Atal Innovation Mission Launches Atma Nirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC Initiative

CIOReviewIndia Team | Thursday, 10 September 2020, 04:00 IST

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Atal Innovation Mission Launches Atma Nirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC Initiative

To proliferate applied research and innovation in Indian MSMEs and startups, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and NITI Aayog today launched one of its most awaited programmes.

Along with the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair, the programme will be driven by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), and associated industries to facilitate innovative solutions to sectoral problems. 

Speaking at the virtual launch of the initiative, Minister of Micro, Small and Medium EnterprisesShri Nitin Gadkari said, “MSME are the growth engine of the country and there are a lot of expectations from them. I am sure this initiative will help identify and promote innovations necessary for boosting this sector.”Recalling Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of focusing on scientific research, he added, “Science should help solve socio-economic problems and scientific research should be extended from the labs to the land.”

NITI Aayog Vice ChairmanDr Rajiv Kumar said, “The initiative will help promote technopreneurs who deserve to be supported because of their immense potential of taking India forward.“This is a historical day as crucial personalities from the science and technology sector have collaborated with us for boosting the MSME sector.” 

NITI Aayog CEO Shri Amitabh Kant added, “Other than ISRO, which is a great promoter of technology, Indian departments and big companies never encourage and promote new startups that have done unique work. For ARISE-ANIC’s success, the government must become the first buyer. I am sure AIM will be able to break new grounds with these challenges, which will lead to the creation of new Indian products,” added NITI Aayog CEO Shri Amitabh Kant.

Being a crucial part of the ARISE-ANIC initiative, ISRO Chairman Dr K. Sivan also added, “ISRO has extensively supported the MSME sector. I am sure that there are a number of startups and MSMEs that require hand holding to transform their ideas into viable products and with this initiative, we look forward to achieving this goal.” 

While, AIM Mission Director Shri R. Ramanan added, “MSMEs are a vibrant and one of the fastest-growing sectors that will undoubtedly play a crucial role in attaining the PM’s vision of an Atma Nirbhar Bharat.”

“The fifteen Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE challenges are a pioneering initiative to stimulate Make-in-India innovations in the associated MSME startups’ sector and a unique opportunity to make advanced research and development ideas market viable, and field deployable MSME products that can be procured by the government,” he concluded.




 

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