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Blind Convention was also topic, in which you will feel joy
organized here. Apart from the and pride and your mind will
Unique Bird Watching Program, say – Wow, what a joy! One of
a film was also shown here. the oldest Science Institutions in
Special arrangements were the country, the Indian Institute
made for this so that all our of Science, Bangalore, i.e. IISc,
Divyang brothers and sisters is presenting a wonderful
and children could enjoy it to the example. In ‘Mann ki Baat’, I
fullest. have discussed earlier, how
One special thing about the two great personalities
Purple Fest was the participation of India, Jamsetji Tata and
of the private sector of the Swami Vivekananda, have
country in it. Products which been the inspiration behind the
are Divyang-friendly were establishment of this institution.
showcased on their behalf. And a matter of joy and pride
Many efforts were seen in this for us is that in the year 2022,
fest to raise awareness about there have been a total of 145
the welfare of the divyangs. For patents in the name of this
making Purple Fest a success, institute. This means – two
I congratulate all the people patents every five days. This
who participated in it. Along record is amazing in itself. I
with this, I also congratulate would also like to congratulate
those volunteers, who came the team of IISc for this success.
together to work day and night Friends, Today India’s
th
to organize this. I have full faith ranking is 7 in Patent Filing
th
that such campaigns will prove and 5 in Trademarks. Talking
to be very effective in realizing about patents only, there has
our Vision of Accessible India. been an increase of about 50
percent in the last five years. In
My dear countrymen, now the Global Innovation Index too,
in ‘Mann ki Baat’, I will talk on a India’s ranking has improved

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