Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)

As a part of the Indo-Danish Green Strategic Partnership, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog (AIM) has collaborated with Innovation Centre Denmark (ICDK), the Royal Danish Embassy in India, and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) to prepare the Indian participation for the Next Generation Digital Action (NGDA) program hosted by DTU in Denmark. NGDA is a global youth initiative part of Digital Tech Summit 2025 to enable diverse youth-led ideas, perspectives and action on digital technologies transforming societies – leaving no one behind.

The AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge has successfully completed four editions and has launched the fifth edition this year. The selected teams will form the Indian cohort which will participate in the global Next Generation Digital Action program and engage with young talents from leading universities and innovation hubs of 9 countries (India, Denmark, Ghana, Kenya, Korea, Tanzania, South Africa, Ghana, Colombia and Mexico).

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Call for Application: 17th April 2025
Last Date of Application: 05th May 2025

WHAT WE OFFER

Unique international innovation initiative taking you from a real challenge to a presentable concept.
Fully covered travel, accommodation and participation at the Digital Tech Summit and days in Denmark.
Grow your international network with leading experts, business mentors, and like-minded innovators.
Develop interdisciplinary competencies.
Learn to work with sustainability, digital solutions, inclusion and Universal Design.
Collaborate with stakeholders from across the world.
Social events with a startup and student community.
Opportunity to present your ideas on international stage

WHAT YOU COMMIT TO

Participating in a hybrid innovation journey, including groupwork, joint Boot Camp sessions and Keynotes as well as individual mentoring sessions.
Participating in a 3-week hybrid course from 04th - 26th June 2025.
Join Digital Tech Summit and our preparation program 01-08 November 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Openly engage in the program, supporting the other participants with your unique insights and knowledge.

Student Track -

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The student journey focuses on Digital Action for Environmental and Societal Impact, brought forward by external partners through sustainability challenges with a specific focus on digitalization. The track offers a hybrid three-week course in June for students from Denmark and from partner universities around the world. Selected students will be facilitated to develop solutions to sustainability challenges by external partners that focus on digitalization and then invited to exhibit and pitch their ideas at the Digital Tech Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Who can apply?

Applicants must be Indian citizens
Age not more than 35 years
Must be actively enrolled as a student in a Bachelor, Master or PHD course at an Indian university in November 2025.
Must be able to participate virtually in a three-week hybrid program from 04th-26th June 2025 and physically in Copenhagen from 03rd – 07th November 2025
Should be proficient in English
Encourage teams having 3 strong members who will travel to Denmark for the program.

Time Lines

Call for applications: 17th April – 05th May 2025
Kick Off Virtual event: 03rd June 2025
Virtual Innovation Journey: 04th - 24th June 2025
Arrival to Denmark: 01st-02nd November 2025
Pre-Summit Program in Denmark: 03rd – 04th November 2025
Digital Tech Summit in Denmark: 05th – 06th November 2025
Next Step Session in Denmark: 07th November 2025
Departure (unless extended at own cost): 08th November 2025

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Inviting early-stage startups working in the water sector to join a programme in Copenhagen, bringing innovative tech solutions targeting water security and safety in India.

The Young Entrepreneurs track focusses on Digital Action for Societal Impact and presents an exciting opportunity for Indian technology startups in their early stages to accelerate their ideas and form global partnerships. Successful participants will get the opportunity to take part in a combination of workshops, networking opportunities and access to experts. The program’s focus is on equipping startups with tools, insights and relevant networks to prepare for a successful summit participation so as to showcase their entrepreneurial prowess. This entails providing support in developing a strategy for the summit, networking with potential investors and building relationships with important players in industry.

WHAT WE OFFER

Accelerate the outreach of your business.
Grow your international network with leading experts, business mentors, and like-minded startups and innovators.
Expose your solution on a global stage in front of relevant partners.
Opportunity to connect with new end-users.
Get concrete tools and sparring on how to work with inclusion and universal design as an innovation- and market opportunity.
Social events with the startup and student entrepreneurial community.
Fully covered travel, accommodation and participation at the Digital Tech Summit Denmark for two team members (min. one founder).

Who can apply for the challenge?

Applicants must be Indian Citizens
Started the business within the last 2-5 years
Minimum one founder is a young professional with max-age of 35 years
Two members, both maximum 35 years, (minimum one co-founder) able to participate in selected virtual meetings/session during June, August and September and physically in Copenhagen from 01 to 08 November 2025.
Able to bring material that showcases the solution (e.g. small prototype/model or tech solution, and video/website).
Should be proficient in English