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“Grassroots innovations, deeply rooted in local resources and tailored to
address specific local challenges, hold immense potential. These
innovations not only provide sustainable solutions but also create
opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to tap into this untapped domain.
By leveraging grassroots innovations, aspiring entrepreneurs can drive their
own growth while contributing significantly to the nation's progress and
development. Moreover, it is important to understand, identify and adopt
technologies that have potential for commercialization."
- Dr. Arvind Ranade
Director, National Innovation Foundation (NIF) India

“One of the most significant entrepreneurial capabilities is to spot
technological innovations for business growth. It is important to ensure
feasibility, development and deployment of technologies for
entrepreneurial success. The task might appear challenging but in the long
run it can open up a pathway of further technical innovations and successes
for the organization.”
- Dr. Nirav Jamnapara
Head - Projects & Technology Transfer Section,
Institute of Plasma Research (IPR) & Director, Atal Incubation Centre, IPR

“Technology commercialization, business networking, marketing, product
innovations are some of the most critical entrepreneurial processes, and
have to be executed strategically. Attention to these details in business can
lead to market-desired products that could serve as a bridge between
'cutting-edge inventions' and 'addressing a social need'. To become a tech-
driven country, our perspective has to change from profits to creating
value.”
- Dr. Suresh Kumar Mojjada
Chief Technical Officer, Mariculture, ICAR-CMFRI, Govt. of India

“Leveraging technology in business is crucial and several times, could prove
to be a game changer. Most entrepreneurs are, therefore, conscious about
adopting new technologies, without waiting for the existing ones to
become obsolete. Technologies also escalate an organization's power to
compete.”
- Dr. Sunil Shukla
Director General, EDII

“The times are ripe with ideas and innovations. The best thing about the
start up revolution is that there is no dearth of funding options for the right
ideas; regulations are supportive; incubation is easily available and
networking platforms are highly facilitating.”
- Dr. Satya Ranjan Acharya,
Professor & Director - Dept. of Entrepreneurship Education, EDII

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