Ram Nath Kovind to inaugurate Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship today

President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate a Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and present Gandhian Young Technological Innovation awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. The five-day festival is an initiative to recognise, respect, showcase, reward innovations and to foster a supportive ecosystem for innovators. It is being organised by Rashtrapati Bhavan in association with the Department of Science and Technology and the National Innovation Foundation-India.

The festival 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 also help in promoting lateral learning and linkages among the innovators to enrich the ecosystem for sharing of ideas. It will provide a window to showcase creative and innovative solutions for social development through innovation emerging from grassroots, student ideas and other technologies. 

These innovations can positively impact fields such as agriculture, rural development, sanitation, health, women and child development, biotechnology and medicine. Integral to the festival will be an exhibition of innovations that will remain open for public viewing between 1200 hrs to 1700 hrs. Visitors can come through Gate number 35 of Rashtrapati Bhavan.