Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)

• Atal Innovation Mission is the Government of India’s flagship initiative to foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country and was set up in 2016.

• The implementing agency is the NITI Aayog

• It aims to create and promote an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship across the country at school, university, research institutions, MSME and industry levels.

• All the initiatives of AIM are currently monitored and managed systematically using real-time Management Information System (MIS)and dynamic dashboards for data based decision making.

Some of the components of AIM

• Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs): School level

• ATLs were established in schools across India as a workspace where young minds can give shape to their ideas through hands-on do-it-yourself mode, and learn innovation skills.

• Atal Incubation Centres (AICs): universities, institutions and corporates among others

• Established across India to help start-ups expand quicker and enable innovation-entrepreneurship, in core sectors such as manufacturing, transport, energy, education, agriculture, water and sanitation, etc.

• Atal Research & Innovation for Small Enterprises (ARISE): stimulate start-up/ MSME industry innovation

• To promote research and innovation and increase the competitiveness of Indian startups and small enterprises including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

• Atal New India Challenges: Product and Service Innovations with National Impact

• Fostering product innovations and aligning them to the needs of various sectors/ministries.

• Mentor India Campaign: Mentorship and Partnerships - with Public, Private sector, NGOs, Academia, Institutions

• A national Mentor network in collaboration with public sector, corporates and institutions, to support all the initiatives of the mission.

• Atal Community Innovation Center: Serves Unserved and Under-Served regions of India

• To stimulate community centric innovation and ideas in the unserved /underserved regions of the country including Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.