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Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat has stressed that the STIP 2020 should promote the indigenous and traditional technologies of every state and support them with the new age innovations in a message for the Uttarakhand State Level Consultation Meet on the National Science Technology and Innovation Policy-2020 STIP 2020.Chief Minister of Uttarakhand conveyed in a message through Prof. Narendra Singh Science Technology Advisor to the CM that Harnessing of rural technologies with innovations ruralisation of economy creating a rural-based economy with support of technology and innovation at local level will boost the national economy and make the country self-reliant.The State Level Consultation Meet On the National Science Technology and Innovation Policy-2020 was organized by the Dev Bhoomi Vigyan Samiti Uttarakhand State Unit of Vijnana Bharati VIBHA on 11th October 2020 in virtual mode as part of the elaborate consultation process for the new Science Technology and Innovation Policy-2020 that is being formulated. Prof. Narendra Singh also spoke about the Bagheshwari Charkha and Lohaghat Kadhai which have become important sources of livelihood for rural people by transforming these rural technologies with the help of innovations. He underlined the need of complementing traditional technologies and manpower with new-age innovative technology to solve the specific issues of states and creating a skilled workforce.Dr. Akhilesh Gupta Adviser Head STIP-2020 DST highlighted the important features of the policy and its decentralized bottom-up and inclusive design process with focus on indigenous technology grassroot level innovations disruptive technology like Artificial Intelligence machine learning Internet of Things. He stressed on taking forward the triple helix structure of government industry and academia for larger socio-economic welfare and emphasized the role of States in the national STI ecosystem and policy formulation.Er. Jayant Sahasrabuddhe National Organising Secretary Vinjana Bharti Vibha appreciated the efforts of the Science Technology and Innovation Policy Secretariat especially Dr Akhilesh Gupta to bring together the views of all stakeholders as inputs in the policy drafting process.Prof. Ajit K Chaturvedi Director IIT Roorkee emphasized that academia and research institutions should reach beyond the recognition from peer groups and focus on seeking recognition from the market place by commercializing their technologies and innovations. He stressed on creating a culture of startups as a great platform to bring academia and industry closer.Dr. Rajendra Dobhal DG Uttarakhand S T Council UCOST Dehradun suggested that STIP 2020 should focus on generating quality human resource in states through state ST councils creating inter-ministerial high power committees for encouraging academia and industry collaboration ensuring coordination and networking among central and-state universities as well as laboratories. The State Level Consultation Meet was attended by a large number of experts and thought leaders that include Prof. Shyam Lal Soni Director NIT Sringar Garhwal Dr. Mahendra Kunwar Chief Functionary HARC Dehradun Prof. Roopkishore ShastriVC GKV Haridwar Dr. Dipankar Banerjee Director ARIES Nainital Prof. Devi P. Tripathi Dr. Narendra S. Chaudhari VC UTU Dehradun Dr. Vijay Dhasmana VC SRHU Prof Rakesh Sharma VC Graphic Era University Dehradun Shri Pankaj Gupta President Industries Association of UK Dr Kalachand Sain Director WIHG Dehradun Dr RS Rawal Director GBPIHE Almora and many others . The recommendations from these experts and the discussion that emerges will serve as inputs to the policy drafting process.The Meet was organized under the guidance of Dr KD Purohit President and Dr. Hemwati Nandan Secretary Vibha Uttarakhand.
