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Vernacular Innovation Program: NITI Ayog
- IAS NEXT, Lucknow
- 24, Dec 2021
Why in News
Recently, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog has launched Vernacular Innovation Program (VIP), to enable innovators and entrepreneurs to have access to the innovation ecosystem in 22 scheduled languages.
Key Points
- About:
- VIP is an initiative to lower the language barrier in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship such that it will systematically decouple creative expressions and languages of transaction.
- To build the necessary capacity for the VIP, AIM has identified and will be training a Vernacular Task Force (VTF) in each of the 22 scheduled languages.
- Each task force comprises vernacular language teachers, subject experts, technical writers, and the leadership of regional Atal Incubation Centers (AICs).
Significance:
It will be a stepping stone in the journey of the Indian innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem which will cement the cognitive and design thinking attitude in young and aspiring minds.
- It will assist India in building a strong local network of design experts and innovation practitioners.
- It will help in overcoming the barriers of language and empower innovators in the farthest areas of the country.
- It will create equal opportunity for the vernacular innovators who represent the staggering 90% of Indian population.
As per 2011 census, only 10.4% of Indians speak English, most as their second, third, or fourth language.
- Only 0.02% of Indians spoke English as their first language.
- It will create equal opportunity for the vernacular innovators who represent the staggering 90% of Indian population.
- By providing access to learning in one’s language and culture, AIM looks forward to enriching the local, regional, national and global innovation pipelines.
- It will help in overcoming the barriers of language and empower innovators in the farthest areas of the country.
- Other Initiatives Related to Innovation/Entrepreneurship:
- India Innovation Index
- IMPRINT (IMPacting Research INnovation and Technology)
- Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY)
- StartUp India initiative
- Mission Innovation 2.0
- AIM-PRIME
- AIM-iCREST: NITI Aayog
- Atal Community Innovation Center
- Atal Tinkering Labs