Chennai, Mar 6 : The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India (DARPG), is partnering with Indian Institute of Technology-Madras and IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) to organize a three-day symposium on ‘Imagining India @2047 through innovation’ from tomorrow to March 9. on Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr.Jitendra Singh, is scheduled to inaugurate the event on March 8, a release from IIT-Madras said today. This Symposium is being organized to bring together pioneering minds in the country across the diaspora of academia, Government and entrepreneurs to evolve a ‘Vision 2047,’ marking India’s 100th year of Independence. In a novel attempt, young IAS Officers, young faculty of IIT-Madras and young entrepreneurs of IIT-Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC), will be seen being teamed together to individually bring their deep sector expertise and enterprising spirit to collectively brainstorm innovative solutions. Under the overarching themes of ‘Research and Development,’ and ‘Innovation and Digital Governance,’ the following ten key areas will be explored during, the symposium. They included Energy and Net Zero, Education, Health Care and Assistive Technologies, Water, Infrastructure and Comm cations, Transport and Mobility, Urbanization and Housing, Rural Development and Agriculture, Fintech and Inclusion and Information Security and Defence. Each day of the Symposium will feature presentations by senior faculty and entrepreneurs to help evolve the Vision 2047 under each key theme. Thematic presentations will be prepared as an outcome of the interactions within the forty cohorts aptly termed as ‘nucleus.’ GV 1302