Amrita ATL Marathon Training & Mentorship Program

ATL Marathon – Research, Ideate, Innovate, Implement 

The Government of India has setup the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) under the aegis of NITI Aayog with a vision to foster a culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the country. Atal Innovation Mission is establishing Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) in schools across India to create scientific temper and cultivate the spirit of curiosity and innovation among young minds. Atal Tinkering Labs are dedicated works spaces where students (Class 6th to Class 12th) learn innovation skills and develop ideas that will go on to transform India. The labs are powered to acquaint students with state-of-the-art equipment such as 3D printers, robotics & electronics development tools, IoT & sensors etc. The lab activities are designed to spur the spark of creativity, and go beyond regular curriculum and text book learning. The labs will let students explore skills of the future such as design and computational thinking, adaptive learning and artificial intelligence. Till date, 10,000 schools have received the Grant-in-Aid for establishment of ATLs. Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog aims to 'Cultivate 1 Million children in India as Neoteric Innovators'.

To prepare students teams from 3 Amrita Vidyalayam schools for ATL Marathon innovation challenge, we have a team of AIM Mentors of Change, IEEE STEM Ambassadors, Amrita University researchers and international professionals. We followed a structured process called the Engineering Design Process based on IEEE's TryEngineering. org STEM Portal guidelines for our 2021-22 edition of this program. In this page, we capture our journey on the Amrita ATL marathon training and mentorship program that we began in 2019 and showcase its evolution.

Meet the ATL teachers