Odisha launches OSFIC to turn innovative ideas into solutions for real-world challenges

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30 (UNI) Odisha on Wednesday launched the Odisha Seva First Innovation Challenge (OSFIC), a statewide initiative aimed at accelerating innovation, entrepreneurship and service-oriented solutions to address real-world development challenges. The initiative, launched by Startup Odisha under the Department of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises at O-Hub here, seeks to connect innovative ideas, skills and entrepreneurship with the state's socio-economic development needs. The launch brought together ministers, policymakers, industry representatives and stakeholders from Odisha's startup and innovation ecosystem. Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Minister Gokulananda Mallik said the top 20 winning ideas would be compiled into a compendium to…