AICs would be established in subject specific areas such as manufacturing, transport, energy, health, education, agriculture, water and sanitation etc.
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Tag: Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
NITI Aayog invites applications for Mentor India
Niti Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the government’s flagship programme to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, is inviting applications for ‘Mentor India’ initiative. Mentor India is as a strategic nation building initiative to engage leaders who can guide and mentor schools students…
Niti Aayog to provide financial aid to ‘Atal Incubation Centres’
In its first round of funding for Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), Niti Aayog will provide financial assistance to ten institutions for installing incubation centers.
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NITI Aayog looks to set up 1k tinkering labs
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has stated that this year, the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) scheme will look to select 1,000 schools. They will receive a grant of about $31K (INR 20 Lakh) each. The money will be utilised to set up tinkering labs to foster innovation, as per a recent report. The repo…
Speed hatching India Inc 2.0: What we can learn from Israel
In the 1990s, Israel faced a serious challenge. An influx of over a million ex-Soviet Jewish immigrants needed to be provided for, in rough economic times. The government of Israel launched the Technology Business Incubator Program. The goal was to arm the immigrants (who were mostly educated) wi…
India’s first cybersecurity start-up hub set up by Amrita University
Amrita University has set up what it claimed was India’s first start-up hub to focus exclusively on cybersecurity. The Technology Business Incubator and the university’s Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks have come together for this initiative, which will bring together res…