The youth of the country,

through technology, through

the Hackathons, are using their
brains for solving thousands
of problems of the country,
searching for solutions, and
providing solutions.
- Shri Narendra Modi
Hon’ble Prime Minister
Dr. Rajiv Kumar
Vice Chairman
NITI Aayog
 Message

Education is the most powerful weapon for changing the world and it
should not just fill the pail, but light fire in the minds of the learners. It gives me
immense joy to witness the innovations from the young tinkerers from the Atal
Tinkering Labs located in different parts of the country. The objective behind
setting up the Atal Tinkering Labs was to foster curiosity, creativity and
inculcate skills such as design mindset, computational thinking etc. which seem
to be gaining momentum over the years. These young innovators will go on to
play a vital role in creating sustainable solutions for a New Aatmanirbhar India.

The ATL Marathon conducted by Atal Innovation Mission invited

applications from budding innovators from across the country where they were
given the opportunity to design their marathon! All the school students of India
got an opportunity to unleash their creativity and innovate for a better school
environment and therefore a happier childhood. I am proud to announce the top
innovations from across the country which has been identified for their excellent
innovations.

The entire AIM team, teachers, principals, and mentors have worked
relentlessly to nurture these young innovators who then get a chance to undergo
the prestigious Student Innovator Program (SIP) with AIM's corporate partners
and incubation centres to further enhance and hone their skills and prototypes.
The Ingenious Tinkerers book is a compilation of such stories narrated by
students themselves, who developed an agency for innovation and
Amitabh Kant entrepreneurship at a young age. This is indeed an indication that the Atal
CEO Tinkering Lab program has become a key initiative toward the ‘Tinkering’
NITI Aayog movement in India.

(Amitabh Kant)
Place- New Delhi
Dated- 16/12/2021
Abhishek Singh, IAS
CEO
MyGov
Dr. Chintan Vaishnav
Mission DIrector
Atal Innovation Mission
NITI Aayog
 Our former Prime Minister late Shri Atal Bihari I would humbly like to thank NITI Aayog Vice-

PREFACE
Vajpayee Ji believed that the future of this country Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO Mr. Amitabh Kant,
lies in the hands of youth and the Atal Innovation and Mission Director Atal Innovation Mission
Mission (AIM), named after his legacy, is an effort Dr Chintan Vaishnav, for their strong leadership
towards translating his dreams into reality. AIM which helped ATL to become a national movement
is a flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog to across India. I also express gratitude towards all
promote innovation and entrepreneurship across the members of the Mission High Level Committee
the length and breadth of the country. At the school (MHLC) for their spirited leadership and continuous
level, AIM is setting up state of the art Atal Tinkering support to the Atal Tinkering Labs.
Labs (ATL) in schools across all districts across the
country. It is systematically honing young students It has been a wonderful team effort that has
on crucial 21st century skills including Creativity, resulted in some of these success stories of ATL.
Innovation, Critical Thinking, Social and Cross- My special words of praise and thankfulness to the
Cultural Collaboration, Ethical Leadership and so core ATL team – Mr. Ronak Jogeshwar, Ms. Swati
on. Rao, Mr. Prateek Deshmukh, Mr. Shubham Gupta
and Ms. Naba Suroor for supporting the entire ATL
The Atal Tinkering Lab program has become a program. Ms. Vishnu Priya Bijapur and Ms. Tanvi
National movement which is revolutionizing the Mishra have provided invaluable support in the
Education Ecosystem of India. The goals and vision creation and editing of this book.
of the ATL program ties in beautifully with the
National Education Policy and will play a pivotal From all of us at Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog,
role to implement ‘Experiential and Project-Based Govt. of India, we pledge to work hard every single
Learning’ model in India. day and bring about a system which nurtures the
creative and innovative mind and thereby create an
AIM is encouraging students with this wonderful ecosystem that is conductive to innovation for all
compilation of the Top 41 grass root innovations of us.
by the students and their mentors. It captures the
stories that showcase the growth and mindset of
our young generation which have been collated in Happy Tinkering!
the shape of – ‘The Ingenious Tinkerers’. The book
is an attempt to celebrate and boost the students Ms Deepali Upadhyay
who came up with exemplary ideas for problems Program Director
put forth to them in ATL Marathon 2019-20 and Atal Innovation Mission
their overall tinkering journey. I congratulate them
all and wish them a wonderful future ahead.

I thank all our ATL Teachers and Mentors of Change,

who have inspired our young innovators, and
supported them whole heartedly in their innovation
journey. My special words of praise and thanks to
the entire ATL community - the students, ATL In-
charges, teachers, principals, and parents for being
a continuous source of inspiration to the AIM team.
CONGRATULATIONS!
TO OUR TOP 50 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog is
glad to honor the Top innovations of Atal
INNOVATOR Tinkering Lab (ATL) Innovation Marathon
2019-20. This book is a compilation of
TEAMS! some outstanding grassroot innovations by
students and their mentors evolving from
their ideas to a viable product, graduating
them from tinkerers to innovators.

Note: Innovations are presented in alphabetical order of their Team Names

About Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL)

With a vision to ‘Cultivate one Million children in India as

Neoteric Innovators’, Atal Innovation Mission is establishing
Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) in schools across India. The
objective of this scheme is to foster curiosity, creativity and
imagination in young minds; and inculcate skills such as
design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning,
physical computing etc. To date, 9300+ schools have been
selected for the establishment of ATLs. After compliance,
each school receives a grant of Rs. 20 Lacs over five years to
set up and maintain the ATL.

The Atal Tinkering Labs are based on the philosophy of

incentivising innovations, which nurtures the growth
mindset of young school children across the country. These
students, when nurtured with mentorship support, address
community challenges and create innovations that address
them. They further deploy and test them with potential
users. The effort has been to build an inclusive model for
innovation by providing an equal opportunity to all regions
and to all children irrespective of the rural-urban divide and
government-private divide, by a public-private partnership,
events and challenges, mentorship from industry and
academia.
BIRTH OF ATL MARATHON
Einstein believed that creativity is an output of a ‘combinatorial play’ thinking process.
He constantly combined and recombined ideas, images, and other various thoughts into
millions of different combinations. So, ‘Combinatory play’ refers to the process of innovation
by drawing on new combinations of existing data, perceptions and practices. There are
thousands of existing innovations which can and should be further developed to make
them cheaper, faster and more durable. So, the question here is “How can we take what
we have and make it better?” In our ever-changing world, there is a need to build on these
existing structures and concepts in order to make them more accessible and appealing to
the general public.

