(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Innovation Challenge : Is IT Sector Ready?

Topic: Innovation Challenge : Is IT Sector Ready?

Guest:

Saritha Rai, (South Asia Technology Correspondent, Bloomberg)
R. Ramanan, (Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog)
Jiten Jain, (Digital Technology Expert)

Topic Description:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Aatmanirbhar Innovation Challenge, inviting India’s tech and community to create an Aatmanirbhar App Ecosystem. The challenge will be regulated under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology along with Atal Innovation Mission and run in two tracks: Promotion of Existing Apps and Development of New Apps. Under track 01, the government will work in mission mode for identifying good quality Apps for the leader-board and shall be completed in around a month. This will include existing apps and platforms in categories like E-Learning, Work from home, gaming, business, entertainment, etc. Under track 02 initiative, the government will work to help create new champions in India by providing support in ideation, incubation, prototyping and roll out along with market access.