AMMACHI Labs has organized and conducted an Atal Innovation Mission (ATL) Tinkerprenuership Bootcamp for school children. Prof. Gayathri Manikutty from AMMACHI Labs mentored 18 children over a 4 week period. “In the first week, they picked up several digital skills like building a website, designing computer games, authoring AR/VR experiences etc. In the second and third week, they put together the digital skills they learnt and created their digital products. And in the fourth week, they created a business plan for their product. Kudos to Atal innovation Mission for a wonderful Tinkerpreneurship program,” says Prof. Manikutty.

During the training, the participants acquired the necessary digital skills, create and develop a business model around a digital product, make a marketing plan, develop/establish a store online, learn about corporate finance and gain by presenting their introduction to industry experts. Students and their ATL leaders were mapped in small groups with mentors. All registered users have access to a wealth of digital and business learning resources, do-it-yourself content, simple homework assignments and more to enable participants to create their own digital products and projects.

Prof. Gayathri Manikutty has been recognized by the Atal Innovation Mission for her exemplary contributions to fostering innovation and learning in students. She has been named a “Top Mentors of Change” by Gems of Mentor India, an initiative of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, India for her robotics mentorship at Amrita Vidyalayam Puthiyakavu, And Amrita Vidyalayam Thalassery.

GEMS of Mentor India