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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and the Royal Embassy of Denmark to India have launched the 2nd Edition of Water Innovation Challenges.
What is the Water Innovation Challenge?
Water Innovation Challenge aims to identify innovative & next-gen solutions to solve proposed challenges in collaboration with corporate and public partners.
The challenge is being conducted under the partnership of AIM, NITI Aayog and Innovation Center Denmark (ICDK) under the aegis of the Denmark Embassy in India and the Denmark Technical University (DTU).
The initiative will engage young talents from leading universities across the nation and support them in building their skills and applying their technical disciplines and innovation capacity.
The challenge winners will get the opportunity to represent India at the International Water Congress 2022. The Denmark Embassy in India and the DTU will also be preparing the participants for the Global Next Generation Water Action (NGWA) program.
| Note: NGWA is hosted by DTU. It is an international university-powered initiative that revolves around youth involvement in the sustainable agenda. |
About India-Denmark Green Strategic partnership
The Indian and Denmark PM had co-chaired a virtual summit in 2020 during which both the PMs had agreed to elevate the Indo-Danish relations to a Green Strategic Partnership.
The partnership aims to advance political cooperation and expand economic relations b/w the two countries including green growth, creating jobs and strengthening cooperation on addressing global challenges and opportunities.
Source: This post is based on the article “AIM NITI Aayog, & Embassy of Denmark launches 2nd edition of water innovation challenges to address global water woes” published in PIB on 13th Dec 2021.
