NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh Sunday announced special Fellowships for the Indian Diaspora living abroad and hailed their contribution to the overall global growth.
The Indian Diaspora is playing a key role in overall global economic growth and they are adding value to the countries and societies where they are settled, though at the same time they continue to be rooted in their motherland, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said today.
Today’s India beckons them back with more opportunities and greater ease of world, he said.
At the ceremony, Dr Jitendra Singh announced the results of the first Vaishvik Bharatiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Fellowship calls and launch of the next cycle of the VAIBHAV call.
Dr Jitendra Singh emphasized that our Indian diaspora in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) are playing a key role in determining the direction in which our society and the world is moving by bringing technological changes and using it in innovative ways, particularly in social and developmental sectors.
“I would like to quote the memorable words of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event in 2017, where he said, “Hamara toh khoon ka rishta hai, passport ka nahi” and that one phrase, I think captures the entire complexity of a relationship that we have today with over 34 million People of Indian Origin and non-Resident Indians abroad and that is what brings us here,” Dr Jitedra Singh added.
Highlighting the importance of VAIBHAV, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the VAIBHAV Fellows are from topmost institutes of Australia, Canada, Finland, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA and would be engaged to Indian institutes like IITs, IISc and so on during next 3 years working on jointly identified problems.
