Despite rigorously detailed clinical observations and increasing success rates, his discovery was not readily accepted and sometimes openly opposed by a large part of the ophthalmic establishment. It was not until 1929 that he received worldwide acclaim at the International Ophthalmological Congress in Amsterdam for his surgical technique. His legacy lives on in the eye hospital in Lausanne that bears his name, in the Gonin Medal awarded by the International Council of Ophthalmology every four years for the highest achievement in ophthalmology, and in a street named after him, the very street that he used to walk from his home to the hospital every day.in business models and select areas of technology.



Innovation of a unique variety was thriving in its villages. Dutta and his colleagues started developing an index that could capture innovative capability in broad terms. Ten years later, the Global Innovation Index (GII) has become an annual feature, and examined carefully by policy-makers around the world. "I am surprised at how quickly the holistic view of innovation has been accepted," says Dutta, who is now dean of the graduate school of management at Cornell University. Although still a work in progress, GII offers insights about i nnovation in India and where it stands compared with other countries.



Last week's results show that India is improving fitfully, with pockets of excellence. It also shows that China is in the big league, and