Quote:The center will house a section for the Foundation for Technology Business Incubation (FTBI), which aims to provide solutions to the problems that our country is currently facing, said an official press release.

The FTBI will provide a platform for young entrepreneurs of NIT Rourkela to showcase their skills and provide innovative solutions to the problems that plague our society.

Quote:NEW DELHI: A new initiative can be taken soon to promote Vedic education in the country.

... Under the National Education Policy (NEP), a special Vedic education board will come into existence to maintain the relevance of the text of Vedas in modern society.  ... According to the ministry, in order to make the Vedas a subject of public practice with scholarship, the government has decided to establish five Veda Vidyapeeths led by Maharishi Sandipani Pratishthan at the 'Char Dhams' and Kamakhya Devi's place.

... The ministry wants the country's youth be guided by India's rich mathematical traditions nurtured by mathematicians like Acharya Pingala, Acharya Aryabhatta, Ramanujan and former Shankaracharya of Puri Jagadguru Swami Bharatikrishna Tirtha Maharaj.

During the 'Mann Ki Baat' programme, the Prime Minister said, "With Vedic Maths, you can even solve big scientific problems. I would like all parents to teach Vedic Maths to their children."