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16/08/22 09:20 AM IST

Manthan Platform

In News 
  • Government has unveiled a platform to drive collaboration between the industry and research institutes to implement technology-based social impact innovations and solutions in the country.
About Platform 
  • Promises to expand government’s efforts of building and nurturing industry participation in R&D.
  • It is also the evidence of government’s commitment to UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
  • It is powered by NSEIT and is led by office of Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA).
  • Platform will help in escalating the interactions among stakeholders, sharing challenges in emerging technologies & scientific interventions and facilitating research & innovation.
  • It will also provide necessary centre to transform India through innovative ideas, public-private-academia collaboration and inventive minds with the objective of achieving India’s sustainability goals.
  • It will facilitate knowledge transfers and interactions via information exchange sessions, events and exhibitions to develop a framework for future science, technology and innovation-led growth.
  • The launch of Manthan Platform also commemorates India’s 75 years of independence and provides an opportunity to bring Indian and world’s communities nearer to India’s technology revolution.
Source- Time of India 

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