Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan calls for scalable, inclusive innovation

Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday called for harnessing India's youth, talent and institutional strengths to drive innovation in the country that is both scalable and inclusive.

Releasing a NITI Aayog report, 'Pathways to Progress: Analysis and Insights into India's Innovation Story', Pradhan underscored India's progress in building a robust innovation ecosystem and stressed the importance of positioning the country as a global brand of excellence in knowledge, science and technology.

As per a statement issued by the Aayog, the report identifies systemic challenges and lays out a forward-looking roadmap that includes scaling up successful models, fostering deep technology innovation, strengthening knowledge creation, enhancing global integration and building innovation capacity across states.


Further, it provides a holistic view of India's innovation ecosystem, encompassing national and state initiatives, industry and grassroots innovations, startups, university-industry-government collaborations and India's positioning in global innovation rankings, the Aayog said.