Technology Chintan Vaishnav to replace Ramanathan Ramanan as director of Atal Innovation Mission 05 April 2021 Acclaimed socio-technologist 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 takes over charge from Ramanathan Ramanan, who has been leading AIM as its first Mission Director since June 2017. Vaishnav is moving from his present assignment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, to head AIM. Ramanan, wno was with Tata Consultancy Services has made outstanding contributions in laying strong, scalable foundations for AIM. He has also built a robust team of talented young professionals to carry forward AIM’s mission, NITI Aayog stated in a release.