Atal Tinkering Labs gives a chance to all children to express their innovative spirit, and
propose a novel, innovative solutions to India’s community and social problems, with the
ATL Marathon.

The ATL Marathon 2019 - 20 conducted by Atal Innovation Mission gave the students an
opportunity to design their Marathon. There were 4300+ ideas across Problem Statements
which were received and 5000+ students voted for the area of their interest and the problems
they were passionate to solve. The final themes around which the ATL Marathon was
designed were – Quality Education, Equality for All, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and
Good Health and Well-being. The solutions were designed under the categories – Techno Art
Solution and Science & Technology Solution. Around 1200 innovations were received from
across the country. This book brings to you the top 41 innovation stories.
 ATL Marathon 2019-20

Basaveshwara International Public School

(CBSE) Vidyagiri, Bagalkot, Karnataka
CLEAN WATER, AIR & FOOD FOR EVERYONE!
THESE YOUNG INNOVATORS HAVE A NOBEL VISION

CLEAN WATER AND AIR

Shreya M.S, Aastha. V. Raikar and Sidharth from team A.S.A All these will lead to solving the major issue of food
Clean Vegetation were inspired by the objective of providing scarcity, water scarcity and also resolve the financial

ACQUAPHONICS TO
clean water, air, and food to everyone. After conducting
detailed research on the subject, the team aided by their
crisis faced by the underprivileged. As it supports
mentor Tanuja Bai JM started working on a novel model fishing with organic growth of vegetables, herbs, and
based on the concepts of recycling of water resources, fruits, it also supports a sustainable revenue model
energy consumption and production, recycling of organic for the user.
waste, new landscape opportunities, incremental food
production, utilization of unemployed labor and using of The team implemented their idea by creating a sample
waste streams to meet energy needs. piece and proved its worth as well as long-term workability.
The one-time investment made, can benefit the family to
The outcome of their dedicated efforts was the feed themselves peacefully and also become economically
ACQUAPHONICS TO CLEAN WATER AND AIR Solution. A stable and earn from it to become self-reliant. With a little
self-sustained model which utilizes construction of the bit of modification, this model can act as self-sustained
tank and tray with cement and metal stand for holding the support for life for the users and can be implemented on
tray, motor and pipeline connection, soil compost, organic large portions of land. If the same objective is realized, it
seeds, bacteria, fishes for growing, and for fishing to carry will become a wonderful innovation that helps in resolving
on. Thus, an enriching model which gives a constant supply the major issues related to food scarcity, water scarcity and
of food to the user and in a parallel vein cleans and purifies provide financial stability. The portable tank model can be
wastewater to make it fit for agro-use. The bacteria content implemented with less cost just by spending 10,000 per
and use of nitrogen in the process act as CO2 eliminating model which can have a water capacity of 25 liters and a
agents resulting in enhancement of the air quality too. growth tray size of 5×8 feet.
TEAM NAME
A. S. A. CLEAN VEGETATION This system uses 90 percent less than the water required in
normal agriculture. The other advantages include no weeds,
fewer pests, and no watering, fertilizing, bending, digging, or
heavy lifting, etc. This project is inspired by the food costs,
TEAM MEMBERS the undesirable genetic modifications of produce, and the
Shreya M.S, Aastha. V. Raikar and Sidharth indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in
the growing processes of most of our food, as well as the
growing shortage of clean agricultural land that has not
ATL INCHARGE been contaminated by excessive fertilizer use and other
pollutants.
Tanuja Bai J. M

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Amity International School

South Delhi, New Delhi CHEAP & EFFECTIVE PACKAGING
FOR ABSOLUTELY SAFE FOOD!
In India, Front-of-Pack labeling on packaged foods was With the government planning to ban single-use plastics
recommended in 2014 by an expert committee constituted in 2022, it will allow the team to expand operations
by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
FSSAI is currently working on a draft regulation and has
and create a viable demand for their innovation.
identified the following key parameters crucial for healthy Widespread acceptance will mean a lot of economic
dietary requirements – Fat content, sugar, and salt or gains but even from a social aspect, the product has
sodium content, and the number of calories in the product. been made with the very intent of helping to stop
massive worldwide catastrophes like global warming.
The team Adbhut comprising of Himanshu Sharma, Ashwin
Barnwal, and Ayush Bansal from Amity International School, Reflecting upon their ATL Marathon journey the team quotes:
South Delhi innovated upon the problems of pollution, “In theory, our model looked functional and perfect. But
sustainability, and inefficient packaging of food. Most food after the prototyping, we found some clear flaws. We then

ADBHUT
packaging is made of plastic which is non-biodegradable started to find ways to solve the issues, how to present
and is mostly single-use, leading to their abundance in the our idea to potential investors, learning to negotiate
form of pollutants in the environment. The solution to this and formulate collaborations with businesses, How to
problem comes in the form of an efficient biodegradable incorporate professional design with the use of Auto-CAD
container that can be used multiple times and is fit for and other key skills were major skill enhancements for
multiple purposes. Not only that but it is also an equally each individual team member. Testing the prototype from
cheap alternative. The earlier approach to reducing as many aspects as we could be a key factor in designing
pollution caused by packaging materials was resorting to a high-end product. Incorporating inputs from industry
other materials like cardboard, jute, or cotton. But all of experts, working with and managing close-knit teams,
these can at times be of bad quality and they prove to be correctly and efficiently gathering reliable information all
TEAM NAME expensive if produced at better quality levels. Bioplastics mattered a lot in the long run. How to conduct a survey,
on the other hand are much suited to solve issues. Low
ADBHUT cost, Biodegradable, and possessing high quality, the
refining our problem statement required knowing what the
people want. Correctly holding a survey to ensure people
packaging material developed by team Adbhut ensures from all social groups also aided us while coming up with
that there is no compromise on the consumer’s experience
TEAM MEMBERS or a restaurant’s earning. Their mass production has also
an accurate resolution. Each problem in the design needs a
solution which works in harmony with the rest of the design
Himanshu Sharma, Ashwin Barnwal been taken into consideration to enable large-scale use. and the experiment results helped in doing so.”
and Ayush Bansal Their material providers included Ecolife, Bioplast, KP
Rubbers, and more. The manufacturers included Nikamal
Ltd. and Supreme Industries. The logistics companies
ATL IN-CHARGE included TCI Express, NTL Logistics, etc. All of these are
based in India thus rightly concluding this to be a product
Aravind Kumar Singh that thoroughly aligns with the ideals of Atma Nirbhar
Bharat Mission.

