10th Biennial National Grassroots Innovation Awards

10th grassroots awardss

Question: Who presented the 10th Biennial National Grassroots Innovation Awards?
(a) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(b) Sushma Swaraj
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Ram Nath Kovind
Answer: (d)
Related facts:

  • On 15 March 2019, President of India Ram Nath Kovind presented the 10th Biennial National Grassroots Innovation Awards.
  • The President also inaugurated FINE 2019, Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Gandhinagar, Gujarat where this award ceremony took place.
  • Addressing the event, President emphasized on the need to build an ecosystem for converting innovations into enterprises. This requires backing for start-ups and for incubating young innovators by providing financial, mentoring and policy support.

Awardees:

  • Prakash Singh Raghuvanshi was awarded the lifetime achievement award for Improved Plant Varities.
  • Shyamveer Singh and Ved Prakash were awarded in the field of agriculture technology.
  • Sandeep Vishram Ghole was awarded for improved variety of onions.
  • Various others awards in different fields were also distributed.

Links:
http://pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1568896
http://nif.org.in/awardlist-thumb.php
https://news.biharprabha.com/2019/03/president-kovind-presents-10th-biennial-national-grassroots-innovation-awards/
http://www.uniindia.com/news/west/president-kovind-participates-in-first-ever-biennial-national-grassroots-innovation-awards-ceremony/1530126.html