Letter of Intent signed between CSIR and AIM to promote Innovation
Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-III – Innovation; Entrepreneurship
In News:
Recently, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in various sectors.
Key takeaways
Major areas of mutual interest include:
Supporting world class start-ups through CSIR Incubators under Atal Innovation mission initiatives.
Working together on new models of innovation including setting up of CSIR Innovation Parks.
Stimulating innovation and research in the MSME industry by CSIR in collaboration with ARISE initiative of AIM.
Creating problem solving mind-set across schools in India through close cooperation between Atal Tinkering Labs and CSIRs ´JIGYASA’ – a Student-Scientist connect program through which more than 3 lakhs students across the country have been exposed to science and technology.
Important value additions
Atal Innovation Mission
It is Government of India’s flagship initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.
AIM’s objectives are:
To develop new programmes and policies for fostering innovation in different sectors of the economy.
To provide platform and collaboration opportunities for different stakeholders.
To create awareness.
To create an umbrella structure to oversee innovation ecosystem of the country.
Five major initiatives:
Atal Tinkering Labs-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/ministeries.
Mentor India Campaign– A national Mentor network in collaboration with public sector, corporates and institutions, to support all the intiatives 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.
ARISE-To stimulate innovation and research in the MSME industry.