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APSWR School Jr. College Boys

Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
A MONITORING SYSTEM THAT
SAVES LIVES THROUH SMS!

AUTOMATIC SMS ALERT

PATIENT MONITORING
The outbreak of a pandemic, its resulting loss of human The device was presented in its Alpha stage
life due to COVID-19, and its after-effects have seen that is the experimental stage at the ATL
the entire world suffer. It has been a tragedy like never
before. Moved by the pandemic our innovators at
Marathon. The prototype itself provides a
the ATL Marathon developed a monitoring system. E viable opportunity to the medical fraternity to
Babuji Naik, Abhyuday Sharma, and Palyam Thulasiram weigh its strengths and gaze at the benefits.
from the Ambedkar Team under the guidance of their As it is during the Alpha stage we can test the
project mentor M Bala Chandrudu invented a patient

SYSTEM WITH
hypotheses required to reach the discovery stage.
monitoring system that can sense heart rates, pulse
rates, body temperature, and also oxygen levels. The Team Ambedkar is very jubilant about the ergonomic
system would then immediately send an SMS to the utility of their innovation and acknowledges the
registered mobile numbers of the concerned people. contribution and guidance provided by their mentors
Since the system utilizes a wireless technique, it serves Balachandrudu Sir, Sivakumar Sir, and Penchal Sir who
as a real-time assistant for the doctors and the medical kept motivating them during testing times and kept
staff. During such an hour the real-time SMS-enabled on fueling their research. The Team wishes that their
patient monitoring system would be of immense help innovation moves further from the Alpha stage and is
to them. Additionally, the ergonomic benefit derived funded by the medical fraternity to become a full-fledged
from the system eliminates the use of multiple devices life-saving product.
for monitoring a single patient as the integrated
system is fitted with an LCD display that shows all the
parameters at the same time and is economically viable.

TEAM NAME When the patient or the medical staff touches the pulse
AMBEDKAR TEAM oximeter the pulse levels, oxygen levels, heartbeat
readings go through the Arduino Uno framework and
corroborate a consolidated message to the concerned
people on their registered mobile numbers. Similarly,
TEAM MEMBERS when the people touch the temperature sensor their
P Thulasi Ram, E Babuji Naik temperature reading is recorded by the Arduino and
the corresponding readings are relayed. At the same
and Abhyuday Sharma time, the readings are also displayed on the LCD monitor
making it an easy and hassle-free process to record hour-
to-hour developments amongst serious patients. Team
ATL IN-CHARGE Ambedkar’s aim is to supply this device to both rural as well
M Bala Chandrudu as urban areas and to save the people during emergencies.

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Golaya Progressive Public School

Palwal, Haryana
EVOLVING EDUCATION TO THE
‘NEXT LEVEL’
Sagar Tanwar, Hatshita Tanwar, and Harshit Tanwar from The software will automatically analyze the data and will
Golaya Progressive Public School, Palwal, Haryana were provide homework to the students according to their record
motivated to take up the theme of providing quality education status. Thus, the same homework is not given to intelligent
as they realized the acute need for such measures when the as well as weak students alike. This software will give them
entire education system was challenged during the CoVID-19 homework accordingly leaving no lags in the syllabus. The

DRIVEN QUALITY
lockdowns across the globe. The team was distressed to see AI software won’t only be on school servers but also on
how cumbersome the job of their teachers was who had to the cloud so that absent students can also take benefit
maintain all details of the students and take online classes. from the provisional interface. It will upload the students’
details on the cloud automatically even if he/she is absent.

EDUCATION
Teachers are key in ensuring that students get the requisite

OUTCOME
ENABLING
lessons to keep their minds ignited for seeking knowledge. The team has been registering its active participation
Students’ likes and dislikes for attending classes or interests in the ATL Marathon for the last 2 editions and
in a particular subject can be linked to their teacher and his/
her ability & quality of teaching. The challenge of improving considers it a great opportunity for developing self-
the quality of teaching by training teachers and supporting knowledge and esteem. The team quotes, “We started
them with modern teaching aids, tools, and methodologies our journey in Marathon series with the year 2018
-- like smart classrooms and digital course content -- needs in which we made an ‘Automated Bus’ for everyone
to be taken up, so that not only do the students get in-hand to use. We were selected in Top- 300 schools. Then,
experience on new technologies that are running across but
also, teachers keep updating their skill base to beam forward gradually we kept on focusing on the same project’s
a much-evolved stream of knowledge amongst their pupils. progress and finally, came in Top 50 schools. We were
With the sole objective of increasing the interaction and invited to IBM, Bangalore for an Internship. This was
TEAM NAME interests of students in the class, the team developed like living in a dream for all of us. We also got cash-
ASCUAID (AUTOMATIC SCHOOL CONTROL an interactive study table having advanced features that prize of INR 5000/- rupees from the government. It
can easily solve some of the very simple and common
UNIT AND INTERACTIVE DESK) problems faced by students in schools. The team included gave us wings. Since then we have been giving our
a simple interactive screen and a buzzer button to enhance best in this project. Continuously, we have been doing
student participation and a mini DC motor desk fan that good in the ‘ Marathon’ series.”
TEAM MEMBERS runs on very low voltage. For the software of this system,
the team included AI software that automatically manages
Sagar Tanwar, Hatshita Tanwar all the student records and prepares their report cards
and Harshit Tanwar automatically. To program all these features, the team
used self-learning algorithms. The teachers are required
to upload all the lesson plans in that AI software module.
ATL IN-CHARGE
Priyanka Gaur

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AN INNOVATION TO ADDRESS
THE MENACE OF MALNUTRITION
Government Multipurpose Higher
Secondary School, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Malnutrition is a serious problem our country is trying rise in the incidence of deficiency at the birth of children,
to address. If the children in the area are affected by children being born below average weight, and extreme
malnutrition, what should be the practices adopted to weakness or chronic diseases amongst newborns.
overcome taking the help of nature? Dr. Dhananjay Pandey
put this question before Harish Choudhary, Ashutosh The team members realized that the solution required an
Prajapati, and Aditya Srivas of Team Dr. Kalam Science innovation that would need to have a universal ingredient and
Club. He asked them to brainstorm an innovative solution manufacturing procedure and should be viable enough to
implementing which, a family while achieving standard supplement the daily nutrition needs amongst the children.

