Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), under NITI Aayog has launched the first State Innovation Mission (SIM) in Tripura for embedding Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the State’s long-term development framework.
About State Innovation Mission
- Objective: To strengthen the innovation ecosystem through capacity building, policy support, partnerships, peer learning, and programmatic interventions across the innovation lifecycle.
- Launched: As a part AIM 2.0 programme, under the aegis of NITI Aayog’s State Support Mission (SSM).
- Designed as a long-term institutional mechanism to support States/UTs in building robust, inclusive, and context-specific innovation ecosystems aligned with national priorities and local strengths.
- Through it, AIM will work closely with Tripura Government to support the design and implementation of a long-term innovation and entrepreneurship strategy
- This will be aligned with the State’s economic priorities, sectoral strengths, and development goals
- It will also support Tripura in strengthening innovation education and entrepreneurial exposure from the school level onwards, while enabling startups and innovators to access infrastructure, mentorship, and funding support beyond traditional risk thresholds.