Atal Innovation Mission launches ‘ATL Industry Visit’ in collaboration with Bayer
- Recently, The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in collaboration with Bayer launched a unique industry visit initiative under Atal Tinkering labs today, at Bayer’s manufacturing facility in Vapi, Gujarat.
- NITI Aayog said that, “to fuel the manufacturing policy and realise its potential, it is important to bring about awareness in the masses.
Atal Innovation Mission
- Atal Innovation Mission is Government of India’s flagship initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.
- Objective:
- Develop new programmes and policies for fostering innovation in different sectors of the economy
- Provide platform and collaboration opportunities for different stakeholders
- Create awareness
- Create an umbrella structure to oversee the innovation ecosystem of the country.
- Major Initiatives
- Atal Tinkering Labs: These are creating problem solving mindset across schools in India.
- Atal Incubation Centers: Fostering world class startups and adding a new dimension to the incubator model.
- Atal New India Challenges: Fostering product innovations and aligning them to the needs of various sectors/ministries.
- Mentor India Campaign: A national mentor network in collaboration with the public sector, corporates and institutions, to support all the initiatives of the mission.
- Atal Community Innovation Center: To stimulate community centric innovation and ideas in the unserved/underserved regions of the country including Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
- Atal Research and Innovation for Small Enterprises (ARISE): To stimulate innovation and research in the MSME industry.
Prelims Takeaway
- Atal Innovation Mission
- NITI Aayog