NITI Aayog to showcase ATL Marathon’s Top 30 Innovations on National Technology Day

New Delhi, May 9 (KNN) On the eve the National Technology Day, NITI Aayog will showcase ATL Marathon’s Top 30 Innovations to be supported through industry partnerships.

In an effort to identify India’s best student innovators, Atal Tinkering Labs  of  the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog, organized an Atal Tinkering Marathon, a six month long nationwide challenge across six different thematic areas, namely, clean energy, water resources, waste management, healthcare, smart mobility and agri-tech. 

From over 650 innovations received, Top 100 were shortlisted based on novelty and prototype functionality. There 100 teams were then given a month to further refine their prototypes and rework their presentations. Following this, their innovations were judged by an esteemed panel of judges including industry and academia experts to select the Top 30 innovations. These top 30 innovations have been identified from 20 different States and Union territories from across India. 

These Top 30 innovations and their prizes will be announced by Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog. 

Atal Tinkering Labs under the Atal Innovation Mission of NITI Aayog, is based on the philosophy that incentives and prize awards are a great beginning to create an exponential wave of innovation and entrepreneurship amongst school children. (With PIB Inputs)