Outreach Program for

MD Senior Secondary School, Mankrola

12th September 2024

NSS Units and Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), Minsitry of Education (MoE), Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram organized Training cum Boot Camp for Atal Tinkering Lab for students of classes VIII- XI and for teachers of Science, Math and Computer departments on 12^th September 2024 for M D Senior Secondary School, Mankrola. Ms. Pooja Sharma (IIC Convener and faculty, DCE) along with Ms. Shivani Gupta (Faculty, DCE), Ms. Sukrati Chaturvedi (Faculty, DCE) and Ms. Monika Thakur (Faculty, DCE) were the resource persons of the session.

They enlightened the students about ATL, its need and origin, Innovation council, innovation and entrepreneurship. In the session, the objectives of Niti Aayog, Government of India for setting up ATL- a space for creation rather than observation and its utilization were discussed. Students were sensitized about the need for non-curricular based experimentation and integration of idea and theories which students generally face during their day-to-day interaction with science and its inventions.

The Workshop involved the following disciplines:

• Use of Technology in various fields
• Hands-on session on assembly
• Presentation on concepts of innovation
• Demonstration of Arduino, 3D Printing etc.

Ms. Shivani, Ms. Sukrati and Ms. Monika expressed need to focus on making products which have significance in everyday life and therefore are relevant to the industry. They explained that this will allow young children to get a chance to work with tools and equipment to understand the concepts of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). ATL contains educational and learning ‘Do It Yourself’ kits and equipment on – science, electronics, robotics, open-source microcontroller boards, sensors, 3D printers and computers.

Benefits/Outcome: The initiative fostered the culture of ideation, innovation, entrepreneurship, creative thinking, design thinking, prototyping, out-of-box thinking, and IP commercialization by facilitating the training (for teachers), field visits, leadership talks, awareness, orientation sessions, boot camps, national-level exhibitions, hackathons, skill modules, new courses for students and linking of school innovation ecosystem with Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), etc. at schools. The sessions were enriching, informative and educational.