SME Times News Bureau | 17 Mar, 2018
President
Ram Nath Kovind, will inaugurate a Festival of Innovation and
Entrepreneurship (FINE) on March 19.
FINE,
an initiative to recognise, respect, showcase, reward innovations and
to foster a supportive ecosystem for innovators, is being organised
by Rashtrapati Bhavan in association with the Department of Science
and Technology and the National Innovation Foundation-India from
March 19 to 23, 2018.
FINE
will provide a platform for innovators for building linkages with
potential stakeholders whose support can improve their prospects in
coming years to develop their ideas into implementable projects for
the larger social good.
It
will provide a window to showcase creative and innovative solutions
for social development through innovation emerging from grassroots,
student ideas and other technologies.
FINE
also includes an 'In-Residence' Program as part of which a batch
of ten innovation scholars will stay within the President’s Estate
and will be provided mentoring as well as opportunities for idea
sharing with key stakeholders.
Integral
to FINE will be an exhibition of innovations that will remain open
for public viewing between 1200 hrs to 1700 hrs from March 19 to 23,
2018.