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The Tata Innovista is a group-wide programme, held annually by the Tata Group Innovation Forum (TGIF) to encourage, recognise and showcase outstanding innovations done by Tata companies. Started in 2006, Tata Innovista has become an indicator of the success of the innovation drive in the Tata group — and of the inherent capabilities of its people.
Tata Innovista 2015 received 1580 projects under the Promising Innovations category as compared to 101 in 2006, signifying a 15-fold increase. The Promising Innovations category recognises innovations that have been successfully implemented during the year. Out of these 1580 projects received, the top 60 innovations are expected to deliver an estimated financial benefit of $1.1bn annually and are likely to touch the lives of 35 million people, globally, over a 5-year period.
The Promising Innovations category has six sub-categories: New Products, New Services, Core Processes, Support Processes, Services Enabling Customer and Social. The Promising Innovations awards went to:
- New Products
- Jaguar Land Rover for ‘New Discovery Sport Pedestrian Airbag System’
- Metahelix Life Sciences for ‘MC 13, a path breaking Seed in Bold Rice Segment’
- New Services
- Tata Consultancy Services for ‘iON Digital Evaluation’
- Core Processes
- Tata Consultancy Services for ‘Robotic Process Automation’
- Tata International for ‘Reactive filler for leather from hazardous waste’
- Titan Company for ‘Seamless - Journey towards world-class’
- Support Processes
- Tata Consultancy Services for ‘Automation for enhanced learning & graded assessment’
- Services Enabling Customer
- Tata Consultancy Services for ‘SmartZoom5 - A smart digital microscope’
- Tata Consultancy Services for ‘TCS SIAM - Maestro of the multi-supplier symphony’
- Social
- Tata Consultancy Services for ‘Creating tomorrow's leaders, today: STEM initiative’
From a total of 75 Tata companies from across 18 countries who submitted their projects in Tata Innovista 2015, 38 Tata companies reached the regional rounds. The projects at the regional rounds, held in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jamshedpur, London, Washington DC, and Singapore, were judged by eminent external experts. 78 teams from 26 Tata companies were shortlisted for the final global round that took place in Mumbai on April 23-24, 2015.
In the finals, apart from Promising innovations, awards were also given under three other categories:
The Leading Edge – Proven Technologies
620 projects were received under this category, which recognises and rewards the most innovative technology that is being developed and piloted, but is yet to be commercialised. This year, The Leading Edge awards went to:
- Jaguar Land Rover for ‘Polar 3 Ultra Wide Ratio Transmission Demonstrator’
- Tata Steel for ‘Graphene from natural source’
Dare To Try
Showcasing a growing culture of risk-taking and perseverance across Tata companies, the Dare To Try category at Tata Innovista saw 314 projects. The Dare To Try category recognises and rewards most novel, daring and seriously attempted ideas that did not achieve the desired results. The awards went to:
- Tata Technologies for ‘Seats with changeable orientation’
- Tata Consultancy Services for ‘TCS Insurance Fraud Detection Solution (IFDS)’
Design Honour
Design Honour seeks to promote the focus of Tata companies on design thinking. More than 250 projects were received in this category. The awards went to:
- Titan Company for ‘Zyra’
- Tata Technologies for ‘Tata IRIS Design Mark’
(Details of the winning entries under all the above categories are enclosed in Annexure 1)
Mr. S. Padmanabhan, Executive Chairman, Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS), Tata Sons, said, “Over the past decade, Tata Innovista has visibly enabled a culture of innovation and risk-taking in the group. The fact that across its four categories, – Promising, Leading Edge-Proven Technologies, Dare To Try and Design Honour – Tata Innovista 2015 saw over 2700 projects coming from 75 Tata companies spread across 18 countries bears testimony to this growing culture, and greatly enthuses us at the Tata Group Innovation Forum to further strengthen our efforts to encourage and celebrate the spirit of innovation in the Tata group. Also, this year, over 130 projects were collaborative, indicating that Tata companies are increasingly able to come together to leverage the synergies a diverse group like ours offers.”
According to Dr. Mukund Rajan, Member – Group Executive Council and Brand Custodian, Tata Sons, “Innovation, which has always been a part of the Tata DNA, has in recent years taken on a fresh impetus with the Tata group’s effort to democratise it and make it a continuous and ongoing process. Tata Innovista and the Tata Group Innovation Forum (TGIF) over the past decade, true to their mandate, have been able to successfully create a nurturing eco-system which encourages, inspires and promotes innovation in Tata companies – a 15-fold jump in innovations is just one indicator of how Tata companies are making innovation a way of life to address their customers’ needs and differentiate themselves from their competition. As we look ahead, the focus on technology and innovation will continue to play a key role in helping us achieve our global ambitions.”
Speaking at the press briefing, Dr. Gopichand Katragadda, Group Chief Technology Officer, Tata Sons, said, “Technology differentiated innovation will position the Tata group for future growth. In its technology journey, the group has presently identified four focus areas – Sustainable Energy, Food and Wellness, Consumer Electronics and Factory and Fleet Digitisation. Given the group’s ability to scale to market needs and recent advancements in technology, it is a great time to be an innovator at the Tata group.”
In 2006, the Tata group started the process of capturing and celebrating innovations of Tata companies through Tata Innovista. The objective of this programme is to capture innovations in Tata companies, encourage innovators and innovations in Tata companies, share the levers used by them to identify and execute innovation projects, and create a culture of risk-taking. In order to support Tata companies in their journey of innovation, Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS), a division of Tata Sons, formed the Tata Group Innovation Forum (TGIF) in 2007. The objective of TGIF is to encourage, inspire and help create a culture that promotes innovation in Tata companies. Over the past ten years, TQMS, under the guidance of TGIF, has been connecting Tata companies all over the world, stimulating innovative thinking and encouraging collaborative research.
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