Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan has put forth an idea to the scientific community to Innovate for India (I4I), creating a competitive advantage to make India Aatmanirbhar. At the 6th India International Science Festival 2020 themed “Self-reliant India and Global Welfare", organized by the Ministries of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Health & Family Welfare, he called upon the scientists to create products and services which can compete with the existing best in the world. 

Minister said that the pandemic situation has once again demonstrated that we have to develop and strengthen our institutional and industrial capacity in scientific knowledge and innovation in all areas. He emphasized that the India's focus to achieve self-reliance cannot be possible without the appropriate use of science and technology for economic development and societal benefit. 

With the help of a robust R&D ecosystem, India could develop state-of-the art products and services, make existing systems and processes more efficient. He appealed to the scientific community to integrate India’s rich ancient heritage in advanced scientific concepts and mathematics with modern scientific methods of investigation, to unravel the secrets behind many of these practices and scientifically establish them. He appreciated the scientific community achievement in various areas like space exploration, agriculture, Pharma. Minister asked them to work even more towards solving real life industry and social problems. 

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