Mangaluru: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that NITI Aayog Atal Innovation Mission has approved to set up two Innovation Centres in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

Sitharaman, addressing the media here said that the centre would soon pass the set up.

Nirmala Sitharaman was here in the city to inaugurate the incubation centre there.
The Defence Minister said that the incubation centres would be set up in Mangaluru’s NITK and Nitte deemed universities.

“Tinkering labs have been sanctioned for 55 schools in three coastal districts of Karnataka already. We intend to set up such labs in two colleges in each district,” Nirmala said.