Question: Who has been appointed the mission director of Atal Innovation Mission?
(a) Chintan Vaishnav
(b) Rajiv Kumar
(c) Rajneesh Kumar
(d) Sarvesh Singh
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Noted socio-technologist, Dr Chintan Vaishnav has been appointed the mission director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).
- He will succeed Ramanathan Ramanan . Ramanan is the first mission director since June 2017.
- Atal Innovation Mission is a central government’s flagship initiative under NITI Aayog.
- AIM’s mission is to create and promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across the length and breadth of our country.
- So far, AIM has established 72,59 Atal Tinkering Labs in schools across 650 districts, providing over 3.5 million students access to emerging technologies.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay