Apart from that the Four
India-UK Virtual Joint
Centres in Agricultural
Nitrogen have been
established which will
eventually integrate into
the activities of Joint Plant
Science Research Centre.
“The Department
of Biotechnology is
looking to expand global
partnership and will
be open to signing of
such MoU with other
countries,” informed
the Minister of State for
Science & Technology, Mr
Y S Chowdary recently
in the Parliament.
‘Smart India
Hackathon 2017’
aims at turning
ideas into startups
The ‘Smart India
Hackathon 2017’ has
already been launched
in collaboration with
i4c, MyGov, Persistent
Systems, NASSCOM
and Rambhau Mhalgi
Pabodini. While
interacting with
the media recently,
the Union Human
Resource Development
Minister, Mr Prakash
Javadekar detailed out
the uniqueness of this
initiative and said “the
scale and reach of Smart
India Hackathon 2017
is unprecedented, for
the first time so many
different ministries/
departments came
together, and posted
their 598 problems
for students seeking
innovative solutions”
He said ‘Smart India
Hackathon 2017’ has
been launched to build
Digital India of our
dreams and to engage
our youth directly
with nation building.
About 30 different Govt
departments/ministries
are involved as partners
eg. Ministry of Railways,
External affairs, Steel,
Postal Services, ISRO,
NCPCR, etc. For the first
time, govt. departments
were directly engaging
with students and
challenging them to
build digital solutions to
improve their efficiency,
plug revenue leakages
and corruption.
We have multiple prizes
worth Rs 50 lakhs for
students but more
importantly, we hope the
participating ministries
will adopt many of the
products developed
during the Grand
Finale. Moreover,
we also expect
NASSCOM and other
funding agencies like
AICTE, DST, DBT and
ICMR to select best
ideas and support
them to convert
into startups, Mr
Javadekar added.
University of Cambridge.
Five applicants have
been selected and are
working under the
joint unestablished
post of Lectureship.
He said to ensure the
success of Smart India
Hackathon 2017, we
are also doing multiple
online training sessions
for students and for the
first time, we hope to
train more than 30,000
students through these
online training sessions.
For the first time, we hope
to train more than 30,000
students through these
online training sessions.
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