New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- Japanese Nobel Laureate Takaaki Kajita on Monday praised India's consistent rise in the Global Innovation Index (GII) in the past decade and attributed the changing dynamics to the Modi government's focus and vision.

The Japanese Physicist and Nobel prize winner agreed with the view that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visionary leadership has led to enhanced focus and spending on research and development (R&D) in the past few years, news agency ANI said.

Kajita also expressed support for the Modi government's emphasis on deepening Indo-Japan Collaboration in Science and Technology.

Takaaki Kajita was among the 20 renowned Japanese scientists who signed a resolution to extend support to the Indo-Japan joint partne...