<span style="color: #222222;">Science and  Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has said that an institutionalized mechanism will be evolved to make Academia and Industry essential stakeholders in scientific innovation. He called for bridging the trust deficit between Academia and Industry and underlined the need for liberal and rational funding for the development of cutting-edge technologies. <br />''<br />''The Minister was addressing the Academia Sub-Committee of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Society in New Delhi. Dr Jitendra Singh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown a strong commitment to innovation through various initiatives and reforms such as the New Education policy and the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. He added that the recent reforms in drone usage or liberalisation of policies governing the acquisition and production of geospatial data reaffirms the commitment to innovation. He said, the investment and commitment to new-age technologies such as cyber-physical systems and quantum computing show the government's resolve to foster an innovation ecosystem, the Minister.<br />''<br />''Dwelling on the stellar role performed by CSIR on the Covid-19 mitigation front, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the country recently witnessed the momentous milestone of reaching 100 crore vaccinations. He said, this is truly remarkable and a testament to the 'can do' attitude of our scientific community, industry, doctors and countless health care workers across the country.</span><br />