Saturday, May 4, 2013

proud to be a delhite , creative captial of India

I know, I am a creative delhite ;) but delhi as a creative capital, WOW!

As per the news article in today's economic times, Delhi emerges as India's creative capital in a creative index compiled by Institute of Competitiveness, Indian chapter of collaborative effort between Harvard Business School and Martin Prosperity Institute, a Canada based think tank.

As a country, India ranked 30th out of 80 countries for Tolerance (how open are they to new ideas), 42nd out of 75 countries for Technology (how technologically savvy are they)  and 75th out of 82 countries for Talent ( how capable is their workforce), the three attributes or human factors which were measured for global creativity index

Creative class of population in india at 14% places the country as 70th spot globally amoung the 82 ranked. The creative occupational groups include people employed in management, finance, law, healthcare, science, engineering, architecture, design, education, arts, music and entertainment.


In 2011, Sweden was rated as number one country on the global creativity index, followed by US, Finland, Denmark and Australia.

Just for your information, below are two definitions of creativity..

As per Oxford Dictionary, the definition of creativity is "the use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness:"
As per the california state university northbridge website, "Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others"


source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/delhi-emerges-as-indias-creative-capital/articleshow/19873375.cms?adcode=50

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