Institutional collaboration, formulation Of state S&T policies, & widening scope of Centre-State engagements discussed at Centre State STI coordination meeting
Methods of boosting centre-state coordination in science, technology and innovation (STI) by developing institutional collaboration, widening the scope of engagements with States and formulating State S&T policies were discussed at the Centre-State STI coordination meeting with representatives and nodal officers of States held on 21 st December 2021. This was a prepatory meeting with the States before planning a high level meeting with the States on STI. “Key achievements, priority areas, challenges in STI areas of all the states are being mapped, and the States are welcome to provide their suggestions and inputs to further enhance the scope of the engagements,” Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Senior Adviser DST, informed during interactions with officials from state S&T councils at the meeting through virtual mode. During 2020-21 the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) Secretariat at the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, had interacted with all the Stat