The Government unveiled a platform to drive collaboration between the industry and research institutes to implement technology-based social impact innovations and solutions in the country. The Centre has named this platform Manthan which will help to augment industrial participation in Research & Development. The Manthan platform is powered by the National Stock Exchange of India (NSEIT) which will help scale up interactions among stakeholders, facilitate research and innovation, and share challenges in various emerging technologies and scientific interventions, including those that make a social impact National Stock Exchange of India Headquarters: Mumbai MD & CEO: Ashish Kumar Chauhan