Dr Jitendra proposes Indo-Swiss Innovation Platform, Joint StartUp collaboration

New Delhi, April 6: Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh Thursday proposed Indo-Swiss Innovation Platform and Joint StartUp collaboration.
The Minister expressed this view when a high-level Swiss delegation led by Ralf Heckner, Ambassador of Switzerland to India called on him at North Block.
The Minister and the Swiss delegation discussed possibilities for extensive collaboration in fields like healthcare, telemedicine and technological advancements.
According to the statement issued by the minister, Switzerland representatives showed great interest in India’s growth trajectory. They said that the pace and speed with which India is growing in the field of innovation is very impressive.
India’s rapid jump in the Global Innovation Index rankings is a testimony to this. India and Switzerland, both have great potential for lots of convergence in the innovation space, he added.
Dr. Singh noted that since India and Switzerland traditionally share cordial mutually trusted relations, it is easy for both the countries to engage with each other on ground of comfort already existing.
“With regard to the Cooperation in Science and Technology, an Inter-Governmental Bilateral Agreement between India and Switzerland was signed during the State visit of Swiss President to India in 2003”.
The minister mentioned that there is a need to create an Indo-Swiss innovation platform and joint startup collaboration not only for research institutions but including businesses and academia as well.
He added that synergy between Industry and academia is a prerequisite for long term sustainability.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said that India is engaged with Switzerland for Securing Technology for Future such as Cyber- Physical Systems, Electric Mobility, Quantum Science & Technology, Clean Fuels, etc. Also, we are working so that the outcomes of Science should be of relevance to our society, science with a human face, the Minister added.
On this occasion, Dr. Jitendra Singh recalled his visit to Davos in 2018 when Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the World Economic Forum world conference. The Union Minister recalled the warm hospitality offered by the people of Switzerland.
The Minister expressed happiness that both sides are engaged to augment and further the bilateral cooperation and on creating opportunities for S&T cooperation between the two countries..