{"id":15573,"date":"2020-04-07T10:34:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=15573"},"modified":"2020-04-07T10:34:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:34:34","slug":"dst-sets-up-cawach-to-combat-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/dst-sets-up-cawach-to-combat-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"DST sets up CAWACH to combat COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Department of Science &amp; Technology, Government of India in a rapid response to combat COVID-19 global pandemic approved setting up of a Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH) at a total cost of Rs 56 Cr to scout, evaluate and support the innovations and start-ups that address COVID-19 challenges. The Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), a technology business incubator at IIT Bombay supported by DST has been identified as the Implementing Agency of the CAWACH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre will be implemented by Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), a technology business incubator at IIT-Bombay. Through the program, DST aims to support R&amp;D initiatives by boosting innovations offering comprehensive solutions like Ventilators, Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Informatics and other intervention for control and mitigation of COVID-19. The centre will support startups at different stages for fast-tracking commercialization process and journey and scale-up across geographies which will have a significant impact in the long term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Science &amp; Technology, Government of India in a rapid response to combat COVID-19 global pandemic approved setting up of a Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH) at a total cost of Rs 56 Cr to scout, evaluate and support the innovations and start-ups that address COVID-19 challenges. 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