NITI Aayog started an initiative in 2016 to encourage young minds to embrace an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset. The Atal Mission Innovation (AIM) has adopted a comprehensive strategy to guarantee the development of a problem-solving mentality in classrooms and the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem where students can demonstrate their abilities and succeed.
The Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) initiative, which AIM has introduced, creates space in schools to encourage students’ innovation and natural curiosity.
This period has completely digitised education thanks to Covid-19’s unpredictable nature. But there is also a need for hands-on education, bearing in mind the potential negative effects of digital education on a child’s mind and health.
In addition to establishing Atal Tinkering Labs in schools, edtech businesses also offer students a range of services. Students can innovate and experiment with the aid of 21st-century tools and technologies like IoT, 3D printing, AI, robotics, do-it-yourself kits, and many more with the assistance of such services, which encourage in them problem-solving innovative mindsets.
Here are the top 5 companies that seek to offer learning through ATL and other services with the aid of AI and robotics:
- Stemrobo Technologies
Anurag Gupta and Rajeev Tiwari started this Noida-based edtech business in 2015. In order to help students learn and create in the fields of STEAM (Robotics, IoT, and Artificial Intelligence), STEMROBO focuses on leveraging technology in education. (AI).The goal of STEMROBO Technologies is to instil in children a sense of wonder, imagination, and inventiveness as well as cutting-edge skills like design thinking, computational thinking, adaptive learning, and physical computing.Their team of 200+ invention engineers is dispersed across India and offers services like Custom Designed Patented DIY Kits, STEM-based Toys, Innovative Pedagogy, World-Class Content, and Methodologies.
The edtech company has so far established more than 1200+ Atal Tinkering Labs in prestigious schools like Kendriya Vidyalaya, Delhi Public School, DAV Public School, Apeejay School, Saraswati Vidya Mandir, and Bhartiya Vidya Mandir. They are listed among the NITI Aayog’s list of indicative vendors for ATL equipment.
- Tinkerly
IIT-Delhi and XLRI alumni Vivek Pathak, Sharad Bansal, OP Godara, and Kapil Arya founded the edtech company Tinkerly in 2015, and they have come up with a novel initiative to mix the fun and hands-on learning experience to kids in boring online coding classes by incorporating STEM educational kits as a part of their play-based curriculum. Each kid can receive personalised instruction at his or her own learning pace thanks to their innovative pedagogy and technological platform. In accordance with NEP standards, Tinkerly also assists schools in setting up STEM and Tinkering Labs in addition to coding curricula. In order to establish Atal Tinkering Labs sponsored by NITI Aayog, the business has registered as a vendor on the “Govt. E Marketplace(GeM)”.More than 150 thousand students in India, the Middle East, and North America have benefited from Tinkerly’s classes. Students have used their Let’s Tinker app, which has 50,000+ downloads on the Play Store, for more than 300k+ learning hours since its debut.
- RoboKart
Chaitali Shah and Ritesh Shah started this edtech startup business in 2014. It seeks to advance STEM in the nation while encouraging appropriate robotics exploration, experimentation, and learning. The business sets up laboratories in schools and offers teachers and students the equipment and training.Additionally, the startup has partnered with Atal Tinkering Lab to introduce its ideas to public schools in rural regions. More than 1 lac students have either taken classes straight from them or purchased goods from their website.In addition, Robokart will shortly roll out another module that will let users learn without actually being present for the training sessions. Additionally, they will give children access to online classes that will help spark and develop their early interest in technology.
- Avishkaar
Tarun Bhalla established this edtech business in 2009. The business creates and markets robotics tools. Additionally, it creates and offers educational robotics programs for kids and sets up science and robotics labs in classrooms. The business tries to establish an ecosystem to create immersive learning experiences that encourage innovation.The business was also a pioneer in establishing the Atal Tinkering Lab and developed the Avishkaar Learning Programs (ALPs) with the goal of making the study of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) topics enjoyable and interesting.
- Techyguide
Pradeep Kumar Jena established Techyguide OPC Pvt. Ltd. in 2021. Their one-stop shop for innovation and STEM education. With an emphasis on educational products, services, and consultation, we are committed to providing you with the best innovation. At its heart, TechyGuide offers comprehensive STEM education solutions to a range of schools, colleges, universities, and private institutes. TechyGuide aids in the transformation of a concept into an innovation. The founder’s passion for innovation led him to leave a lucrative job and conduct extensive study in order to create the best “Guide for Educational Innovation” for TechyGuide.
