RSVC-AMRIT Platform

RSVC-AMRIT Platform Latest News

Recently, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India launched the RSVC AMRIT platform.

About RSVC-AMRIT Platform

• It is developed by NABARD in collaboration with the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (OPSA) to the Government of India.
• AMRIT Platform serves as the digital backbone of the RuTAGe Smart Village Centre (RSVC) ecosystem.
• Focus: It supports rural innovation and technology transfer and enables wider adoption of appropriate technologies in rural areas.
• It is designed as a comprehensive digital ecosystem supporting the complete RSVC lifecycle, from technology discovery and validation to deployment tracking, collaboration, monitoring and knowledge management.
• The platform will progressively bring together innovators, technology providers, startups, validators, accelerators, implementation partners, funding agencies, academic institutions and rural communities on a shared platform. 

What is The Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG)?

• It is an initiative of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (OPSA) which was launched in 2004.
• It was conceptualized as a mechanism to provide a higher level of Science &Technology intervention and support for rural areas.
• Objectives of RuTAG Initiative
  • Connecting Stakeholders: Collaborating with stakeholders Non-Government Organizations, Self Help Groups, Community Organizations, and Start-ups to identify sector-specific technology needs.
  • Demand-driven technologies: Developing technologies based on socio-economic data coherent with national/regional priorities.
  • Prototype Validation: ValidatIng developed prototypes and explored commercialization with scalability aspects.
  • Commercialization: Commercializing the potentially validated technologies for national/global markets.

Source: PIB

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