Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launches ‘YUVA PORTAL’ to identify potential young Start-Ups

New Delhi, April 17

Union Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh today launched – YUVA PORTAL in New Delhi, which will help in connecting and identifying potential young Start-Ups. Dr Singh also launched the One Week -One Lab programme.

Speaking on the occasion, he underlined that unless the stakeholders’ participation is broad-based, particularly in the Industry, the StartUps may not remain sustainable for want of proper industry mapping and the right aptitude.

Highlighting India’s global excellence in technology, innovation and Start-Ups, Dr Jitendra Singh said, each of the 37 CSIR Labs is dedicated to a different exclusive area of work. The Minister said, the One Week – One Lab programme will offer the opportunity to the CSIR labs to showcase the work being done by them so that others can avail of it.