New Delhi, Nov 17: Indian Vice President M Hamid Ansari has said that Social Innovation is not possible without Social Harmony.
He was addressing the inaugural session of 3rd National Seminar on Social Innovation in Pune today, organized by the Pune International Centre (PIC)/
Defining Social Innovation as “new solutions to social challenges that have the intent and effect of equality, justice and empowerment”, the Vice President said that while economic progress is essential for survival and wellbeing.
“It is neither a substitute nor the panacea for the social challenges that confront us. Every society, including ours, requires its constituent parts to work in harmony,” he added.
The Vice President expressed concern that despite India’s long tradition of innovation and a string of recent innovations, India was lagging behind its peers on the Global Innovation Index.
He referred to various schemes and programmes that the Government had activated to encourage innovation in India and stressed the importance of re-orienting our education system for providing an environment that nurtured innovation.
