President Mukherjee to launch ‘Imprint India’ tomorrow

New Delhi, Nov. 4 : ‘IMPRINT India’, a Pan-IIT and IISc joint initiative to develop a roadmap for research to solve major engineering and technology challenges in ten technology domains relevant to India will be launched by President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The launch will be done at a function being held as part of the Visitor’s Conference.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the IMPRINT India brochure and hand over the first copy to the President of India. Union Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Zubin Irani will also address the gathering.The idea of launching ‘IMPRINT India’ originated during the conference of Chairmen, Board of Governors and Directors of Indian Institutes of Technology convened by the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 22, 2014. It is based on the Prime Minister’s suggestion that research done by institutions of national importance must be linked with immediate requirements of the society at large.