NITI Aayog, UNICEF announce 72-hour Tinkering Hackathon for School Children

Mumbai, November 15: NITI Aayog and UNICEF on Wednesday launched UNICEF- Atal Tinkering LabHackthon to encourage children towards making new innovations. The Hackthon is a 72-hour problem solving quest. The winners of hackthon will be announced on 20th of this month.

 

Speaking on the occasion NITI Aayogvice chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar said, Atal Tinkering Labs and Atal Innovation Mission are a bridge between innovation and schools across the country, providing solutions to grassroot problems.

UN Resident Coordinator in India Yuri Afanasiev, said, India’s ecosystem of innovation is inspiring and it is interesting to see how young people are producing low-cost, high-impact solutions.

During the event, the Unicef-Atal Tinkering Labs Young Champions Awards were presented to the winners of the nationwide Atal Tinkering Marathon challenge launched last year on October 2.

On October 2 last year, AIM's Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) had launched a six month long nationwide challenge called the Atal Tinkering Marathon, across six different thematic areas, namely, clean energy, water resources, waste management, healthcare, smart mobility and agri-technology.

The objective was to encourage students to observe community problems and develop innovative solutions. From over 650 innovations received, Top 30 innovations were identified from 20 different States and Union territories from across India.