(a) whether the Government in order to attract children towards technology early enough at the school level is setting up the Atal Innovation Mission, Atal Tinkering Labs and Atal Incubation Centres and Universities and other institutions; and
(b) if so, the number of beneficiaries, State-wise including in district Nashik as on date?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
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(a) Yes sir, the Government of India is encouraging schools to provide exposure of science and technology to students so that they can be exposed with futuristic technology platforms. Government has setup the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) at NITI Aayog with an objective to create scientific temper and cultivate the spirit of curiosity, creativity, imagination and innovation among young minds and inculcate skills such as design mind-set, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing, rapid calculations, measurements etc.
Similarly, Atal Incubation Centres (AICs) and Established Incubation Centres (EICs) promoted by Atal Innovation Mission have conducted several Student Innovator Programs (SIPs) for top ATL students identified through various competitions. They provided unique mentorship and support to student teams towards developing a complete product package with business presentations. In addition, for children at the undergraduate level several Atal Incubation Centres and Established Incubation Centres have been opened by universities.
(b) A total of 4875 beneficiary schools have been given grant in aid by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog for establishment of Atal Tinkering Labs from out of selected 14916 schools. The total number of schools in Nasik where Atal Tinkering Labs have been set up are 37. State wise number of beneficiary schools is attached at Annexure A.
Similarly, a total of 45 Atal Incubation Centres / Established Incubation Centres have been given grant-in-aid by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog. State-wise number of Atal Incubation Centres / Established Incubation Centres is attached at Annexure B.
ANNEXURE ‘A’
STATE-WISE NUMBER OF BENEFECIARY SCHOOLS OF ATAL TINKERING LABS
Sr. No. States/ UTs Operational ATL schools
1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND 10
2 ANDHRA PRADESH 356
3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 24
4 ASSAM 195
5 BIHAR 70
6 CHANDIGARH 16
7 CHHATTISGARH 228
8 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 0
9 DAMAN AND DIU 3
10 DELHI 147
11 GOA 17
12 GUJARAT 332
13 HARYANA 183
14 HIMACHAL PRADESH 61
15 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 39
16 JHARKHAND 64
17 KARNATAKA 355
18 KERALA 249
19 LADAKH 0
20 MADHYA PRADESH 286
21 MAHARASHTRA 505
22 MANIPUR 59
23 MEGHALAYA 11
24 MIZORAM 21
25 NAGALAND 20
26 ODISHA 184
27 PUDUCHERRY 15
28 PUNJAB 123
29 RAJASTHAN 219
30 SIKKIM 24
31 TAMIL NADU 396
32 TELANGANA 154
33 TRIPURA 12
34 UTTAR PRADESH 343
35 UTTARAKHAND 47
36 WEST BENGAL 107
Grand Total 4875
ANNEXURE ‘B’
STATE-WISE NUMBER OF ATAL INCUBATION CENTRES / ESTABLISHED INCUBATION CENTRES (AICs / EICs)
Sl No. State Operational
Atal Incubation Centre/ Established Incubation Centre
1 Andhra Pradesh 2
2 Assam 1
3 Chandigarh 1
4 Delhi 2
5 Goa 1
6 Gujarat 3
7 Haryana 1
8 Karnataka 6
9 Kerala 2
10 Madhya Pradesh 3
11 Maharashtra 5
12 Punjab 1
13 Rajasthan 3
14 Sikkim 1
15 Tamil Nadu 5
16 Telangana 4
17 Uttar Pradesh 4
Grand Total 45
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