CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Venue– Seminar Hall, Main Building, CSIR NIIST Thiruvananthapuram

Jointly organised by CSIR NIIST, National Innovation Foundation & Vibhavani India

Session 1: Grassroots innovations technology Demonstration.

 Session 2: Innovation to entrepreneurship

 Session 3: Social entrepreneurship: challenges and opportunities

Session 4: Institutional collaboration and linkages

Session 5: Way Forward.

On the behalf of Vibhavani India Executive Director Sri N P Rajive met Shri. V. Muraleedharan , MOS, Ministry of external affairs and Parliamentary affairs at his office. Upraised him about VibhaVani and it's efforts for grassroots development

Meeting with Dr. V. K. Vijay, National coordinator , Unnath Bharat Abhiyan ( movement for a progressive India ) , a flagship program of Ministry of education, Government of India, centre for rural development, IIT, Delhi . Decided to collaborate with VibhaVani in engaging knowledge institutions with grassroots developmental organizations. One more window opened for nation building

Today on 6th October,2023, MoU executed between CSIR - NIIST, NIF and VibhaVani for promoting grassroots innovation and STI interventions for solving societal problems and attaining sustainable development. Sri.Padmabhooshan, Dr. Krishna Ila, Chairman, Bharat Biotech, Dr. Anantharamakrishnan, Director, NIIST, Sri .N P Rajive, Vice Chairman NIF & Executive Director, Vibhavani India and other dignitaries graced the occasion.

India has amended the accounting standards to provide relief to companies that received concessions on their rentals after Covid-19 outbreak.

Changes to the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) will allow companies to show the benefit in their profit and loss (P&L) account. The move comes as a huge relief for airlines or retail chains that have many assets or properties on hire.

“Due to good rains, farmers have been able to plant crops timely. Now, they will soon cover the entire cultivable land,” said an agriculture ministry official, who did not wish to be identified.