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Mega Tinkering Day 2025
- 13 Aug 2025
- 2 min read
Why in News?
In a first-of-its-kind nationwide innovation movement, the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, hosted Mega Tinkering Day 2025, marking a significant milestone in India's innovation landscape.
Key Points
- About: The nationwide event brought together over 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) across all 35 states and Union Territories of India.
- The event witnessed 4,73,350 students from 9,467 ATL-equipped schools participating in a hands-on challenge to design and build a do-it-yourself (DIY) vacuum cleaner using everyday materials from their labs.
- Event Format:
- Virtual & Simultaneous: The event was held virtually and simultaneously in schools across India, with regional participation across North (Leh, Ladakh, Kargil, Kashmir), South (Kanniyakumari), West (Bhuj, Kutch), East (Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh), and Aspirational Districts (Virudhunagar).
- Collaborative Learning: The online format enabled students to collaborate in real-time, despite geographical distances.
Atal Innovation Mission
- About: Launched by NITI Aayog in 2016, AIM promotes innovation and entrepreneurship by fostering a problem-solving mindset in students and strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem in universities and research institutions.
- AIM 2.0 aims to scale and pilot new initiatives to expand and strengthen India's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, building on the success of AIM.
