Jitendra Singh calls for strengthening India's innovation ecosystem at grassroots level

Union Minister Jitendra Singh stressed the importance of nurturing grassroots innovation in India to achieve self-reliance, local problem-solving, and inclusive development by 2047.

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday emphasised the importance of strengthening India's innovation ecosystem by recognising and nurturing grassroots ingenuity emerging from communities and regions, according to an official statement.

He was speaking at a workshop organised by NITI Aayog in Ahmedabad.

Singh highlighted that grassroots innovation reflects the spirit of self-reliance, local problem-solving, and inclusive development, and noted that India's journey towards Viksit Bharat@2047 would require stronger integration of community-led innovations within the national development framework.

The workshop brought together grassroots innovators, researchers, state representatives, incubators, and community-driven innovation actors from across the country to deliberate on strengthening India's grassroots innovation ecosystem and enabling pathways for scaling local innovations for wider societal impact.

Arjunbhai Devabhai Modhwadia, Minister, Science & Technology, Govt. of Gujarat attended the workshop as the Guest of Honour and highlighted Gujarat's longstanding emphasis on entrepreneurship, innovation, and decentralized development.

He underscored the importance of creating stronger institutional support mechanisms for innovators working at the grassroots level and stressed the need for collaborative efforts to build inclusive innovation ecosystems.