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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the software company which signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) with NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).
A
Dell
B
Avast
C
Adobe
D
HP
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Adobe will adopt 100 schools under Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) initiative. Adobe will implement its Digital Disha Program in ATLs , under which free licenses of Adobe Spark premium shall be offered to ATLs.

Detailed explanation-2: -AIM’s objective is to develop new programmes and policies for fostering innovation in different sectors of the economy, provide platforms and collaboration opportunities for different stakeholders, and create an umbrella structure to oversee the innovation & entrepreneurship ecosystem of the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Snap Inc. Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog have announced their partnership with Snap Inc. to drive Augmented Reality (AR) skilling among the Indian youth.

Detailed explanation-4: -About Atal Tinkering Labs The objective of this scheme is to foster curiosity, creativity, and imagination in young minds; and inculcate skills such as design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing etc.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chintan Vaishnav. Dr. Chintan Vaishnav is a socio-technologist, an engineer trained to design and build large-scale systems that possess both human as well as technological complexities.

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