Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, had selected Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham as the nodal agency to implement the Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) Sarthi cluster program for the district of Coimbatore in August 2024. Since then, the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) and Office of Students’ Affairs (OSA) at AMRITA Coimbatore campus, has implemented this community outreach program by organizing hackathons, project exhibitions, cyber security awareness programs, workshops, teacher training programs, guidance for compliance, and school visits for the benefit of 67 schools with ATLs in Coimbatore district. Schools mentored and visited include Yuvabharathi, Evangeline, Dr. PGV, Rathinam International Public School, etc. AIM is the Government of India’s flagship initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. AIM’s ATL Sarthi initiative aims to provide a self-sustainable cluster model for the enablement and monitoring of 10,000 ATLs set up by AIM at schools in 700+ districts all over India, with the support of universities, colleges, industry, startups, and NGOs. On 15 May 2025, ATL Sarthi nodal officer, Dr. Prashant R. Nair, IIC & IQAC Head @ AMRITA, presented the report for 2024-25 to Mr. Shubham Gupta, Innovation Lead, AIM at NITI Aayog, New Delhi. This report was also shared with the Coimbatore district administration. Various faculty members who contributed to the this community outreach program included Dr. S. Balamurugan, Chairperson of EEE department; Dr. Adarsh S., Professor of Students’ Welfare; Mr. Krishnan R., Head-Amrita Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE), and Mr. Ramaguru Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor-Cyber Security at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore campus.
