Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Navachar Mantra’, a national initiative aimed at identifying, nurturing and scaling grassroots innovations and early-stage entrepreneurship across India, with a special focus on innovators from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, was launched in New Delhi recently.
The programme seeks to create opportunities for innovators through collaboration between the Government, academia and industry. It is being implemented by the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), with the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi, serving as the technical knowledge partner.
At the launch on June 2, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary said India should aspire not only to manufacture products but also to create technologies that shape the future. “The world should not only use products made in India but should use technologies imagined in India. That is the true spirit of Navachar Mantra,” he said.
Referring to emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, green energy, biotechnology, digital public infrastructure and advanced manufacturing, he said the next wave of global transformation should carry India’s intellectual imprint. He added that India possesses a unique advantage in the form of large-scale challenges, diverse realities and a talented youth population capable of developing solutions with global relevance.
Chaudhary also urged young innovators to pursue ideas and careers that genuinely inspire them. “The most meaningful innovations are often created by people who wake up every day looking forward to their work, driven not just by opportunity, but by purpose and passion.
Navachar Mantra is about creating an ecosystem where such ideas, and such innovators, can thrive,” he said. According to the ministry, Navachar Mantra has been designed as a structured support ecosystem for innovators working in priority sectors such as Agritech, HealthTech, EdTech and Skilling, Climate and Sustainability, Rural Commerce and MSME Enablement.
