Question: Which of the following organisation/ ministry recently hosted a 3 day Youth Co: Lab National Innovation Challenge in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?
(a) FICCI
(b) Ministry of Science & Technology
(c) NITI Aayog
(d) Ministry of Human Resource & Development
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) NITI Aayog and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 17th January 20, 2020 launched a three day long Youth Co:Lab -national innovation challenge in Delhi .
Highlights of the event:
- UNDP and Atal Innovation Mission hosted a three day Youth Co: Lab National Innovation Challenge, 17-19 January 2020 in Delhi in which 30 selected teams participated.
- Four winning teams were selected to represent the Youth Co:Lab Regional Innovation Challenge in Malaysia slated to be held in April this year.
- The top two teams will be fully funded, while the next two teams will be partially funded for the final summit.
- Top eight teams will get incubated at the Atal Incubation Centres and receive support from UNDP to enhance their impact management for a year.
- The efforts of AIM and UNDP aims to support young people by catalysing youth-led innovation, empowering them through Youth Co:Lab.
- Youth Co: Lab aims at fostering technology, promoting youth leadership and social entrepreneurship in India.
Youth Co: Lab
- Co-created in 2017 by the UNDP and the Citi Foundation.
- Youth Co:Lab aims to establish a common agenda for Asia-Pacific countries to invest in and empower youth to accelerate implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through leadership, social innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Youth Co:Lab was launched in India in October 2019, in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog.
Links:
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1599897