Atal Innovation Mission
 Official logo | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | January 16, 2016 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
| Parent department | NITI Aayog |
| Website | aim |
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), is a Government of India’s initiative under NITI Aayog to promote a innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. It was setup in 2016. The initiative focuses on creation of a problem-solving and innovative mindset in school students. It also seeks to create an ecosystem of entrepreneurship in universities, research institutions, private and MSME sector.[1]
Backgroud
[edit]The Atal Innovation Mission was launched to revolutionize India's entrepreneurial ecosystem by developing new policies and programs to foster innovation across various sectors of the economy. AIM acts as an umbrella structure, providing platforms and collaboration opportunities for stakeholders in the entrepreneurial space.[2]
AIM Programs
[edit]Atal Tinkering Labs
[edit]Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs), under AIM, function at school level.[3] Their objective is to promote creativity, curiosity, and imagination among the young students. It focuses on inculcating skills such as design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing etc.[4][5] The program is suitable students between 6th to 12th standards. It includes hands-on learning of modern tools and technologies such as Internet of things, 3D printing, rapid prototyping tools, robotics, miniaturized electronics, do-it-yourself kits, etc.
In 2025, AIM has established 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs in schools in 35 states and union territories of the country. These span across 722 districts and mentor more than 1.1 crore students Atal Incubation Centres.[3]
Atal Incubation Centres
[edit]In addition to ATLs, AIM also creates Atal Incubation Centres (AICs).These AICs act as business incubators and are established at universities, institutions and corporates. They promote world-class innovation by supporting entrepreneurs in building scalable and sustainable enterprises.[6]
In 2025, there are 72 AICs operational across India. These AICs provide various services to the stratups such as technical facilities, mentorship, resource-based support, funding support, co-working spaces, partnerships and networking, etc. More than 3500 startups have been incubated at such AICs which have contributed to the economy by creating more than 32000 jobs.[7][8]
More than 1,000 startups incubated at these AICs have a women leader or founder. Startups incubated at AICs come from diverse areas such as Healthteach, Fintech, Space and Drone Tech, EdTech, AR/VR, Tourism, Food Processing, etc.[7][9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ AvianWe. "Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)". Atal Innovation Mission (AIM). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Guidelines for setting up of Incubation Centres under Atal Innovation Mission - 'Atal Incubation Centres'" (PDF). startupindia.gov.in. May 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ a b AvianWe. "Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)". Atal Innovation Mission (AIM). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ Jogeshwar, Ronak (24 February 2025). "Shaping Viksit Bharat: 50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs to drive innovation". DD News. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Atal Tinkering Labs: Pune schools feel decision to expand labs will further foster creativity, innovation". The Indian Express. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "India's Startup Revolution". www.pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ a b AvianWe. "Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)". Atal Innovation Mission (AIM). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Atal Incubation Centre at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University receives over 1,600 applications for startups". The Times of India. 3 April 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ Service, Express News (8 January 2025). "Atal Incubation Centre and T-Hub launch business incubation management programme". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 May 2025.