KITCHEN
GARDEN
nutrition in food has to spend the least on the same and
it should be something that cuts down their expenses on That is how the idea of Kitchen Garden sprung up amongst
health majorly in the long run. the members of Dr. Kalam Science Club. The team created
a simple yet highly effective method of growing natural
TThe other factors that were required to keep in the immunity boosters like Wheat Grass, Micro-Greens, Aloe
consideration set were: Vera, and other such natural resources. The produce had
• How to create a customizable and credible innovation double goal objectives of:
model which can achieve Pan-India acceptability? 1. Being dried and converted into a pulp-based edible
• Could the innovation bear the seed to creating a self- Sattu
sustained economic proposition for the users? 2. Being crystallized and packed into bio-degradable
TEAM NAME packets as a health drink
• Before commencing with the innovation stage in their
ATAL TINKERING LAB, Dr KALAM SCIENCE lab, the team conducted deep research in rural areas in
and around Bilaspur. The results they discovered were Though the use of such products is prevalent
CLUB, BILASPUR too revealing to further steel their intent for creating a in their raw natural form, the conversion of
solution that addresses this menace. produce into such products makes them gain
TEAM MEMBERS • Almost 100% of the Guardian accepted that their a substantially longer shelf life and they can
economic condition was very weak and hence they be supplied to the remotest of places as well.
Harish Choudhary, Ashutosh Prajapati were bound to work in agricultural farms or brick
and Aditya Srivas manufacturing units. Such status made it almost
impossible for them to create a nutritious routine for
The team credits its achievement immensely to the
exposure and knowledge exchange they received at the ATL
their children. Marathon and finds their innovation worth the support to
ATL IN-CHARGE • On the question of regular inclusion of vitamins, proteins, gain a scaled-up and commercially viable avatar. They also
carbohydrates, milk, fats, etc., or their substitutes in opine that using the idea we can create a social change
Dr. Dhananjay Pandey the meals about 85 % of the guardians admitted that campaign for the government schools across India and aid
their wards were not taking much of any element. up the mid-day meal campaign further.
The problem of malnutrition was affecting expecting
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Government Multipurpose Higher

Secondary School, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
A SPECIAL EFFORT FOR
THE SPECIALLY ABLED
Vimal Kumar Gond, Tarun Mishra, and Nikhil Prajapati They named their product the ‘Divyang Rath’ which involved
from Government Multipurpose Higher Secondary a layered tank for residue deposition, a controlling section
School, Bilaspur while ideating a project for the Atal that uses IR sensors and microprocessors for mandatory
Tinkering Lab conducted a survey and research within functions such as lid opening and water discharge.
their school, which focused on the reasons of children Additionally, the prototype has sections for arrangements
dropping out of the school in higher secondary classes. of pure drinking water for such children, and with the

ATAL DIVYANG
incorporation of communicable gadgets; the same can be
Their study revealed that the drop out of the Specially- converted into a traceable vehicle as well. Powered by a
abled children is comparatively high in the schools. When motor the Divyang Rath can move about at a comfortable
the team interacted with some children regarding the pace to enable and empower the children immensely.
same, they cited shyness as a major factor that stopped
them from taking help from anybody in case they wanted to Their mentor Dr. Dhananjay Pandey played a positive
use the washroom. Hence to help these children a system role in the overall design and prototype development.
needs to be developed so that these students can easily use He worked with the students in identifying the problems,

RATH
washrooms without any constraint or shyness. This thought enabling conducting a physical survey, and later in reaching
led the team to innovate a chair-cum -a vehicle that might a viable solution through design thinking and technical
solve the sanitary problems of specially-abled children. incorporation to reach the viable prototype. After deep
consultations, the team arrived at a common solution
After deep consultation with these students, mentors, and when it was in the testing phase all team members
and the society they designed the prototype of their were present to solve the glitches in technicalities.
chair-cum-vehicle that will help these students attend
their nature calls while maintaining their secrecy According to the team, “This was the collective effort
TEAM NAME and privacy and furthermore without seeking the of all in our innovation journey while participating
help of others, taking the help of Electronic Gadgets.
ATAL TINKERING LAB, Dr KALAM SCIENCE in the marathon and all of us responded to the best
of our abilities in the work assigned. The collective
CLUB, BILASPUR Once they identified the problem, the ideation part
and design process was taken up. The Prototype was responsibilities and the positive responses from all
tested in a phased manner amongst the core target have endorsed our project to be fit for being in the
group. The first test was conducted at Pt. Devkinandan top fifty of the marathon.”
TEAM MEMBERS Girls Hr Sec School and was showcased before a large
audience. The response was a motivation for the entire
Vimal Kumar Gond, Tarun Mishra team. A mother of one specially-abled girl approached
and Nikhil Prajapati them for developing this project for her daughter.

The second test was conducted at Burgess Hr Sec School

ATL IN-CHARGE Bilaspur. Here along with a large audience group, officials of
the Education Department were also present. The results were
Dr. Dhananjay Pandey equally encouraging for the team in their second phase as well.

