Introducing “Atal Tinkering Lab” – Aim & Vision

Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) is a Govt. of India, NITI Aayog’s initiative & flagship program to create an environment of scientific temperament, innovation, creativity amongst Indian students. ATL is a state-of-the-art space established in a school with a goal to foster curiosity, creativity and innovation in young minds, between grade 6th to 12th across the country through 21st-century tools and technologies such as Internet of Things, 3D printing, Rapid Prototyping tools, Robotics, Miniaturized electronics, Do-it-yourself kits and many more.

The aim is to stimulate a problem-solving innovative mindset within the children that will embrace and encourage novel and innovative ideas and inventions to promote a culture of innovation, design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning and entrepreneurship. ATL labs will also serve as a platform for the promotion of world-class Innovation Hubs, Grand Challenges, Start-up businesses and other self-employment activities, particularly in technology-driven areas.

Why every school should have a Tinkering Lab?

The main idea behind setting up of ATLs is encouraging the young students to understand STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) concepts practically and creatively using the specific tools and equipment. The approach is aimed at eliminating the limitations caused by monotonous classroom learning and using only textbooks as a reference without any exposure to a practical approach.

The students would work with the specific tools and equipment to explore the practical relevance of STEM theories and concepts. To further encourage the children to exhibit their acquired talent, the timely competitions will also be held where students can exhibit their skills and talent in the form of various relevant projects.

The ATL’s will encourage the young minds to combine the creativity and logic by offering them do-it- yourself kits that would contain the equipment related to robotics, electronics, science, 3D printers, sensors, etc. The eligibility to apply for ATLs is very vast which includes Government organizations, schools managed by local bodies or private trusts. However, 25% of ATLs would be reserved for Government Managed schools.

Why the schools should focus on STEM?

STEM is a group of subjects comprising of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In many cases, it gets quite monotonous to teach these subjects inside the classroom only with the help of textbooks. These subjects, because of their varying structure, are complex and may also appear convoluted. The theories, principles, properties, theorems and various tenets presented by STEM may seem convoluted for many students. So, the general take an easy way and simply mug up these things during examination time. No wonder many of the high-grade students are unable to remember even the basic STEM texts and reference they read in lower grades

Because of these reasons, the foundation of STEM is quite weak in many students and over a while, they are detached from the subject(s) due to limited loyalty. One of the major challenges posed by traditional classroom learning (through textbooks) is that even the students that can join the relevant fields of engineering, science or mathematics are limited to professional requirements of the job rather than developing an innovative approach

The lack of innovative approach in STEM subjects limits the candidates from taking full advantage of their potential.

We Introduce, Set Up & Execute complete end-to-end Atal Tinkering Labs as a single Turnkey Project from the scratch to finish level as we provide you with all associated support services like Application Filing, Documentation preparation as per govt. guidelines. Our expert services include complete lab design layout, Application Tracking & Monitoring, GeM Procurement, Lab material supplies, Product Warranty, Replacements, Lab Curriculum, Onsite Installation, Training & Mentorship etc. and that too for Five (05) years, with a motive to give a complete peace of mind to our customer i.e. School Administration.

With an in-house R&D Team for Product and Curriculum development for ATL & STEM Education, Think IT Works can be a Perfect IT Partner for your school / organization, as we provide complete end-to-end support services (both online & offline) at an economical cost. Some of our support services specially designed and provided by Think IT only are highlighted below:

• Support in Documentation: There will be a regular check in addition to make sure school is performing as per the guidelines of the NITI AYOG.
• Monthly reports & Compliances: We make sure that there should be no delay in providing any documents such as monthly reports and UC's by the school which will avoid the unnecessary Chios in process.
• We help schools in getting the ATL grant from the Govt. of India by providing support in fulfilling all the guidelines as per NITI Ayog.
Our expert team will help / apply the ATL application on your behalf by meeting all the application formalities, norms & documentation.
• Upon getting approval from the Govt. of India, we design the complete Lab Layout & supply ATL lab material with all packages through GeM.
• ATL Lab has different packages consists of P1, P2, P3, P4 which includes:
• P1 Package: Electronic Development, Robotics, Internet of things and sensors
• P2 Package: Rapid Prototyping Tools including 3D Printer.
• P3 Package: Mechanical, Electrical and Measurement Tools.
• P4 Package: Power Supply & Accessories and Safety Equipment.
• After lab establishment, a dedicated 15-days hands-on training in one or two phases will be provided along with quarterly support visits.
• Level-wise curriculum developed covering all ATL Packages which is age-appropriate with sample projects & experiments.
• Covering all three domains of STEM (STEM-Robotics, STEM-CS, STEM-IoT)
• Support in organizing Tinker Activities in school and encouraging students in participating in competitions.
• ATL labs will provide a creative and competitive atmosphere through inner & inter-school competition.
• Think IT connects schools to experienced mentors from the industry, academia, CSIR, IITs, NIT's and Govt. Bodies etc.
• Annual Maintenance (AMC): We make sure the kits & products supplied to the school should in working condition & to provide warranty or replacement services of products without any delay.

A Few Glimpse of Our “Atal Tinkering Labs”