INDIA TOWARDS A KNOWLEDGE SUPERPOWER

The article deals with the issue of the gradual change in the powers' balance between the West and a group of fast developing countries such giants as India and China. The transformation of the international system is manifested in the growing role of regional organizations, fluctuation of the world currencies, as well as the growing influence of such powers as China and India. China no disputing global and regional leader, while the position of India in South Asia and the world is still quite controversial. Considerable attention is paid to the analysis of the poles for the understanding of India's prospects on the way to knowledge superpower. In particular, the comparative analysis of the economic, military, political, civilizational and innovation poles, led to a number of conclusions such as India today can be considered a superpower on the political and civilizational poles in the economic and military poles, there are a number of problems of pending. The Innovation Pole India has made a significant breakthrough in the last 20 years, which gives a huge advantage and a good stepping stone for future economic growth.