 The National Technology Week was celebrated from 11th May till 14th May, saluting the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship that drives our country's technological progress. It showcased cutting-edge technologies, innovative solutions that have the potential to transform various sectors and improve the quality of life of people. To boost the enthusiasm of innovative minds, the event was inaugurated by our Honourable Prime Minister on 11th May 2023. Exhibitors from across the country showcased wide range of scientific and technological innovations which provide unique solutions to our day-to-day problems. AICTE and Ministry of Education's Pavilion carried out various interactive sessions like the storytelling by the innovators, IP clinics, mentoring sessions, investor-spitching sessions called the Daredevil, TED Talk by the various experts, and to make the event more engaging, crossword puzzle rounds were also conducted. All the innovators here, I would urge you to make sure that whatever product you are making, take it to the customer as soon as possible at the minimum viable stage at the first iteration. Try and work with them, see what they point out because sometimes we fall in love with our product so much that we keep working on it, keep iterating it. I have seen some innovators here who have been working on their project for four years, five years. And I ask them what is your customer's feedback and they are like, no, we have never shown it to a customer. So if you're working on it for five years on your own without taking any customer feedback, trust me, you are going to get the shock of your life when you show it first time to your customer. You'll be like, oh, I made this perfect product now. You take it to the market and it'll get rejected very quickly and very completely and then you'll be heartbroken. So instead of spending five years trying to iterate something, make sure that you bring it out as quickly as possible, get it to the customer and then let him criticize you. That will be a much, much cohesive process, much better process. You know, there is an interesting saying. It says the machines which fly higher, take off vertically. And the machine who fly mid-level run through a runway. Let me explain what does it mean. If you want to create a hypervalue, hypergrowth, hyperimpact company, that means the take off runway of that startup cannot be like IJ airport's runway, okay? That means they need a runway like Apollo 16 taking launch pad. If you are trying to make a niche company which is kind of a semi innovative enterprise is okay to go, then you can have the luxury of running in the 5-kilometer runway of the ecosystem. What does it mean? If you spend too much time on the runway to validate four years, five years, six years about your idea, the chances of you flying across 10,000 feet is there. But if you want to go beyond the startup sphere and proper sphere of economic value chain, then you have to go above the 21st century. The first delights for last five years when I talk to young innovators is that majority of our innovators are technology centric and not problem centric. What it means? It means that because I know blockchain, because I know AIML, because I know data science. I will try to apply that technology or that concept to solve any problem, okay? I will actually put it for aeronautical, I will put it for agriculture, I will try to put it for food processing, you know? And try to actually come up with solutions for the problems which never existed. And as a result of that, many of the innovators or so-called innovators end up failing. Because you tried solving a problem which never existed, okay? So when the Hiranmay said or Dr. Bajat said that you have to be in touch with your customer, that is extremely critical. Because you need to know and continuously think about what problem I am trying to solve and how best I can solve that problem. If AIML is not there, then it's not there. If AIML is not there, then it's not there, you know? So don't get technology focused. But be more focused on solving problems. You know, it's simple, where you need a switch, where you need a sword, where you need a sword. You know? So that is extremely critical. And it is a very simple suggestion, but many people actually try to think that, no, if AIML is here, then I will solve it everywhere. I will solve the automation, I will solve the robotics. And you see a lot of these robotic products which are there in the market, which end up failing. Because it's easy to do things in a much conventional, in a much simpler manner. So simplicity is the key. You know? And if you are making a simple of your potential buyer or potential customer, then only he is going to actually go for that. AICT's chairman and vice chairman also graced the event with their presence. They also visited the stalls and interacted with innovators. It was a four-day long program that was a great platform for innovators, investors and market experts to interact and connect. The event concluded with the felicitation of various experts and exhibitors who made it a grand success.