"There is a huge gap in availability of funds for scale up of innovative technologies"- Dr H. Purushotham

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"There is a huge gap in availability of grant funds for scale up and prototying of innovative technologies. NRDC team has formulated a scheme to raise to the national emergency requirement  and contributing its might to combat covid-19. This financial support would help the innovators and startups in accelerating the technology development process and bring the innovative technologies to the market place within the next one year. NRDC has brought out a Compendium of Indian Technologies for combating Covid-19 which has listed about 200 technologies developed by Indian institutions and startups and NRDC has transferred 9 technologies to startups and MSMEs which are useful in combating Covid-19 in the country."

Dr H. Purushotham, Chairman & Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), New Delhi