GCC Conclave on Innovation 2026 to strengthen India's innovation ecosystem

Key facts

• The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog, in partnership with the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), hosted the GCC Conclave on Innovation 2026 in Bengaluru.
• The event focused on connecting Global Capability Centres (GCCs) with AIM's network, including the upcoming Atal Acceleration Centres for Scale-up of Startups (AACESS).
• India's network of more than 2,100 GCCs generates nearly 100 billion US dollars in revenue.
• India's innovation pipeline comprises more than 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) and over 100 incubators.
• Participating global organisations included Intel, IBM, Bosch, Amazon, SAP, NVIDIA, Samsung, Shell, Mercedes-Benz, Philips, Morgan Stanley, Thermo Fisher Scientific, CGI, Wipro, and Yahoo.
• Other participants included representatives from ATLs, Atal Incubation Centres (AICs), Atal Community Innovation Centres (ACICs), STPI Centres of Entrepreneurship, and the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission.