The National Innovation Foundation (NIF), an autonomous body of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, will promote students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) and make them entrepreneurs.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between KIIT University and NIF on May 28. As per the MoU, 30 students of KISS will be promoted by NIF to become entrepreneur and to set up Startup company by every individual.
NIF Executive Vice Chairman Prof Anil Gupta said the sole aim of NIF is to promote innovators from grassroots level. Many youths having no formal education have innovative ideas in our country.
Their innovative ideas and traditional technology can be utilised for betterment of the society, he asserted.
The sole aim of NIF is to search such grassroots level innovators and promote them to make them as successful entrepreneurs by utilising their innovative ideas and traditional technologies, he added.
Mapping mind of every single children and exploring mind of tribal children should be done. As a result we can find such kind of grassroots innovators, said Prof Gupta.
NIF Director and Chief Innovation Officer Dr Vipin Kumar highlighted various activities of NIF.
KIIT and KISS Founder Dr Achyuta Samana said, “The KIIT University gives more importance on research an innovation. The university always promotes young innovators with unique innovative ideas and technology.”
On the occasion NIF, Bhubaneswar Cell was inaugurated in KIIT TBI premises.