Rural start-up conclave attracts participants from 23 States

The second edition of Rural Innovators Start-up Conclave (RISC), being organised by National Institute for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj here, has attracted over 300 participants from 23 states, NIRDPR said today.

The two-day conclave starting on August 30 aims to identify rural innovations and startups and create a platform to provide exposure, education and capacity building besides mentoring and incubation for rural startups and hand hold innovations, NIRDPR said in a statement.

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the event in the presence of Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E S L Narasimhan and Union Minister for Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar, among others.

NIRDPR Director General W R Reddy said: "This conclave is very unique in that it is focused exclusively on rural startups and is a great opportunity for rural startups to scale up their ideas and products and technology and take it to the mass market with a focus on addressing the rural issues."