NITI Aayog holds national workshop in Coimbatore on embedding R&D in state institutions
NITI Aayog held a national workshop on 'Sustaining Innovation: Embedding R&D in State Institutions' on 8β9 January 2026 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, with the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, chaired by Vice Chairman Suman Bery.
Summary
NITI Aayog conducted a national workshop titled 'Sustaining Innovation: Embedding R&D in State Institutions' on 8β9 January 2026 under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman Suman Bery, as noted in a release of 10 January. The workshop was hosted at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, with the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, and brought together planning secretaries, state S&T council secretaries, institutional heads and industry. Speakers called for research and innovation clusters in states and for states to become co-creators, not just implementers, of the national innovation system.
Key facts
- Organiser
- NITI Aayog; chaired by Vice Chairman Suman Bery
- Theme
- Sustaining Innovation: Embedding R&D in State Institutions
- Venue, dates
- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, 8β9 January 2026
- Partner
- Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology
- Message
- States as co-creators of the national innovation system
Practice MCQs 1 questions
Where did NITI Aayog hold its national workshop 'Sustaining Innovation: Embedding R&D in State Institutions' on 8β9 January 2026?
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Correct answer: A β Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
PIB (NITI Aayog): the workshop was hosted at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, with the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology.