Atal Innovation Mission

Activity

• It is established in the schools so as to develop creativity and imagination in the minds of the children;
• It is set up at schools managed by the Government or society or local body or private trust and developed for the students from grade 6 to grade 10;
• It aims to enhance competitive and deep thinking; adaptive learning etc. in the students;
• It provides equipment and tools for children to learn and understand the concepts of STEM i.e. Science; Technology; Engineering and Maths;
• It provides financial support of INR 20 Lakhs to each school [including one-time establishment cost of INR 10 Lakhs and operational cost of INR 10 Lakhs] for a period of 5 years.

• It aims to enhance innovation in the areas like water, housing, health, energy and hygiene;
• It focuses on various areas like railways; education; healthcare; sanitation; food processing; power; energy; electric mobility etc.

• Basically, it promotes and enables the start-up enterprises to become comparatively more stable, sustainable and scalable;
• It encourages women entrepreneurs in every state and all the sectors;
• It offers a grant of INR 10 Crores for setting up Greenfield incubators;
• Notably, a basic requirement of setting up an ‘Atal Incubation Centres’ is a ready-to use build up space of at least 10,000 square feet.

• It focuses on developing innovation in the specific areas of India that have been underserved and unserved in terms of the required amount of education and infrastructure.

• It sets up mentoring networks across India to ensure mentoring of the students being part of ‘Atal Tinkering Labs’ and ‘Atal Incubation Centres’ incubators and start-ups;
• The registered mentor is required to dedicate at least two hours every week to one or more of the labs.

• Educational institutions like Technical Diploma Colleges; ITI and others;
• Universities as well as colleges affiliated with AICTE and UGC.