Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and NITI Aayog, have signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) with CGI India to expand the innovation across the schools. As part of the Atal Tinkering Lab initiative, AIM and CGI have collaborated for creating a successful and innovative workforce from the ATL schools.
Indian Government’s ace program AIM promotes a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across the country. ATS, accessed by over 2.5 million school kids in India, is a dedicated workspace set up at schools where students get easy access to do-it-yourself (DIY) kit and learn to create innovative solutions employing the latest technologies. As part of SOI, CGI has agreed to adopt schools with ATLs across several states.
The volunteers of CGI would coach and mentor students at the ALTs. The purpose is to improve technical literacy and instil immersive learning experiences through hands-on experience using STEM tools. CGI avows to conduct training workshops for teachers at select schools on topics such as design thinking, computational thinking, robotics, and coding.
Mission Director Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog R Ramanan expounds that this collaboration would benefit both ATL and students and teachers. CGI has conceded to adopt and support 100 ATL across the country with their technical expertise and proficiency. Ramanan asserts that this initiative would “help the ALT students to be more connected to the 4th Industrial Revolution Happening in India.” It would also run capacity building for ATL teachers through Unbox tinkering Workshops which is expected to build an innovative mindset in teachers.
George Mattackal said, President of Asia Pacific Global Delivery Centre of Excellence, emphasizes that CGI is devotedly committed to empower and educate students in their communities through STEM. In India, CGI employs more than 14,000 consultants across major cities who arduously provide global delivery support to clients around the globe, confirming close collaboration, flexibility and expected business result.
