National Student Startup Policy, AICTE’s brainchild, to spur technology
Q. President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee launched which policy on Nov 16, 2016?- Published on 21 Nov 16a. National Student Startup Policy
b. National Student Standup Policy
c. National Scholar Startup Policy
d. None of the above
ANSWER: National Student Startup Policy
President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee launched the National Student Startup Policy on Nov 16, 2016
- The policy formulated by AICTE aims to create 100,000 technology based student startups and millions of employment opportunities within the next decade
- The policy plans on attaining this through development of an ideal entrepreneurial ecosystem and promotion of inter-institutional partnerships among technical institutions
- The emphasis is on an appropriate startup policy to propel the young of India through the 21st century
- Job creation figures of 1.35 lakh in 2015, the lowest in 7 years is sought to be combated with this policy
- The student startup policy of AICTE will also help students turned innovators and entrepreneurs to successfully harness the market.