Ramanan Ramanathan has served as the First Mission Director, of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) Additional Secretary at NITI Aayog ( National Institution for Transforming India) between June 2017 – May 2021 – a flagship national Innovation and entrepreneurship initiative launched by the PMO Govt of India As the Mission Director of AIM, Ramanan has been instrumental in the launch and execution of several nationwide innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives resulting in

– 10000+ Atal Tinkering Labs being established in schools nationwide with 8700+ currently operational in 650+ districts and 4 million+ students having access to innovative technologies like 3D printers, Robotics, IOT, electronics do it yourself kits

– 75+ Atal Incubation Centers selected with 68+ Operational in Univ / industry with 2050+ Startups , 640+ women led Startups

– 20 Atal Community Innovation Centers being established in Tier2, Tier-3 cities, Rural India

– 56 Atal New India ARISE (applied Research and Innovation for small enterprises) challenge winners selected creating Make in India product / service innovations with Ministries of India

– One of the largest Mentors of Change networks with over 5000+ mentors nationwide to mentor school students and Startups

– 40+ Corporate, NGO, Public Sector and International Innovation Partnerships of AIM