Deadline: 28-Feb-23
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog opened applications for ‘ATL Marathon 2022-23’- a flagship innovation challenge under AIM’s Atal Tinkering Labs program.
ATL Marathon is a national level innovation challenge for young innovators across India who can solve community problems of their choice, develop innovative solutions in the form of working prototypes or, minimum viable product (MVP).
The idea is to create a huge opportunity for students to innovate not just for the better India but for the world by resolving global problems in various sectors. It is going to be a watershed moment for India and a unique opportunity for students to solve local and global problems.
This year, students have the option of submitting projects in areas apart from the specified themes. Students will be able to solve local community problems different from the problem statements given.
Thematical Focus
- This year’s ATL Marathon is going to be bigger and grander. The theme for this edition of ATL Marathon is “India’s G20 Presidency”. India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022. G20 is an intergovernmental forum of world’s major developed and developing nations accounting for 85 per cent of the global GDP, 75 per cent of international trade, and two-thirds of the world population.
Problem Statement Sectors
- Education
- Innovate to ensure access to education for all
- Innovate to help children with special needs learn effectively
- Health
- Innovate solutions for patients suffering from the most common diseases in India.
- Build solutions to find new ways to address health and nutrition challenges (malnutrition, obesity etc.)
- Agriculture
- Design solutions to increase agricultural yield in India
- Design solutions to position millets as alternative staples globally
- Environment & Climate Sustainability
- Innovate to find ways to reduce carbon emissions in industries
- Build solutions to make every citizen in India adopt environment-conscious lifestyle( LiFE movement )
- Development
- Design a solution to improve public transportation in India
- Design a solution to improve the drinking water and sanitation problem in India
- Digital Economy
- Build solutions for the Digital India Movement across different sectors
- Design solutions to improve digital governance
- Tourism
- Design solutions to boost the tourism industry in India
- Build a solution for sustainable development in popular tourist locations preserving the natural and ecological heritage of the region
- Others (Identify your own problem statement and innovate for it)
- This year, they have a unique theme to incorporate all special ideas and innovations.
What’s new this year?
- ATL Marathon 2022-23 is available in Hindi too. Now, you can get all details about ATL Marathon in English & Hindi and submit your entries in both languages
- India @G20 – India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022. The themes of this year’s ATL marathon are adopted from the working groups and committees of G20.
- This year, students have the option of submitting projects in areas apart from the specified themes. Students will be able to solve local community problems different from the problem statements given.
Award Information
- Top 350 teams – Student Internship Programme (SIP)
- Top 50 teams – Student Entrepreneurship Programme (SEP)
- Special Certificates –
- Top 10 teams from each state
- Top 10 teams from rural areas
- Top 10 teams from government schools
- Top 10 teams from Aspirational Districts
- Top 10 teams including Children with special needs
Eligibility Criteria
- The ATL Marathon 2022-23 is for Indian students currently enrolled in school (Class VI to Class XII) both from ATL and non-ATL schools, in case your entry is selected as a finalist, the team members may be asked to provide proof in the form of a photo of your school ID-card or any other form as deemed appropriate by AIM, NITI Aayog.
- Failure to do so may result in your entry being disqualified.
- There is no limit on how many teams from a school can participate.
- The online application form submission will include: Research Document 3-minute Video (capturing details of their working prototype/solution) ATL In-Charge, School Teachers, Mentors of Change, Alumni and external mentors from the local ATL ecosystem may support the student teams.
- Kindly note individual member entry is not allowed. Also, if the team size exceeds the 3- member limit, the entry/ submission will be immediately disqualified.
- Each Team shall consist of a maximum of 3 students (class 6th to 12th) and one ATL in-charge/ School Teacher (must be an employee of the ATL School).
- They encourage ATL schools to also include other school and/or community students within the Team Composition.
- Kindly note individual member entry is not allowed. Also, if the team size exceeds the 3- member limit, the entry/ submission will be immediately disqualified.
- Top 350 Teams will get Internships through the Student Innovator Program with leading corporates of India, certificates from AIM, NITI Aayog and many more interesting opportunities at the conclusion of the Marathon.
- Top teams from SIP will participate in the Student Entrepreneurship Programme (SEP) All participating students and teachers will get a Certificate of Participation from AIM, NITI Aayog.
For more information, visit AIM.