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06/11/20 13:10 PM IST

Source: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1670367

Gandhian Young Technological Awards

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Union Minister of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences,Dr Harsh Vardhan  gave away Students Innovations for Advancement of Research Explorations - Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (SITARE-GYTI) and Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technological Innovations-Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (SRISTI-GYTI) awards, at a virtual function in New Delhi 

Highlights

  • Fourteen awards and eleven appreciation awards under SITARE-GYTI, and Seven awards and 16 appreciation awards under SRISTI-GYTI were given.
  • The awardees were selected after a rigorous review process by eminent professors and scientists in respective fields.

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation awards

  • It constitute two categories of awards, SITARE–GYTI under Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and SRISTI-GYTI given by SRISTI.
  • The awards and appreciations are given under these two categories to encourage technology students to move towards setting up Biotech and other start-ups.

SITARE-GYTI awards are given every year to the most promising technologies developed by the students in life sciences, biotechnology, agriculture, medical devices etc. SRISTI-GYTI awards are given to students in other engineering disciplines, he said.

Source: PIB

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