Topics Covered:
- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2019
What to study?
- For Prelims: About the festival and its key features.
- For Mains: Significance of the festival, key challenges faced by entrepreneurs in the country and measures to address them.
Context: Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
About Festival of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (FINE):
FINE is an initiative being organised by Rashtrapati Bhavan in association with the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and the National Innovation Foundation-India.
- It will recognise, respect, showcase, reward innovations and to foster a supportive ecosystem for innovators.
- FINE will provide a platform for innovators for building linkages with potential stakeholders to develop their ideas into implementable projects for the larger social good.
- It will provide a window to showcase creative and innovative solutions for social development through innovation emerging from grassroots, student ideas and other technologies.
