How the Atlas is built
The Atlas is the public face of our research database. Every figure here is an analyst assessment traceable to a primary source, scored on a consistent scale and dated so you can see how fresh it is.
The capture scale
Each layer of an ecosystem’s value chain is scored 0–5 for how much of it India can do for itself — from total import-dependence to sovereign capability.
The value-chain layers
Four of the scored ecosystems — Semiconductors, Critical Minerals, AI Infrastructure and Defence — are assessed across a common six-layer chain. Enterprise Software and AI MedTech, being software and clinical-technology stacks, are assessed across their own layers (for Enterprise Software: public cloud, ERP, databases, identity, payment rails and so on).
- Raw Materials
- The minerals, chemicals and feedstock at the base of the chain.
- Refining & Processing
- Turning raw inputs into usable, grade-specified materials.
- Components & Inputs
- The discrete parts and sub-assemblies built from those materials.
- Equipment & Capital Goods
- The machines and tools that make the components.
- Manufacturing & Integration
- Assembling and integrating into finished systems.
- Services & IP
- The design, software and intellectual property layer on top.
Verification & updates
Every assessment carries a verification label — verified, single-sourceor unverified — and an assessment date. The Atlas currently holds 45 layer assessments across 6 scored ecosystems and 826 tracked players, refreshed as our signal engine surfaces material change. The Atlas covers 10 ecosystems in all: the 6 scored here, plus 4 extended pillars (Unmanned Systems, Counter-UAS, Military Aerospace and Space) that carry their own structured databases and are not part of the 45-assessment grid. It is a reference, not a verdict: where the evidence is thin we say so.
The Atlas is free. The full reasoning behind each ecosystem lives in our long-form reports.