NITI Aayog on Wednesday unveiled Mentor India programme, inviting applications for the initiative that aims to engage leaders on voluntary basis to guide students at more than 900 Atal Tinkering Labs.
The deadline for submission of applications to join Mentor India is September 30, NITI Aayog said in a statement.
“Mentor India is as a strategic nation building initiative to engage leaders who can guide and mentor schools students in over 900 Atal Tinkering Labs established by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in schools across India,” it added.
Through the programme, AIM is looking to engage leaders who can dedicate 1-2 hours every week in one or more such labs and enable school students to experience, learn and practice future skills such as design and computational thinking.
ATLs are dedicated works spaces where students (from Class 6 to Class 12) learn innovation skills and develop ideas that will go on to transform India. The labs are powered to acquaint students with state-of-the-art equipment such as 3D printers, robotics and electronics development tools, Internet of Things and sensors, among others.
AIM will establish 2,000 such labs by end of 2017, the statement said.
Possible areas of contribution from mentors include technical know-how, innovation and design, inspirational, and business and entrepreneurship.
