"We Are At 75th Year of Independence & 25 Years Away When India Turns 100": Dr. Jitendra Singh

ASSOCHAM has organized a curtain raiser event of SMARTecIndia 2021 at Hall- Inspire, Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi on 17 November 2021 from 11:00 AM onwards. The event will also be telecast live on all social media channels of ASSOCHAM.

The SMARTecIndia Initiative is a unique Digital platform that has reached out to the maximum target audience all over the world to showcase, reward, recognize and celebrate the world of smart technologies and how they are making our lives and businesses smarter and simpler.

Dr. Jitendra Singh was born on 6 November 1956. He is an Indian physician & politician. He is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science & Technology and Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Earth Science & Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space. He is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive member and was the chief spokesperson for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.

He won the Udhampur seat in the Indian general election, 2014 & 2019 for the 16th Lok Sabha and 17th Lok Sabha. He was a professor of diabetes and endocrinology, a consultant, clinical practitioner, author of eight books, and a newspaper columnist. He is the ex-chairman for the National Scientific Committee on Diabetes and the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India.

Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister for Science and Technology, Government of India was the chief guest of the event.

He started his speech by giving an example of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has a natural temper for science; he said that PM Modi during his Independence Day address, talked about the start-ups in India & many Heterogeneous people across India took time to understand this. Though from last 3-4 years, it has picked up in a big way.

And, to give a boost rate to this, PM Modi has invited the young achievers and held a marathon session in the National Capital. He encouraged brainstorming among the various Science Ministries to make each other understand, where exactly the technology is coming from.

PM Modi has been pushing everyone to understand technology. Now, when technology has become an essential part of our life, we have no other option but to live it up with technology, and those of us who are hesitant or reluctant though we still do not realize that we already using this technology.

Secondly, Dr. Jitendra Singh talks about the co-relations between formal literacy & digital literacy. He gave an example that “if we go the rural area, even the most illiterate person over there, could help to take photographs & send us in WhatsApp”

He said, “That’s the Advantage, the Magic & the Asset of a Smart Literacy, which can be acquired without the formal education”.

Dr. Jitendra Singh shared how he feels glad about the government agency that came out with new education policies, which actually bears this strongly in mind before formulating it. Now the technology has entered into the households of India.

“Now that we are at the 75^th Year of Independence and 25 Years away when India turns 100. It is basically going to be the technology-based ascent, which it has already become”.

He then, compliments ASSOCHAM, to take this initiative & wished them for this new Endeavour. He asked them to carry this forward & Underline the Smart Technology Integrated with the Smart Ecosystem.