Latest News | Niti's Atal Innovation Mission, UNDP India Launches Community Innovator Fellowship for SDG Solutions

New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) The NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and UNDP India on Friday launched the Community Innovator Fellowship (CIF), which will provide the youth with an opportunity to establish their social enterprise focusing on sustainable development goals (SDG)-based solutions for solving community issues, according to an official statement.

This is going to be a one-year-long intensive fellowship programme, which has been designed for aspiring community innovators, irrespective of their socioeconomic background.

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During the course of this fellowship, each fellow will be hosted at one of the AIM's Atal Community Innovation Centres (ACICs) and will acquire SDG awareness, entrepreneurial skills and life skills while they are working on their idea, it added.

ACICs will nurture the youth-led innovations by providing suitable resources in terms of operating facilities, co-working space, maker labs and a dynamic business network to the innovator, according to the statement.

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Addressing the launch event, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said this fellowship aims to provide young community innovators necessary infrastructure and knowledge building in their entrepreneurial journey.

This is a propelling initiative to harness the creativity and the innovation potential that the grassroots of India hold, Kumar added.

He said all stakeholders must come together to make this fellowship a great success as it will require a lot of passion and enthusiasm.

The statement said ACICs have been established with a focus to develop the start-up and innovation ecosystem in the underserved regions of the country.

Currently, there are 12 ACICs across nine states in the country and the target is to establish 50 such centres in the country, it added. HRS hrs

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