The research, done by Capgemini Consulting’s Digital Transformation Institute in collaboration with Fahrenheit 212 and in partnership with Brian Solis of Altimeter, said efforts taken by the government are the prime moving factor for emergence of the country in the list.
“This is due in part to the government and other public sector initiatives that seek to establish India as a digitally empowered society and nurture innovation,” it said.
Jaipur, Pune and Hyderabad each welcomed two new centres involving partnerships with government during the March-October period, it said.
The number of active incubators in the country increased 40 per cent to 140, with a bulk 66 per cent of them in tier-II and tier-III centres.