AIM PRIME
- April 1, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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AIM PRIME
Subject : Governance
Context : Recently, the NITI Aayog has launched the ‘AIM-PRIME’ (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship).
Concept :
About AIM-PRIME
- It is an initiative of the NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in partnership with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).
- It is a nationwide program which will be implemented by Venture Center (a non-profit technology business incubator).
- The first cohort of the program is open to technology developers (early-stage deep tech start-ups, and scientists/ engineers/ clinicians).
- The program is also open to CEOs and senior incubation managers of AIM Funded Atal Incubation Centers that are supporting deep tech entrepreneurs.
- It is catalyzed by the office of the Principal Scientific Advisor and the Pune Knowledge Cluster.