A roundtable discussion on funding for innovations will be organized in Rashtrapati Bhavan on the sixth day of the ongoing Festival of Innovations tomorrow (March 17, 2016) in association with SIDBI and National Innovation Foundation. Union Ministers of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping; Railways; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Minister of State for Finance are expected to participate in the discussions.
Key recommendations emanating from the discussions will be presented to President Pranab Mukherjee in the afternoon.
The President will also launch a national portal for start-up entrepreneurs called "SIDBI STARTUP MITRA” developed by SIDBI. The platform will enable entrepreneurs in the start up community to get connected with various stake holders namely incubators, mentors, angel investors, venture capital funds, service providers etc.
This release issued at 1840 hrs.