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Government Multipurpose Higher

Secondary School, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
A BOARD THAT CONVERTS MATHEMATICS
INTO A THOUGHT PROCESS!
The effectiveness of teaching depends on equally good survey in the locality.  At every step of ideation and design
learning as the key outcome. It makes the learning process thinking, his mentorship made the team members visualize
much more effective and easier. Therefore, considering the solution similarly. The team together approached a
the role of students as paramount in classroom teaching, viable solution. After consultations and ideation, the team
Vimal Kumar Gond, Tarun Mishra, and Nikhil Prajapati reached a viable product which included a pre-prototype
from Government Multipurpose Higher Secondary School, survey, development, modifications as well as re-testing of

MATHEMATICS
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, under the able guidance of their the final proposed solution.
mentor Dr. Dhananjay Pandey tried to develop the skill
of mathematical learning by innovating the Mathematics An instance shared by the team while validating their
Board. solution -

The Mathematics Board was devised upon owing to the During the pre-test phase, the team was conducting
underlying issues:

BOARD
an academic achievement class test for the chapter
1. Using the traditional lecture method of teaching
PARALLEL LINES  AND COORDINATES. A total of 25
mathematics by the teacher
questions were allotted in this questionnaire mounting
2. Lack of students’ active participation during the teaching
to a maximum of 50 Marks. After checking the answer
of Mathematics
books, the  mark range 0 to 4, 5 to 9, 10 to 14, 15
3. Lack of practice and supervision while teaching
to 19, 20 to 25 were assigned as grade parameters.
Mathematics
48 students out of 80 students in this pre-exam
The Mathematics Board is based on the below objectives as got 0-4 marks. The maximum Score was 10 Marks.
TEAM NAME a research subject:  
Post the conduction of this test, a few chapters of
ATAL TINKERING LAB, Dr KALAM SCIENCE 1. Removing the fear of Mathematics in students
Mathematics were taught using the GOE Board in the class
CLUB, BILASPUR 2. Arousing interest in students towards Mathematics continuously for two periods, followed by regular evaluation
3. Detecting Errors did by the students while taking every three days. Researchers and students self-verified
mathematics and procedure to eliminate it the theorem of parallel lines and Coordinates by the GEO
TEAM MEMBERS 4. Developing reasoning power in students
Board. In the End, Post Test was Administered. The lessons
were also observed by the teacher, of Maa Bharti Higher
Vimal Kumar Gond, Tarun Mishra Secondary School, Ms. Lormi Mungeli who had been taking
the Mathematics Board classroom along with the students.
and Nikhil Prajapati The team used unused cardboard, nails, set squares, and a
She concluded that teaching through the Mathematics
rubber band to indigenously create an organic prototype of
their Mathematics Board. boards truly made an impact.   In the post-phase test, 80
out of the total 94 students received above 60% marks. This
ATL IN-CHARGE The team’s mentor Dr. Dhananjay Pandey played a very improvement confirmed the assumption of the inherent
Dr. Dhananjay Pandey positive role in making the journey happen. He worked with aspect of Mathematical interest amongst the students.
the students in identifying the problems by doing a physical

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St. George English Medium School

Chully, Ernakulam, Kerala
CREATING COLORS OUT OF
COLLECTED PASTIC WASTE!
Environmental pollution is a major issue affecting the very The process of converting collected plastic waste to color
existence of society itself. One of the most dangerous filament for 3D printers includes:
pollutants is plastic. Plastic pollution is the most widespread 1. Step one is the crushing of the plastic waste and its
problem affecting the marine environment. It also feeding into the hopper unit.

WASTE DEPOSITOR &

threatens ocean health, food safety & quality, human
health, coastal tourism, and contributes to climate change. 2. The plastic waste travels to the heater through screw-
based mechanism with the help of an Electric motor.
The school where Athul Varghese, Rijo Thomas, and 3. The heater continuously melts the plastic waste and

PLASTIC PRINTER
Arun Varghese of team ATL Innovators study is in pushes it mechanically through the die pattern unit,
an inland village in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. which results in the formation of filaments matching
Plastic waste is a major problem in their school and the dimensions and the diameter specifications of the
village. When the team got an opportunity in the form die.
of ATL marathon, they selected this problem to solve!

To ascertain the awareness and the reasons for such

The product created by ATL Innovators makes a
continuous and prevalent use of plastic, the team conducted good social impact by working out a concept that
a survey among school students, teachers, and parents. eliminates plastic pollution and adds immense utility
Consequently, the team understood that one of the major to the output by converting the collected plastic into
problems faced by the students of their school and the recycled 3D printer filaments.
people of their village alike was the lack of a plastic waste
disposal/collection system.  The Waste depositor too requires less maintenance. If the
simple, easy to install and operate machines such as the
TEAM NAME The project developed by team ATL Innovators “the Waste Waste Depositor & Plastic Printer gets to be produced on a
Depositor & Plastic Printer” is based on the idea of how
ATL INNOVATORS to recycle plastic waste and make it a filament that can be
mass scale and its use is made mandatory in public places,
we all would benefit greatly from reduced plastic waste
used in a 3D printer without harming the environment and pollution.
organisms. The waste depositor & plastic printer prototype
TEAM MEMBERS has three main parts: On being asked about their plans to scale up their project
Athul Varghese, Rijo Thomas 1. Hopper unit: Hopper, Screw and Screw Drive Motor in the future the team members quip, “Yes, definitely we
will scale up our project. We have already built a working
and Arun Varghese 2. Heating unit
prototype of our product with the help of our mentor Ms.
3. Die Production & Air cooling unit Sumi Poulose. Our product structure was made with the
help of various mentors and their guidance received during
ATL IN-CHARGE the ATL Marathon. In the years to come, we will strive to
Sumi Poulose move forward with this project, identify and address the
shortcomings of our product and make it better.”

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Amrita Vidyalayam
Kannur, Kerala
CONVERTING SOUND TO ELECTRICITY,
CREATING FUTURE TECHNOLOGY!
The sound energy associated with the vibration of matter ATL Sonic Power Saver was tested in different noisy areas
comes forth as an abundant source of noise pollution. and has been tested in various places to prove the capability
Noise is the least explored amongst all types of pollution to work in a variety of noisy environments. The efficiency

ATL SONIC POWER

and is ignored by most of us for recycling and getting of the device in terms of charging the power saving system
turned into electricity sources. In such a scenario, the idea utilizing noise has proven effective especially in loud/
to design and develop a device that can make useful energy noisy places that enable the system to charge the battery
from noise known as a noise pollution-based power bank continuously. Charging of batteries was also performed
with suitable architectural design, component design, on different gadgets and was found effective and efficient.
code generation, and integration system would sound
like a path-breaking idea. To fetch one such wonderfully The purpose of the ATL Sonic Power Saver is to produce
unique idea we won’t have to go further than Amrita electricity and at the same time conserve it too. The team
Vidyalayam, Kannur, Kerala where Vrinda Dev, Aadhidev captured sound from the noisy areas and then converted
K, and Sneha from the team AV Innovators not just it into electricity through the speaker reverse process.  The
attempted to create such a device but also succeeded in team also included AI sensors to manage the sounds and
being amongst India’s top best at the ATL Marathon 2019. intelligently control the electrical supply to connected

