Tinkering Labs to be set up in schools across state
SHILLONG: The CEO of NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant banked on the innovative drive of the young population in the state to deal with challenges faced while also assuring the government about the support given by NITI Aayog.
He was speaking at the Meghalaya Entrepreneurship & Start up Summit 2020 at the State Convention Centre and said that NITI Ayog would partner with the state government to set up Tinkering Labs in schools across the state, to make Meghalaya the centre of organic farming and for value-added tourism. He also assured the state of funding from NITI Aayog.
As for the Tinkering Labs, he said that NITI Aayog will support 500 Tinkering Labs in the state. As for the setting up of Incubation Centres in the state, he said that NITI Ayog would support Meghalaya with ten more Incubation Centres.
He said that the state can emerge as champions in tourism and create unique products in terms of organic farming.
Stating that India has grown at an average of 7.5 per cent per annum in the last five years, he said that the young population should come up with innovative ideas to deal with challenges that the country and the state is facing in fields such as agriculture, re-using water, convert waste into energy, etc.
Speaking about artificial intelligence (AI), he said that machine learning will be a fundamental transformation taking place in the health sector as well as in classroom learning.
Kant also assured budding entrepreneurs present at the event that a summit would be organised wherein the state entrepreneurs will interact with other entrepreneurs from the country so that the start-up scenario can be emulated here.
He said that India is going through the biggest socio-economic transition with a high population of youths as compared to other nations, therefore, it is a rare opportunity for disruptions, innovations and drive start ups and have young people to find solutions to the many challenges the country is facing.