Chintan Vaishnav appointed as Mission Director of Atal Innovation Mission ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 12:10 IST For his "outstanding contributions in laying strong, scalable foundations for AIM", NITI Aayog thanked Ramanathan Ramanan, AIM's first Mission Director, from whom Vaishnav is taking over the charge. According to a press statement by NITI Aayog, Chintan Vaishnav an acclaimed socio-technologist who was working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will take the mantles of AIM from mid-April 2021. "Acclaimed socio-technologist Dr Chintan Vaishnav has been appointed as the new Mission Director for Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), a flagship initiative of the Government of India under the auspices of NITI Aayog. He is taking over the charge from Mr Ramanathan Ramanan, seconded by Tata Consultancy Services to NITI Aayog, who had been leading AIM as its first Mission Director since June 2017. Dr Vaishnav is moving from his present assignment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, to head AIM," said an official statement.