Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh has launched a Nationwide Innovation Challenge forward of the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025, calling on younger Indians, particularly Gen Z, to step ahead with concepts that may drive the nation’s subsequent huge leap in science and expertise.
The announcement was made by a video message launched Dr Singh stated India has made a historic transformation up to now eleven years, rising as a rising DeepTech hub with greater than 6,000 deeptech startups.
To all innovators, specifically Gen Z: India is listening.
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— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) November 19, 2025
He famous that the nation’s bioeconomy has expanded fourteen occasions, funding in analysis and improvement has doubled, the house sector has opened to non-public participation creating an 8 billion greenback house economic system, and India has launched its first National Quantum Mission that’s giving rise to new quantum expertise corporations.
“This is not just progress. India is shaping the future. And the next breakthrough can come from you,” Dr Singh stated.
The challenge has been launched within the run-up to IISF 2025, which begins on December 6 with the theme Vigyan se Samruddhi: For Aatmanirbhar Bharat. It invitations entries from college students, startups, researchers, farmers, creators and residents.
Participants can submit one innovation in areas akin to synthetic intelligence, quantum expertise, house, biotechnology, local weather tech, healthcare, agriculture, schooling or another rising subject. The solely requirement is that the concept ought to have the potential to enhance the lives of not less than one thousand individuals.
Concepts, prototypes and pilot tasks can be accepted, supplied they present function, readability and the potential to scale. Submissions may be made by the MyGov platform.
The greatest concepts can be recognised at IISF 2025 and given a structured pathway to develop with assist from the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and BIRAC. Dr Singh has additionally dedicated to personally spotlight and mentor the top improvements.
Speaking concerning the spirit behind the initiative, the Minister stated India is at a decisive second with its innovation ecosystem maturing, excessive expertise missions gaining momentum and science changing into central to nationwide improvement. He stated actual options can come from school rooms, group labs, workshops, farms and distant districts, so long as the proper platform is supplied.