National Innovation Council to prepare a road map for the decade of Innovation 2010-2020

PM approves setting up of National Innovation Council




New Delhi, Aug. 16 :::The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has approved the setting up of a National Innovation Council to prepare a road map for the decade of Innovation 2010-2020. The National Innovation Council will be headed by Mr. Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations. The council has been given the mandate to evolve an Indian model of innovation focusing on inclusive growth and creating an appropriate eco system conducive to foster inclusive innovation. It will delineate appropriate policy initiatives within the Government required to spur innovation. It will also promote the setting up of Sectoral Innovation Councils and State Innovation Councils. – Our Bureau

….from the pages of THE HINDU newspaper.