Long-term funding for deep-tech startups on cards: PM-STIAC chaiperson
₹945 crore, according to information available with the government. Sood said India has already made significant progress in certain key areas of technology, especially in digital public good, which has helped transform the payment and fintech segments. This ground-breaking public-private partnership can be replicated in education to enhance access to education in a big way, he said.
“Digital public infrastructure is an example of success which we should emulate in other areas such as PM’s e-vidya programme. Digital education is going to be big as we have a large young population and we have a demographic advantage." Sood said while self-reliance is a key policy priority, India does not have to reinvent the wheel. According to him, the key goal is to leapfrog from the current level.
“We have to understand that self-reliance does not mean we have to do everything ourselves and we remain closed to the world. Self-reliance would mean whatever innovation we do, we must be confident of ourselves so that we lead in some technologies. We should not be only followers.
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