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Chintan Vaishnav to replace Ramanathan Ramanan as director of Atal Innovation Mission
05 April 2021
Acclaimed socio-technologist Chintan Vaishnav has been appointed as the new Mission Director for Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), a flagship initiative of the Government of India under the auspices of NITI Aayog. He takes over charge from Ramanathan Ramanan, who has been leading AIM as its first Mission Director since June 2017.
Vaishnav is moving from his present assignment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, to head AIM.
Ramanan, wno was with Tata Consultancy Services has made outstanding contributions in laying strong, scalable foundations for AIM. He has also built a robust team of talented young professionals to carry forward AIM’s mission, NITI Aayog stated in a release.
MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer Chintan Vaishnav appointed director of India s Atal Innovation Mission
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ MIT Sloan School of Management recently announced that Senior Lecturer Chintan Vaishnav was appointed to serve as mission director of India s Atal Innovation Mission. The Mission, housed at NITI Aayog, is the Government of India s flagship initiative to create and promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Vaishnav says, At the highest level, the work of building a culture of innovation is one of engaging creativity in the service of humankind. India is a place of limitless creative potential. I am excited for the opportunity to help harness this potential.
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New Delhi, April 5, 2021 – MIT Sloan School of Management recently announced that Senior Lecturer Chintan Vaishnav was appointed to serve as mission director of India’s Atal Innovation Mission. The Mission, housed at NITI Aayog, is the Government of India’s flagship initiative to create and promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Vaishnav says, “At the highest level, the work of building a culture of innovation is one of engaging creativity in the service of humankind. India is a place of limitless creative potential. I am excited for the opportunity to help harness this potential.”
He adds, “Being the youngest nation of the world with 50% of the population under 30, India’s continued success depends critically upon how productively it engages its youth. The Innovation Mission is key to this objective and to what will define the future India.”
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They aim to encourage innovation in agricultural practices
The Sri Krishnadevaraya University(SKU)-Atal Innovation Centre on Tuesday entered into a memorandum of understanding with Dodla Dairy Pvt. Ltd. to foster and support rural innovation and entrepreneurship in the sectors of agriculture, water and energy sectors.
The MoU was signed by Dodla Dairy managing director Dodla Sudhir Reddy and Atal Innovation Centre-SKU CEO Shiv Kiran.
The Hyderabad-based Dodla Dairy and Atal Innovation Centre have come together to curate, incubate and scale the frontier innovations in the areas of post-harvesting and sustainable practices in farming in rural regions, they said. They will lend support to aspirational entrepreneurs in the rural areas for establishing modern farming practices including hydroponics, aquaponics, precision farming, said a board member.