Atal Innovation Mission: To promote Entrepreneurship

On June 5, 2020, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Atal Innovation Mission came together to promote culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in areas of mutual interest.

Highlights

The CSIR incubators will work under Atal Innovative Mission to support world class start ups in this new project. They will work together to bring up new models of innovation and set up CSIR innovation parks.

Benefits

The CSIR will contribute its strong knowledge base and provide world class researchers to make the project success. The Atal Innovative Mission in the other hand will foster innovation in different sectors to strengthen innovative ecosystem in the country.

What is the plan?

The CSIR will stimulate research and innovation in collaboration with ARISE. The ARISE initiative of Atal Innovative Mission is currently working to stimulate research and innovation in the MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises).

Through close cooperation between Jigyasa and Atal Tinkering labs, problem solving mind sets are to be created in schools all over India. JIGYASA is a student scientist connect programme where more than 3 lakh students all over the country are exposed to science and technology.

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020