Context:

NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission in partnership with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wadhwani Foundation launched the AIM-iCREST (an Incubator Capabilities enhancement program for a Robust Ecosystem).

About:

• Its main features include:
  • Creating high performing Start-ups.
  • Up scaling and providing requisite support to AIM’s incubators.
  • Provide access to global expertise and showcase proven best practices to the AIM’s incubator network.
  • Encourage and enable holistic progress in the incubator ecosystem across the country.  Providing training to entrepreneurs, through technology-driven processes and platforms.

Expected outcome

• Advancing innovation at scale in India and a holistic progress in the incubator ecosystem will be the expected outcomes.