SAVER
devices and appliances to conserve electricity. The team
The team conducted surveys among the teachers is now planning to install an AI-based system that collects
and staff from their school and while during their sound data from classrooms and uses that data to compute
the daily progression chart of the class, such as taking
discussions, they realized that apart from other attendance, acknowledging teacher’s presence in the class
public places such as malls or public transports, providing a power outlet to the class connected to the battery
a lot of sounds is produced in schools too.   The for charging of devices, operating AV systems, etc. The team
TEAM NAME school premises anywhere you may go, are always further aims to work on packaging to make it a viable product
with ample commercial value. and their foremost goal
AV INNOVATORS abuzz. This huge amount of energy produced is
which they want to realize in the nearest sense of the future
never utilized and gets wasted. The team concluded is to achieve a ‘GREEN CAMPUS’ in their very own school.
that people haven’t yet realized the potential of
TEAM MEMBERS sound waves as compared to solar or wind energy. To summarize their ATL Marathon experience the ATL
Vrinda Dev, Aadhidev K and Sneha The team focused on the issues of noise pollution, Innovators quote, “Teamwork, hard work, and a clear
and systematic plan were our 3 main success factors in
depletion of non-renewable energy, and wastage
this journey. During the Student Innovator Program with
of electricity as the key problems to address. The our mentors from Amrita TBI, we were able to learn how
ATL IN-CHARGE mechanical prototype they came up with eventually we should do a business pitch to present our project as a
Jincy was a sound-activated solution to produce and product and learned how to illustrate the market potential
conserve electricity. They accomplished this solution and strategies.”
by splitting the ATL Sonic Power Saver into three parts.

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Rainbow International School

Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
A CHAIR THAT CORRECTS YOUR
POSTURE AND RELIEVES YOUR PAIN!
Once Apoorva, Daiwik, and Harshad were discussing a The chair uses Arduino technology and has an amalgamation
topic together in their class when they saw their domestic of the age-old principles of acupressure to help users
help suffering from back pain and realized that it was gain better benefits. The sensor-based readings and
apparently happening as she was sitting in the wrong the sitting posture ratings make individuals conscious
posture.  They wished that they could come up with some of the threats they face owing to their sitting positions.
idea which would help people in general since most of the
world’s population suffers from back pain in adulthood or Muscle tensions, incorrect posture, back pain, joint pain,
in old age. They researched about a few solutions on the reduced inflammation and lack of concentration arising in

SMART CHAIR
Internet but except for pain relief medication, therapies, a person owing to any of the above ailments can be easily
and gadgets such as heat belts, they could not find much addressed by innovation such as the smart chair. The sensor
information. Team Back Supporters thought of a simple system devised by the team can be customized to any chair
and innovative idea and experimented with it successfully. shape or dimension and does not require any pre-defined
framework or design. It would add immense value for
The experiment using an Artificial Neural Network people who are bound to sit for long hours on chairs owing
classifier showed that broadly eight sitting postures to their profession, occasion, or physical condition. Plus,
the product is portable and one of its kind, which makes it
are observable amongst individuals who eventually truly a very smart move on part of team Back Supporters.
land up with a back pain complaint. The smart
chair system developed by the team can monitor On participating in the ATL Marathon and getting an
the sitting behavior of the human body and help opportunity to create such a viable solution-based innovation
in advocating better sitting habits of users. The for the benefit of the people team B ack Supporters quote:
chair incorporates a smart way to read, interpret
TEAM NAME and rate a person’s sitting posture and accordingly
“We were truly glad to participate in ATL marathon 2019. It
helped us in solving a lot of our very own individual problems
BACK SUPPORTERS advocate the most suited sitting posture for the as well. It encouraged us to not give up half the way and try
individual depending upon his/her body type. our best till the end irrespective of the results. Our mentor
and other ATL instructors encouraged us a lot. We would
TEAM MEMBERS This sounds like a great innovation but reaching the love to take up a profile of social entrepreneurs in the future
as it would make us more diverse and would be way more
Apoorva, Daiwik Kashyap solution was not that easy for the team. The problem
was related to the smart casing and placement of the satisfying for us than joining any tech corporate.”
and Harshad sensors which if left open could harm anyone; wrapping
plastic casing around it or a 3D printed coating would
make the sensors dysfunctional. So, to overcome the key
ATL IN-CHARGE barrier and to yet make their prototype cost-effective,
the team used dense foam block casing which they
Shehnaz Khan designed with the help of their mentor Ms. Shehnaz Khan.

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D B M S English School
East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
ADDING AUTOMATION TO SCHOOL
ATTENDANE PROCESS!
As time moves on and technology progresses, things turn for According to the team members, the conviction to present

BASED ATTENDANCE
the better in every sphere of life for us. Today organizations their project at the ATL Marathon was triggered by the

FACE RECOGNITION
and offices are not dependent on manual record-keeping multiple benefits of a facial recognition-based attendance
or attendance of their staff. There fingerprint recognition system which has so far not been employed by the
systems and face recognition systems not only make the mainstream educational system. Increased safety and
process a more easily managed one but also add more security; reduction of human intervention and effort; easy
accuracy and exactness to the entire process. storage and retrieval of multiple data and prompt feedback
to the parents it all gets facilitated within a single framework
If we are contemplating a similar scenario for schools and enables amazing accuracy too.
and educational institutes, we have a manual attendance
system which has been the norm since time immemorial. A The Face recognition-based attendance system
simple error in manual data entry can lead to an error in a prototype was produced using Raspberry pi, a
student’s total attendance percentage.
Camera, and a computer system. The face of the

