New Delhi: Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) NITI Aayog in partnership with Dassault Systèmes’ will be raving up the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem across the nation.

In this regard, a Statement of Intent (SoI) was signed between AIM and Dassault Systèmes on 16th September in a virtual event to support various current and future initiatives of AIM programs and AIM beneficiaries in India.

Under this SoI, Dassault Systèmes will support and promote AIM beneficiaries including Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs), AIM incubators (AICs and EICs), Atal Community Innovation Centres (ACIC), grantees under Atal New India Challenge (ANIC), and Atal Research & Innovation for Small Enterprise (ARISE).

This program with an aim to promote innovation and entrepreneurship amongst aspiring entrepreneurs will act as a catalyst for an open innovation collaboration to accelerate disruptive innovation in the community.

The SoI features six aspects of engagement between Dassault and AIM, NITI Aayog.

Expressing his views, Mission Director AIM, Dr. Chintan Vaishnav said that the partnership with Dassault is a win-win partnership and earmarks the expanding ecosystem of AIM in the country across all the beneficiaries.

“This initiative will further open a new window for select Indian startups as they get access to the Dassault Systèmes global startup ecosystem- their accelerator program and a chance to connect with peers, industry experts, engineers, designers and be a part of the 3D EXPERIENCE Lab.

Managing Director, India, Dassault Systèmes Deepak NG while sharing his views said that the engagement with AIM is the beginning of a long-term relationship that reinforces Dassault’s commitment to nurturing an ecosystem of makers, innovators in the country.

“Our engagement with AIM will further strengthen on our common objectives on how startups can leverage technology, industry best practices and policies driven by the Government,” he also added, “Our 3D EXPERIENCE lab will give access to technology and community for emerging startups in new domains like electric vehicles, batteries and charging infrastructure, medical devices, energy & materials sector and even to frugal innovators providing sustainable solutions for the industry of the future.