Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster Foundation inaugurated aย RuTAGe Centreย atย K Nuagam Village, Chikiti Block, Ganjam, Odisha, on 15th Jan 2026. RuTAGe (Rural Technology Action Group โ extension) is a flagship initiative of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, aimed at enabling last-mile technology delivery for rural livelihoods.
The centre was inaugurated in the presence of Keerthi Vasan V, IAS, District Magistrate & Collector, Ganjam, Govt. of odisha;ย G A K Kumar, Director, ICAR- National Rice Research Institute; andย Sanjay Kumar Talukdar, CGM, NABARD – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Initially, the centre will focus onย ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ญ-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ย ๐ง๐จ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌย ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งย ๐๐ง๐ย ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ , using modern food processing technologies to support value addition, quality, and market readiness.
With a strong emphasis on ๐๐๐-๐ฅ๐๐ย ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ-๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ, the centre will engage women and rural entrepreneurs from five nearby villages. It will also act as aย ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐,ย enabling access to startup-led frugal innovations across agriculture, healthcare, water, and sanitation.
This initiative is an important step towardsย ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ย ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒย ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒย ๐ญ๐จย ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅย ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ,ย ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง-๐ฅ๐๐ย ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ,ย ๐๐ง๐ย ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ย ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅย ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, translating innovation into real-world outcomes.
