Prof. Prashant R. Nair (Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus) has been selected as a Regional Mentor of Change for Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog. 37 professionals all over India have been selected as regional mentors and felicitated by Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog and Mr. R. Ramanan, Mission Director, AIM at New Delhi on January 31, 2020. The mandate of the regional mentor is to coordinate various initiatives and programs of the Atal Innovation Mission like Atal Tinkering Labs, Atal Incubation centers, etc., across the state.