NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission and CFA Institute, a global not-for-profit organization today formalized a strategic partnership to boost financial literacy, governance across country’s innovation ecosystem. A Joint Statement of Intent in this regard was signed in New Delhi. NITI Aayog said that this collaboration marks a significant step toward strengthening financial literacy, ethical decision-making, and governance standards across country’s rapidly expanding innovation and entrepreneurship landscape.

It said that the partnership will extend substantial support to Atal Tinkering Labs, Atal Incubation Centres, Atal Community Innovation Centres, and early-stage startups. It aims to introduce structured capacity-building programmes, specialised financial education modules, and global best practices aligned with India’s long-term goals of fostering responsible and future-ready innovators. Under the collaboration, school innovators under Atal Tinkering Labs will gain access to structured learning modules on financial literacy and ethics.