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The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), a flagship initiative by the NITI Aayog, and Russia’s Sirius (Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station) has jointly launched ‘AIM–Sirius Innovation Programme 3.0’, a 14-day virtual programme for Indian and Russian schoolchildren.

Highlights

• It is the first Indo-Russian bilateral youth innovation initiative, which seeks to develop technological solutions, both web-based and mobile-based, for the two countries.
• The two-week programme will be held from 7–21 November 2020.
• During the vent, around 48 students and 16 educators and mentors will create 8 virtual products and mobile applications to address global challenges across wide range of areas , in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic.

The focus areas are –

• Culture: Embracing Cultural talents of countries,
• Distance Education: Statistical analysis of the difficulty of Olympiad tasks.
• Applied Cognitive Science: Statistical analysis of the difficulty of Olympiad tasks.
• Health and Well-Being: Monitoring, data analysis and abnormalities search
• Promoting Sports, Fitness, and Games Training
• Chemistry: On the Fly Check and Search identities in chemical databases
• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence: customizable news feed aligned to user interests
• Digital Financial Assets of the 21st Century

Background

In 2017, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Sh. Narendra Modi was invited by the Hon’ble President of Russia, Mr. Vladimir Putin to visit the Sirius Centre, Sochi. Impressed by the innovative students of the Sirius Centre, Sh. Modi and Mr. Putin mutually agreed that a bi-lateral collaboration between India and Russia may be explored for the benefit of young innovators of both countries. In 2018, the collaboration between Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Government of India and Sirius Centre, Sochi, Russia started with the AIM-Sirius Innovation Festival.

The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)

It is a flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog to promote innovation and entrepreneurship across the length and breadth of the country, based on a detailed study and deliberations on innovation and entrepreneurial needs of India in the years ahead.

Source: PIB