Government Facilitating Startup-Industry Linkages to Take Indigenous Innovations to the Market, says Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh stated that the government is facilitating startup-industry linkages to transition indigenous innovations into wider commercial markets during his visit to the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC)-2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The exhibition featured 50 deep-tech startups, 13 departmental stalls, and 10 departmental technologies. Key innovations highlighted include CSIR Designer Rice—featuring 20% protein and a low glycaemic index of 54 developed by CSIR-NIIST—and JEET, an indigenous semiconductor microcontroller unit by Signalchip powered by a Yati 32-bit RISC-V CPU and Avarta 32-bit digital signal processor. The Minister emphasized that greater collaboration among research institutions, startups, industry, and the government will support domestic technological capabilities and advance the national vision of Viksit Bharat@2047.