<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, today launched the second phase of YUKTI (Young India combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) to help systematically assimilate technologies having commercial potential and information related to incubated startups in country's higher education institutions.<br />'' <br />'' Addressing the participants, Mr. Pokhriyal said that YUKTI 2.0 is logical extension of earlier version of YUKTI,  as an initiative of HRD Ministry to identify ideas relevant in COVID pandemic.<br />'' <br />'' He also informed that all the outcomes of earlier version of 'YUKTI' will be released soon.<br />'' <br />''The minister appreciated the initiative and said that Prime Minister Modi has given the mission of making Bharat Atmanirbhar and, YUKTI 2.0 initiative is a very important step in that direction.<br />''<br />''HRD Minister had earlier launched the YUKTI web portal on 11 April, 2020. Ministry of HRD prepared the portal in view of Coronavirus which intends to cover different dimensions of COVID-19 challenges.</span>