SYSTEM
Samarth Pandey, J Monish, and Harsh Kalyamwar decided to students present in the class was first scanned and
overcome the same by developing an Artificial Intelligence- the whole data was stored in a database. The system
based “Face recognition based Attendance system” as their was trained using special algorithms. As soon as the
participation project in the ATL Marathon. This project is student enters the classroom the system would scan the
based on the principle of face recognition. It can be used to
replace the time-consuming manual attendance system. The student’s face and match the same with the registered
attendance of the students present in the class is recorded database. Automated attendance would be marked,
in the system automatically as soon as the students enter basis the database match, and the list of absentees
TEAM NAME the class and take his/her seat. Data is stored in the central and those present will get formulated in CSV format.
server, and a message is forwarded to the parent’s mobile
BORN TO CREATE number registered in the system informing them about the The team plans to install the prototype in their school
presence or absence of their child in the school compound. and test the actual quality of output generated on a daily
basis in order to further scale up their project. On gaining
TEAM MEMBERS They consulted their mentor, Mr. Hirak Biswas, about the satisfactory results, the team would notch up the project by
feasibility of the concept being converted into a viable
Samarth Pandey and J Monish project idea for them. On gaining an affirmation, the idea
taking it to the pilot run phase by installing the devices in
other school campuses as well. On successful completion
was probed further and the brainstorming sessions finally of the pilot run the team would like to patent their idea and
paved way for the creation of the initial prototype design,
ATL IN-CHARGE its technical development, and on-ground testing. The
start to market it.

Hirak Biswas prototype worked out well and the idea of an “Automatic
attendance system in school” was consolidated by the team
as their official entry to the Atal Tinkering Lab.

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Bal Bharati Public School

Pitam Pura, North West Delhi, New Delhi
THE SIGNS OF SUCCESS!

Satyam Ohlan, Nabh Garg, Aryan Mediratta from the team required insights for app feature enhancement, dialogue
ByteX from Bal Bharti Public School, Pitampura, New Delhi creation, and the building of a sign bank which would add to
sought out to bridge the gap between the hearing-impaired vocabulary-based enrichment of the app.
community and the common people. They develop an app
that would help them communicate better on a personal as The team says that in addition to building their app,

SIGN LANGUAGE
well as a social front. In order to achieve this, Team ByteX they also want to build a community focused on
use a combination 3 integrated processes:
bridging this communication gap and helping people
1. Computer-aided vision (For identifying and converting

TRANSLATOR
as much as possible. ByteX as an innovation outfit
gestures into textual format)
at the nascent level looks forward to collaborating
2. Customized natural language processing (For
with NGOs, social organizations, and schools for
understanding sign language and its syntax better)
the deaf for promoting their App. They plan to run
3. Accurate translation of the American Sign Language into
social media campaigns with a view to sensitize
written English.
the masses and bring to the fore the much-needed
attention towards the hearing-impaired community.
The Sign Language Translator can be installed on any
smartphone as an easy-to-use app and helps the user to
As we are reading these lines today, the team is on the move
better communicate with other people fostering closely
from the prototyping/proof-of-concept stage into actual
bonded collaborations and exchange of ideas which wasn’t
product development and is fully engrossed in the process
as feasible before.
of developing a much more advanced, resourced, and
feature-laden app. Rigorous app testing for auto eradication
Talking about the benefit of their innovation in form of
TEAM NAME enabling users as well as target groups to gain expertise
of bugs and prioritization of seamlessly connected features
is achieved. The team members also plan on leveraging the
ByteX in sign language translation. Product features like live-
entrepreneurship program that provided them with truly
captioning videos using ASL, enabling sign language as a form
vital insight during the ATL Marathon.
of input in smart devices, and other such unique benefits
TEAM MEMBERS would further expand the horizons of the communication
On further amplification of their plans and ideas to create
universe for one and all.
Satyam Ohlan, Nabh Garg upgraded versions of their app the team members say, “We’ll
get more servers so that even with millions of users opening
The team states that their product is attractive for
and Aryan Mediratta businesses as well as individual consumers. Going ahead
as many numbers as possible of communication channels
through the app would not hamper its performance levels.
from the ATL Marathon phase they would want to scale it
We’ll also add more languages to the app so that people can
up by a benefactor corporate or investor providing them
ATL IN-CHARGE with an initial investment into the product. The addition
convert Sign Language into their native language. Lastly,
we’ll work on the suggestions of people, to make their
Namrata Alwadhi of advanced machine learning models would add to
experience better. The app is designed to help those in
greater value creation and rendition of a futuristic version
need. We’ll do anything possible to bridge the gap of their
of their present model. The team looks forward to also
inability. We need their support as well for that to happen.”
gaining  guidance in product development from a panel of
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Springdales School
South West Delhi, New Delhi
GIVING SIGN LANGUAGE,
IT’S INDEPENDENT SPEECH!

CONVERT SIGN TO TEXT AND

SILENCE, SMART GLOVES TO
A technology that provides effective gesture recognition can Explaining their economic model, the team explains that

BREACHING THE WALL OF

enable the deaf and mute to voice them and remove the it went through the management techniques of several
communication barriers. With this thought, the members of companies who have started employing the deaf and mute
the team Change Makers - Seher Taneja, Ashneet Sukhija, for certain jobs but have to train them every time which
and Dahale Om Jayant decided to build their problem costs around Rs. 15000 per person per job profile which is
statement in the ATL Marathon around this.   They also clearly not a long term sustainable model while their device
discussed their concerned-driven idea with Mrs. Mandeep can be customized for any job with a one-time investment
Kaur Sukhija their project mentor and the idea of a smart of Rs. 16000 if incorporated into mass production. With
sensible and talkative glove that recognizes signs and Medical insurances covering a major portion of the
converts them into sign language sprung up. expenses, collaborations between healthcare providers and
insurance companies can be a viable possibility. A one-time
The Change Makers created wireless data smart gloves by investment for the device is far better than many long-term
fitting them with flex sensors, the analog signals from which non-sustainable models. The team on its experience quotes
are converted to digital signals by microcontrollers. These that the ATL marathon gave them an opportunity to unleash
signals are then passed to a smartphone through a Bluetooth their creativity and taught them that no problem is too trivial

SPEECH
device and converted into text and voice messages. and every problem has a solution no matter what it is.

