Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 20, 2020 delivered the virtual keynote address at the inaugural function of Grand Challenges Annual Meeting (GCAM) 2020.
- The Prime Minister said, the journey to these innovations must be shaped by collaboration and public participation. He also said that the future will be shaped by societies that invest in science and innovation.
- The Prime Minister said, Government of India is running the world’s largest health insurance scheme and ensuring access to everyone.
- Grand Challenges India was set up as a partnership between the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2012 and Wellcome also joined the partnership.
- Grand Challenges India works across a range of health and developmental priorities from agriculture, nutrition, sanitation, maternal and child health to infectious diseases.
(AIR)
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