Acclaimed Socio-technologist, Dr. Chintan Vaishnav, has been appointed the new Mission Director for Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), a flagship initiative of the Government of India under the auspices of NITI Aayog.

Vaishnav will take over from Ramanathan Ramanan later this month. Ramanan has been leading Atal Innovation Mission as its first mission director since June 2017. Dr Vaishnav is moving from his present assignment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, to head AIM.   

Vaishnav has co-founded both commercial and non-profit organisations, and advised startups, corporations, and governments on tackling challenges at the intersection of technology and systems, development, and public policy

AIM’s mission is to create and promote a vibrant ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship across the country. Over the past four years, since its inception, AIM’s various initiatives have achieved notable successes

He is taking over the charge from Mr. Ramanathan Ramanan, seconded by Tata Consultancy Services to NITI Aayog.

Atal Innovation Mission selected 56 Atal New India and ARISE Challenge winners for product innovations with socio-economic impact, and initiated the establishment of 20 Atal Community Innovation Centres to spur community-centric innovations addressing needs of rural India.

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