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About Nesta

Nesta is a research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time, working across the innovation lifecycle.

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Meet team Maharashtra

Meet our Government of Maharashtra participants and discover what they will be working on throughout the programme.

The project

Team Maharashtra is working on developing a new online platform that will better coordinate and source new ideas from a wider range of people for innovation policy in Maharashtra. The online platform will ultimately support the development of a comprehensive innovation policy for the whole State of Maharashtra.

The participants

E. Ravendiran
Maharashtra State Innovation Society
Chief Executive Officer

Ranjit Kumar
Government of Maharashtra
Deputy Secretary for the Governor

Ranjit Singh Deol
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation
Managing Director

Ruchesh Jaivanshi
Government of Maharashtra
Commissioner for Persons with Disability

A powerful ecosystem for innovation

We extend our impact through two specialised units that help people and organisations to solve complex problems and achieve their goals.

BIT

BIT helps clients from government, nonprofits and the private sector to improve people’s lives through our empirical problem solving and deep understanding of human behaviour.

Challenge Works

Challenge Works designs and runs challenge prizes to spark innovation in science, technology and society.

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