has been featured in leading newspapers and magazines worldwide.<ref>[http://www.i-cio.com/blog/july-2010/polycentric-innovation The New Shape of Innovation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725141517/http://www.i-cio.com/blog/july-2010/polycentric-innovation |date=July 25, 2010 }}, Global Intelligence for the CIO, 19 July 2010.</ref>

==Outreach and networks==
CIGB also hosts conferences and seminars that bring together academics, corporate leaders, and policy-makers from all over the world to discuss and disseminate latest research findings as well as policy and industry best practices. These events are hosted both in Cambridge as well as in major Indian cities. For instance, in March 2009, Professor Jaideep Prabhu, Director of CIGB, delivered his inaugural lecture in [[New Delhi]], which was chaired by Mr [[Montek Singh Ahluwalia]], Deputy Chairman of the Indian Planning Commission. In May 2009, CIGB hosted in [[Cambridge]] a major conference titled “''Innovation in India and China: How to Create Value from Emerging Markets'',” which explored the rise of [[India]] and [[China]] as both fast-growing global markets and world-class sources of innovation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009050105|title=Latest news|work=University of Cambridge|access-date=24 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621053051/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009050105|archive-date=21 June 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.india.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/events/2009/090518_innovation/index.html Proceedings from the “Innovation in India and China” conference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104024954/http://www.india.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/events/2009/090518_innovation/index.html |date=2010-01-04 }}, CIGB website.</ref>

Since its inception, CIGB has also hosted a number of speakers including: [[Nandan Nilekani]], Chairman of the new [[Unique Identification Authority of India]] (UIDAI) and former Co-Chairman of [[Infosys Technologies]] (April 2009); former Indian president [[A.P.J. Abdul Kalam|Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] (June 2009);<ref>Cambridge-India Partnership, Cambridge-India Activity, September 2008 onwards, University of Cambridge [http://www.india.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/events/2009/090603_abdul_kalam.html Creative Leadership in the Global Knowledge Economy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925042834/http://www.india.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/events/2009/090603_abdul_kalam.html |date=2009-09-25 }}, Dr Abdul Kalam’s lecture at Judge Business School, 9 June 2009.</ref> [[Ravi Kant (Indian executive)|Ravi Kant]], Vice-Chairman of [[Tata Motors]]; and Dr [[Ramesh Mashelkar]], former Director General of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], who delivered the inaugural BP Annual Lecture at Cambridge Judge Business Business on 21 June 2010.<ref>[http://www.india.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/events/2010/100621_mashelkar.html Visit of Dr R.A. Mashelkar to Cambridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106055704/http://www.india.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/events/2010/100621_mashelkar.html |date=2011-01-06 }}, CIGB website.</ref>

==Online engagement==
In November 2009, at the [[World Economic Forum]]’s India Economic Summit, CIGB launched Indovations.Net, an interactive, multimedia website that educates users worldwide about innovations in India across five domains: business, social, energy/environment, art/culture, and science & technology. This website addresses a fundamental questions such as, What can the world learn from India-inspired innovation — or [[Indovation]] — and how people can benefit from it, etc.

Prof Jaideep Prabhu and Navi Radjou write [[blog]] posts on innovation, [[emerging markets]], and global leadership on the ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'' website.<ref>[http://hbr.org/search/radjou%25252520prabhu/ Blog posts by Prof Jaideep Prabhu and Navi Radjou], [http://hbr.org/ HBR.org].</ref>

==References==
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==See also==
* [[Sharekhan]]
* [[IndiaMART]]

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