India-Denmark to address innovations in water and SDGs

NEW DEHI: Indian think tank NITI Aayog and Embassy of Denmark to India met on Tuesday, April 13, as a part of the Indo-Danish bilateral strategic partnership to build a world class innovation ecosystem under the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM). Under this, Innovation Centre Denmark (ICD) in India will work with AIM to support current and future initiatives of AIM, NITI Aayog and other beneficiaries in India. It also aims to develop global innovation Green economy partnership to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, said that he is looking forward to the collaboration and the authorities will focus on water use in agriculture. Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, said that the partnership has great potential for some effective innovations in various sectors.

As a part of the partnership, the collaboration between AIM and Embassy of Denmark in India will help the people to access the technological expertise of Denmark and also encourage Danish innovators to work on Indian land. AIM and ICD in India should explore various areas of collaboration, including AIM-Denmark school student innovation exchange and co-innovation development, hosting Indo-Denmark innovation challenges, facilitating start-up incubator collaborations and exchanges, etc, through the networks and channels of both the parties.