{"id":1350,"date":"2024-02-17T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T13:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:44:48","slug":"q-atal-innovation-mission-is-set-up-under-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-atal-innovation-mission-is-set-up-under-the","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Atal Innovation Mission is set up under the"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Department of Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ministry of Labour and Employment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NITI Aayog<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) NITI Aayog<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"atal-innovation-mission-aim\">Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is a<strong>&nbsp;flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2016&nbsp;<strong>to promote innovation and entrepreneurship<\/strong>&nbsp;across the length and breadth of the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AlM\u2019s objectives are<strong>&nbsp;to create and promote an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship across the country at school, university, research institutions, MSME and industry levels<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Atal Innovation Mission has following&nbsp;<strong>two core functions:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Entrepreneurship promotion through Self-Employment and Talent Utilization<\/strong>, wherein innovators would be supported and mentored to become successful entrepreneurs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Innovation promotion:<\/strong>&nbsp;to provide a platform where innovative ideas are generated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Initiatives under Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Atal New India Challenge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atal Incubation Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atal Tinkering Lab<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mentor India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE \u2013 Atal New India Challenge (ANIC) Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atal Community Innovation Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"atal-tinkering-lab\">Atal Tinkering Lab<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The vision of Atal Tinkering Lab initiative is&nbsp;<strong>to&nbsp;\u2018Cultivate 1 Million children in India as Neoteric Innovators\u2019.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the school level, AIM is setting up state of the art Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) across all districts across the country. These ATLs are dedicated innovation workspaces of 1000-1500 square feet where do-it-yourself (DIY) kits on&nbsp;<strong>latest technologies&nbsp;<\/strong>like 3D Printers, Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), Miniaturized electronics are installed using a&nbsp;<strong>grant of Rs 20 Lakhs<\/strong>&nbsp;from the government so that&nbsp;<strong>students from Grade VI to Grade XII&nbsp;<\/strong>can tinker with these technologies and learn to create innovative solutions using these technologies.&nbsp;<strong>This will enable create a problem solving, innovative mind set within millions of students across the country.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than just grants, the ATL program is undertaking&nbsp;<strong>on-the-ground activities to engage students and teachers in identifying problems<\/strong>&nbsp;in and around their communities and creating innovative solutions leveraging the ATL technologies to achieve the objectives of the program. Every school would have an ATL In charge appointed by the school as well as Mentors associated to mentor the ATL students. All ATL in charges to date have received training through AIM and its partners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AICTE&nbsp;<\/strong>(All India Council of Technical Education) is also partnering with AIM to ensure that the closest universities to a school can also mentor ATL students. Atal Innovation Tinkering challenges are regularly held in the school as well as by AIM every month to ensure students active involvement in creating innovative solutions to solve problems in their community and in the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (c) NITI Aayog Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) Atal Tinkering Lab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[44],"years":[54],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-science-and-tech","years-54"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":44,"label":"Science and Tech"}],"years":[{"value":54,"label":"2019"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Science and Tech","slug":"science-and-tech","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":167,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1376,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}