About Us
The State Support Mission (SSM) has been conceived by NITI Aayog with the primary objective to strengthen and institutionalize the on-going engagement of NITI Aayog with States and UTs. NITI Aayog has circulated Guidelines of State Support Mission vide DO letter No. M-13011 dated 06.07. 2023. Government of Rajasthan in its Sankalp Patra, 2023 has decided to establish "Rajasthan Institute of Transformation and Innovation (RITI)" which will formulate development strategies for achieving the medium-term vision of SDGs, 2030 and a long-term vision document of "Viksit Rajasthan @2047". University of Rajasthan has been designated as the Lead Knowledge Institution (LKI) for Rajasthan by the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Government of Rajasthan. Dr Anshu Bhardwaj has been appointed as the Nodal Officer by the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, University of Rajasthan. NITI Aayog has approved the action plan of LKI, which includes Research study, Project work and State/Divisional Level Workshops.
LKI has been assigned a pivotal role as a key Knowledge partner of the recently constituted Rajasthan Institute of Transformation and Innovation(RITI) under the State Support Mission of NITI Aayog.The LKI - University of Rajasthan, Jaipur will bring the expertise of other institutions by way of institutional collaboration to assist the state government in this endeavour.
Priority Sectors for which institutional support to RITI will be required from LKI-