Union Minister for Education and Skill Development, Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated IInvenTiv, the first ever all-IIT R&D showcase on Friday at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The minister said that IITs today have become instruments of transformation. They are repositories of knowledge and experience and a bridge to the future.

Pradhan added that the Covid pandemic has shown us the impact of what happens when technology driven research commits itself to the service of human race. “Whether, it is development of Indian vaccines within a short span of time, it has all been possible because of brilliant minds like yours. These are the signs of an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and we have to encourage the relationship of academic R&D – new age technology – industry- society more to take research and innovation to the zenith so that no one is left behind.”