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Academia, startups, students, and researchers must partner to create new solutions: Vaishnaw

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YourStory · 5m ago

Academia, startups, students, and researchers must partner to create new solutions: Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw emphasized the need for academia, startups, students, and researchers to collaborate in developing new solutions, moving away from reliance on government alone. While awarding winners of the Indigenous Web Browser Challenge, he urged India to transition from a service nation to a product and manufacturing nation. Vaishnaw highlighted the importance of participating across the entire chip development spectrum. The event underscored the necessity for indigenous browsers to ensure data security.

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