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AMRITSAR, March 17 : Highlighting India's opportunity to establish itself as a leader in research and innovation, India's G20 Presidency took centrestage at Khalsa College here in Punjab on Wednesday, where IIT Ropar under the Union Ministry of Education hosted a seminar on 'Strengthening research and promoting innovation through richer collaboration'.
The event brought together delegates from the G20 Education Working Group to discuss the future of work and innovation, with a focus on building bridges across nations for equitable development.
Rajeev Ahuja, Director, IIT Ropar, welcomed the participants and highlighted India's opportunity to establish itself as a leader in research and innovation globally.
Union Higher Education Secretary K. Sanjay Murthy also attended the event.
Govind Rangarajan, Director, IISC, shared enlightening thoughts on interdependency of domains and interdisciplinary action for solving problems.
He also highlighted India's frugal innovations, which have the potential to solve problems of the developed world, and the need to acknowledge and use grassroots innovation.
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