North East has immense potential of Research and Innovation, says Dharmendra Pradhan

New Delhi, May 21: Union Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the North East Research Conclave (NERC) 2022 at IIT, Guwahati on May 20. Pradhan said that North Eastern region has immense potential to promote Research and Innovation in the country.

 

 

 

 

The minister in his address said that the conclave will strengthen the linkages between industry, academia and policy makers and further invigorate the research, start-up and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the resource-rich North Eastern Region states and eventually in the country. He said NERC 2022 will be a global benchmark for fulfilling research and development priorities of India and the world.

 

 

 

 

 

Pradhan further informed that to strengthen the research ecosystem, encourage innovation at grass-roots and lead India to self-reliance. The govt is in the process of setting up National Research Foundation with a proposed outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore in line, with the recommendations of NEP 2020. He also said that North Eastern region has immense potential to promote Research and Innovation.

 

 

The Minister of State for Education, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in his address said that North-East Research Conclave is the platform for the entrepreneurs and research institutions to showcase their innovations. He said that this is a very useful initiative for North East which brings policy makers, industrialists and researchers to the same platform. The mega event will have great impact on the educational sector of this region, he further added.