Mumbai, June 24 -- After inaugurating a state-of-the-art Incubation Centre at IIM Mumbai, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, made a clarion call for greater collaboration among institutions of higher education and scientific research, such as IITs, IIMs, AIIMS, IIMC, and CSIR, to nurture sustainable startups and innovation-driven entrepreneurship.

According to the Ministry of Science & Technology, while interacting with students, Singh emphasized that "The age of working in silos is over." He asserted that the integration of academia, industry, and government is essential for India to meet its rapid development goals. "Greater synergy between the public and private sectors is not an o...