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VAIBHAV: CELEBRATING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

The VAIBHAV summit saw participation of more than 3,000 overseas Indian-origin academicians
and scientists from 55 countries and about 10,000 Indian scientists. Around 700 overseas panel-
lists from 40 countries and 629 resident panellists from eminent Indian academia and Science and
Technology departments deliberated on 18 different verticals with 80 sub-topics in 213 sessions.

science and innovation from India and the
Science has remained at the core of prog-
ARTIFICIAL ress of human-kind. The temporal journey world. He called it a “True Sangam (conflu-
ence)” of great minds.
of humanity so far has been divided into
various overlapping time periods such as
Organised by 200 Indian academic insti-
Stoneage, Bronze age, Iron age, Industrial
tutes and S&T departments, led by Principal
INTELLIGENCE age, Space age and Digital age each named Scientific Advisor K Vijayaraghavan, VAI-
BHAV aimed to bring out a comprehensive
after the technological advances made
roadmap leveraging the expertise and
therein. These advances have transformed
the human life-style. It also increased scien-
tific curiosity. knowledge of global Indian researchers for
Working upon the same, the Government Panellists from various countries – the US,
has taken numerous measures to culti- Japan, Australia, UK, France, Singapore,
vate scientific temper and boost research Republic of Korea, Brazil and Switzerland
and innovation. Apart from innovation of a -- working in different domains such
number of vaccines to boost health of the as computing and communication,
masses, the Government has also launched Sonochemistry, high energy physics,
major missions on supercomputing and cy- manufacturing technologies, management,
ber-physical systems. These have expand- geo-science, climate changes, microbiology,
ed on fundamental research and applica- IT security, Nanomaterials, smart villages,
tion in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, and mathematical sciences, interacted with
Robotics, Sensors and Big Data Analytics. the Prime Minister during the inaugural
This will provide a great fillip to Indian man- session.
ufacturing. It will not just help in creating
skilled young human resources, but will also addressing the emerging challenges for
help the startup sector in prospering. So far, universal development. The summit reflect-
25 Technology Innovation Hubs have been ed on the collaboration and cooperation
launched in the country. instruments with academia and scientists
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, in India and abroad. The goal was to create
2020, launched the Vaishwik Bhartiya Vaig- an ecosystem of Knowledge and Innovation
yanik (VAIBHAV) Summit 2020 to celebrate in the country through global outreach.

RAISE 2020 is a first-of- for social transformation, in- Electronics and Information
its-kind global meeting of clusion and empowerment Technology and NITI Aayog,
minds on Artificial Intelli- through responsible AI. Or- the event witnessed robust
gence conceived to drive ganized by the Government participation from global
India's vision and roadmap along with the Ministry of industry leaders, key

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