<span style="color: #222222;">Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India, TRIFED, under Tribal Affairs Ministry, has entered into a partnership with IIT, Delhi for the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) which is a flagship national programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">To cement and formalize this partnership, a tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding was signed between TRIFED, IIT, Delhi and Vijnana Bharati yesterday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Tribal entrepreneurs under TRIFED's Van Dhan Programme will now be able to get access to the expertise of the entire network of over 2,600 academic and research institutions under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs in a statement said that this partnership can help promote enhancing livelihoods through the Van Dhan Vikas Kendras established under the Van Dhan Yojana. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Speaking about the significance of this agreement and the pivotal role it will play in tribal development, Managing Director of TRIFED Pravir Krishna said that TRIFED is actively working on convergences with various Ministries for skill development for Tribal Livelihoods. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, with this  partnership, the tribal forest dwellers engaged in Minor Forest Produces will get an exposure to newer processing technologies, product innovation, mentorship, transformational digital systems and handholding. He said, the MoU opens gates for the best of brains in the country to attend to the problems of sustainable tribal livelihoods.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry said, IIT, Delhi-TRIFED partnership will also benefit from the expertise and experience of Vijnana Bharati, a science Movement with Swadeshi spirit. It aims at creating awareness about the significant development of science and technology in India through ages and its relevance in the present context and working towards achieving self-reliance of India in all walks of life using Science and Technology.</span><br />''