Context
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog has launched AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers on Innovation, Market Readiness and Entrepreneurship) Playbook.
- It marked the culmination of the nationwide AIM-PRIME programme.
AIM-PRIME Programme
- AIM-PRIME programme is an initiative of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).
- Aim: to promote science-based, deep technology ideas to market, through training and guidance over a period of 12 months.
- The programme included several lectures and hands-on sessions on various topics related to the lab-to-market journey. These lectures provide diverse and at times contradictory advice on several aspects of the journey.
- Launched in: April 2021
- Implemented by: Venture Center, Pune.
- Supported by: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Office of Principal Scientific Advisor.
First Cohort (group)
- The AIM PRIME program’s initial cohort included science-based businesses, faculty entrepreneurs, and incubator managers who collaborated to further their ideas by partnering with an incubator.
- The cohort consisted of 40 organisations and 64 people from 23 cities across seven states.
- Industrial automation, IoT, electronics, robotics, energy and environment, health and rehabilitation, and food, nutrition, and agriculture were among the sectors represented by the cohort.
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What is AIM-PRIME Playbook?
- AIM-PRIME Playbook is synthesised based on the knowledge shared by these experts.
- It aims to be a comprehensive resource for academic researchers, entrepreneurs and incubators involved in building science-based enterprises from lab to market.
Other Program Benefits
- The PRIME Library is a curated source of information shared by the program’s faculty and expert mentors
- The PRIME Videos are an open-access video collection of the lectures delivered as part of the PRIME Classroom.
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
- Set up in: 2016.
- It is the government’s flagship initiative to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in schools, colleges and society at large and promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.
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