AIM 2.0, a flagship initiative under NITI Aayog aims at piloting new initiatives to fill gaps and scale success in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Key Highlights of AIM 2.0
- Allocated Budget: Rs. 2,750 crore
- Duration: Till March 31, 2028.
Key Objectives
- To strengthen India’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in three ways by:
- Increasing Input (i.e., ushering more innovators and entrepreneurs) through:
- Language Inclusive Program of Innovation (LIPI): Establish Vernacular Innovation Centers in existing incubators in scheduled languages.
- Frontier Program: Create customized templates for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Ladakh, the North Eastern states (NE), Aspirational Districts and Blocks.
- Improving the success rate or throughput through:
- Human Capital Development Program: System for producing professionals (managers, teachers, trainers).
- Deeptech Reactor: Research sandbox for testing ways of commercializing research-based deep tech startups.
- State Innovation Mission (SIM) to assist states/UTs under NITI Aayog’s State Support Mission.
- International Innovation Collaborations program: Envisaging an Annual Global Tinkering Olympiad, Bi-lateral, multilateral engagements with advanced nations, etc.
- Improving output through
- Industrial Accelerator program: Create Industry Accelerators in critical sectors in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
- Atal Sectoral Innovation Launchpads (ASIL) program: Build iDEX-like platforms in central ministries.
- Increasing Input (i.e., ushering more innovators and entrepreneurs) through:
About AIM 1.0
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