Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicates an Innovation Portal
developed by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India to the nation
“Best Economy is the
Idea Economy and Innovation co-efficient is the most important for the
progress of a country”: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Innovation Portal is a
step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat, it is an excellent resource for
students, entrepreneurs, MSME’s, Technology Business Incubators (TBI’s)
and common people engaged in a variety of occupations
The
Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Health
& Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicated an Innovation Portal,
developed by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India, an autonomous
body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of
India, to the nation, in New Delhi today.
The
National Innovation Portal(NIP) is currently home to about 1.15 lakh
innovations scouted from common people of the country, covering
Engineering, Agriculture, Veterinary and Human Health. In terms of
domain areas, presently the innovations cover Energy, mechanical,
automobile, electrical, electronics, household, chemical, civil,
textiles, Farm / cultivation practice, storage practice, plant variety,
plant protection, poultry, livestock management, nutraceuticals etc.
Speaking
on the occasion, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that credit goes to the Prime
Minister for igniting the Innovation Movement and creating an Innovation
Eco-system in the country during the last 6 years.He congratulated the
Atmanirbhar citizens who defeated the problems and challenges through
their creative potential and deployment of their innovative Science and
Technology based solutions. The Minister emphasized on the growing
importance of outstanding Traditional Knowledge, particularly herbal
practices which stem from tribal areas, and is one of the key highlights
of the Innovation Portal. He said that this Innovation Portal will help
institutionalise new ideas by common people towards finding solutions
to local problems.
The
Minister highlighted “Best Economy is the Idea Economy and Innovative
co-efficient is the most important for the progress of the country”, and
added that in future it will be the idea that will drive the progress
of the nation. He emphasized that the Innovation Portal will create an
eco-system where the Institutions will stand behind all those who can
convert their ideas and innovations into entrepreneurship. He urged for
a Stand-up Start-up system in the country where anyone who has the
desire to innovate,should be encouraged to develop his or her ideas,
irrespective of their background whether rural, tribal or anyone with
formal science background.He further observed that the year 2020 was a
year of turbulence like never before, and digital infrastructure of our
nation has immensely grown and helped all of us. The Innovation Portal
in coming days could be one of the significant contributions amongst all
of our digital progress so far and would act as a bridge between people
who are looking for Innovative solutions and those who had been at the
helm of their evolution.He urged students, entrepreneurs, MSME’sand
common people engaged in a variety of occupations to take advantage of
the Innovations portal and explore innovations of interest.
Dr
Harsh Vardhan expressed his confidence in extraordinary commitment from
common people toward innovations which would drive country’s Technology
Leadership and have it touch great heights in years to come. He lauded
the efforts of NIF and DST in arriving at 1.15 Lakh Innovations as a
starting point of this Innovations portal, which by itself is a great
beginning.
Speaking
on the occasion, Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST mentioned that
this innovation portal is being on-boarded at a very appropriate time
within the innovation eco-system of our nation, by way of coinciding
with evolution of 5th National STI Policy of India. He said the future
contributors to the innovation portal will stem from the focus areas of
the policy, and hence it is important that eco-system of R&D and
innovation be created in rural and remote areas, particularly in the
North East, Islands and Tribal areas. Prof Ashutosh explained the NIF is
not only engaged in scouting for ideas but also taking them forward.
The Innovation Portal will help create local entrepreneurs out of
grassroots ideas and will help bring ideas to the market, he said.
Dr
PS Goel, Chairperson, NIFobserved that innovation portal is a saga of
determination of every Indian who believed in evolving his or her own
solutions to fit the needs. He urged the industry to visit the portal
with an eye to develop them into products for commercialisation.
Dr Vipin Kumar, Director, NIF proposed a vote of thanks on the occasion of the launch of innovations portal.
Innovation
Portal is a step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat and an excellent resource
for students, entrepreneurs, MSME’s, Technology Business Incubators
(TBI’s) and common people engaged in a variety of occupations.
Click here for background note on National Innovation Portal
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