News:Department of Science & Technology(DST) has decided to set up a Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis(CAWACH).
Facts:
- Aim:To evaluate and support the innovations and start-ups that address COVID-19 challenges.
- Implementation:The Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), a technology business incubator at IIT Bombay supported by DST.
- Mandate:It will extend to startups by way of the requisite financial assistance and fund deployment targeting innovations that are deployable in the market within the next 6 months.
Additional Facts:
- CARUNA Initiative:Caruna stands for Civil Services Associations Reach to Support in Natural Disasters.It represents a collaborative platform on which civil servants, industry leaders among others have come together to support the government’s efforts in fighting coronavirus.
