Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh on November 8, 2021 launched the first-ever Mentorship Programme for Young Innovators to mark the 75th Year of India’s independence.
- DBT-Star College Mentorship Programme will help towards the concept of networking, hand holding and outreach. The plan envisages organizing workshops, meetings per month; handhold at colleges particularly in the rural areas or lesser endowed areas and conduct outreach activities with government schools.
- This is a pan India Scheme that envisages Star College in every district of the country supported by the Department of Biotechnology.
- The activities will enable newer colleges which have begun their journey under the scheme to come up as per the mandate of Star college scheme.
- The Star Status Colleges will help in incorporating the vision of DBT towards strengthening of UG Science Courses throughout the country by mentoring the newer colleges through hand-holding and peer learning and bringing them under the aegis of Star College Scheme,
