The ATL Marathon (https://youtu.be/45-lqTjE_A0) is Atal Innovation Mission’s (https://aim.gov.in/) flagship innovation challenge, where schools identify community problems of their choice and develop innovative solutions in the form of working prototypes. The last edition of Marathon witnessed 7000+ innovations, the top 300 of them got internship opportunities with top companies of India, prizes and certificates from AIM, NITI Aayog.
This year we celebrate the resilience, diversity and achievements of India as we begin the 75th year of Independence. To commemorate this special year, ATL Marathon 2021 will draw inspiration from developing a New India with the innovation and creativity of the young minds of our country.
The Marathon will be based on the ‘Strategy for New India @ 75’ document by NITI Aayog. This national strategy document for New India is a detailed exposition of forty-one crucial areas of national importance for achieving the objectives for a New India by 2022-23.
ATL Marathon 2021 will adopt 4 strategy areas mentioned in the document – Healthcare & Nutrition, Education, Energy & Transportation, Social Inclusion.
The Problem Statements under each of these themes were selected on the basis of popularity from the 3700+ votes received from students across India.
We want the students of India to choose any of the below problem statements or work on any other problem that they find around themselves, research, ideate, innovate and implement a solution for this.
Top teams will get an Internship through the Student Innovator Program with leading corporates of India, certificates from AIM, NITI Aayog and many more exciting goodies.
Each team must select one Problem Statement, where schools identify community problems of their choice and develop innovative solutions in the form of working prototypes. Submitting the same solution in multiple problem statements will result in immediate disqualification.
The Marathon will be based on the ‘Strategy for New India @ 75’ document by NITI Aayog. This national strategy document for New India is a detailed exposition of forty-one crucial areas of national importance for achieving the objectives for a New India by 2022-23. It will adopt 4 strategy areas:
Document Submission (description of the innovation/ solution)
The document (300 words only) should cover aspects of research (primary and secondary research) on the problem statement such as : Why have you selected the problem statement, the idea behind the innovation/ solution, which technique/ technology you have used, the various technical components of the application/ solution (e.g. cloud connect, database, etc.)
Video Submission (link to the video)
The content flow is expected to be as follows:
Please note, if the submitted video link is not fit to play/ link is inaccessible, the entry/ submission will be immediately disqualified.
By applying in the ATL Marathon 2021, you agree to all the above Terms and Conditions