India recognized as ‘country of the year’ by Europe’s Vivatech: Vaishnaw

Europe’s biggest start-up conference – Vivatech 2020 has recognized India as the “country of the year.”

“This is a great honour for India to be recognized as the country of the year for Vivatech 2020. This is due to the contribution of the Indian start-ups to the world. This is the recognition of Indian start-ups. We have embarked on this exciting journey,” said Union Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

“A journey of which if you combine a billion smartphones, bank accounts and billion-plus digital identities the solutions which are coming out of this combination are unique. Nowhere in the world will you find the scale that we have in India. Nowhere in the world will you find the energy level we have among the young minds in the country,” added Vaishnaw.