Govt committed to give full support to innovation projects : Minister

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New Delhi : Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satyapal Singh while holding a review meeting of Smart India Hackathon 2017 via video conferencing in New Delhi on March 15, 2018, said the future of any country depends on the advancement of research and innovation. The innovation in different fields provide benefit to millions of people, he said.

The Minister congratulated all the teams in the Hackathon for their excellent work in their respective projects and hoped that these research projects will become reality and would be successful startups. He said that science, technology and engineering is able to change the life of common people of this country and this country’s future depends on how we apply our knowledge in the field of science and technology. These innovation projects will be beneficial for different Ministries and Departments.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development will give its full support to complete their projects and will ensure that no project will be closed because of shortage of funds, the Minister added, according to a PIB release.

Under Smart India Hackathon 2017 around 55 teams were selected from various Universities/Departments for research projects. These research projects were according to the need of different Ministries and Departments like Civil Aviation, Ayush, DoNER and ISRO. Out of 55, nearly 40 teams are doing very well towards their projects. At the review meeting on March 15, different research teams gave update on their project to Minister Satyapal Singh. Most of the teams are in the final phase of their projects.

The Minister said that most of the teams have worked very hard since the beginning of Hackathon and have come out with innovative solutions. Their solution will ultimately end up in the successful startup and will make them successful entrepreneur, he said.