For the idea validation the team along with their mentor, Throughout the program and the boot camps, the
approached Dr. Sanjay, an ENT specialist, and Dr. Marin, an
Audiologist at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in New Delhi. Change Makers got a better understanding of the
The specialists approved of the idea and called it a ‘the game topic which increased the range of their knowledge
changer’ as it provides a viable and resourceful solution to with hands-on experiences. This has been a golden
the communication barriers without people having to learn
TEAM NAME any sign language to create a mutual dialogue. The team
opportunity for each team member and it’s a great
evolutionary process for them. 
CHANGE MAKERS took up a stage of user validation with actual product testing.
The team strongly asserts that this device will be a boon
for the children with different abilities and they will feel
TEAM MEMBERS integrated into the school systems. Their potential will not
be subject to a shortcoming and they too will be able to read
Seher Taneja, Ashneet Sukhija learn and write like other students. The team is planning
and Dahale Om Jayant to spread awareness about the device by reaching out
to students in special schools, amongst the doctors and
hospitals. They wish that the devices reach a greater number
of trials and more and more people get to know about
ATL IN-CHARGE this innovation. Change Makers have already approached
Mandeep Kaur Sukhija special schools virtually during the lockdown period and
also many students have tried the device at clinics and have
found it to be very useful.

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DAV Public School

Gurgaon, Haryana
A SOS MESSANGER FOR SWIFT AIDE
AT ACCIDENTAL SITES
To address the issue of the rising number of deaths caused variants and the true measures of the impact of the Accident

ACCIDENT REPORTER
by accidents due to lack of immediate hospitalization, Manav, Reporter have been determined by the team effectively. To
Aryan Erry and Anshul Trehan from DAV Public School Gurgaon convert their potentially ready prototype into an installed
designed a device that automatically sends an SOS message product, the team is contemplating serious considerations
and the location of the person to the Police/Hospital/Family. like patenting the device to protect its intellectual property.
For further exclusivity, they plan to license their patent
This device has a shock sensor that gets activated on to the automobile companies who are willing to use the
experiencing large damage to the vehicle as the small shocks technology. Going further, they aim to present the idea to
and collisions would not be detected as the shock sensor responsible government authorities to make the use of our
will work on the same principle as airbags work in cars. device mandatory in all vehicles. Gaining recognition and
The device uses a GPS/GSM Module to activate the alert. resources from business as well as administrative quarters,
Through the GPS module, the device will be able to locate they would be eventually entering manufacturing too.
the accident site and convert it into an electrical message
that would be sent through the GSM module to Police/ They are also thankful to Mr. Kaarthik Thota the mentor
Hospital/Family. Thus, the vehicle can send an SOS message from the Adobe mentorship program as his active guidance
automatically and the need for a bystander is eliminated. had a profound impact on the project. They remain
obliged to Adobe, Sirius Institute Russia, and the Ministry
The idea struck them for the first time, when one of our of Safety and Road Transport under the ATL Marathon.
team members while traveling, considered the prospect of
what would happen in case an accident took place with his One of the biggest takeaways from the ATL Marathon
vehicle. It was then he thought whether it would be possible for the team has been that it has broadened
for his vehicle to be able to communicate an SOS message.
TEAM NAME This is how the idea first originated. He shared the idea perceptual horizons for each team member. They
with the team members as a prospective concept for the have always stayed open to more constructive
DAV SQUAD ATL Marathon.  They instantly vouched on its legitimacy and criticism to achieve a better prototype. 
contacted their mentor Tanvi Gosain. Although they believe
their idea is an anomaly, as the origin story wasn’t through
TEAM MEMBERS the principles of design thinking, yet in later stages and
Manav Bindlish, Aryan Erry on their mentor’s behest they evaluated the idea critically,
the fundamentals were pretty much consistent with the
and Anshul Trehan principles they had gathered and learned in during their
journey. The innovation development sessions were the
first set of cohesive efforts towards creating the basics
ATL IN-CHARGE of the module.   In the initial innovation phase itself, DAV
Squad decided to take part in ICSM Ideathon Competition.
Tanvi Gosain They were able to make it to the final round and got to
pitch their innovation at IIT Delhi, in front of renowned
educationalists who gave the team immense confidence. 
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Amrita Vidyalayam
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
PEER TO PEER FILE TRANSFER
MADE SUPER EASY!
It is a rare chance that a team participating in the ATL would changes and modified the files being transferred using
change its idea and roll back an ongoing project to prepare encryption from the peer end, and incorporated WhatsApp
another. But owing to a strange turnout of events, Sanjay G, with similar encryption to securely transfer files without
Gowtham, and Harsith Priyan S of the team Developers Crazy data leakage or data theft.

PANDA FILE
while trying to transfer a document from one computer to

PROTOCOL
TRANSFER
another during the ATL realized how cumbersome the The team instantly found the solution to be reliable and
process would eventually become. They had forgotten secure and not at all like the many complicated protocols
to bring their pen drives and had to transfer files using and applications which are not comprehensible by the
Gmail even though there are a lot of protocols like FTP (File common lot. They introduced a simple user interface so
Transfer Protocol) and SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol), that even someone with limited knowledge of technology
yet they could not utilize the same as their corresponding can use the Panda File Transfer Protocol easily. The security
peer did not have access to the same. So, we had to use our feature embedded in the protocol also plays an important
credentials one of the team members had to log in to his role because it makes the transfer of encrypted files using
personal Gmail account. the Internet safer and way more secure.

TEAM NAME File transfer protocol is a way to download, upload, Many similar processors available in the Play Store are now
and transfer files from one peer to another over the banned by the Government of India owing to the security
DEVELOPERS CRAZY threats involved. Panda File Transfer Protocol is completely
Internet and between computer systems. PFTP allows transparent and uses a built-in socket that does not require
you to move files back and forth between computers any evidence and is useful for transferring files locally. Not
TEAM MEMBERS or via the cloud. Users need an internet connection to only does the socket facilitate communication with other
enable PFTP transfers. Technology has evolved and peer computers on the local network, but it also utilizes the
Sanjay G, Gowtham simple changes introduced into the Protocol to convert files
there are a lot of devices to enable such protocols,
and Harsith Priyan S but there are no protocols that can be used by less
on the lines of WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption.

technically qualified people who wish to transfer files. Reflecting upon their ATL Marathon 2019 journey and the
insightful inspirations they gathered during the tenure, the
ATL IN-CHARGE team quotes, “Participating in this competition was a great
Santhosh kumar A useful protocol that eases out the process of local transfer experience for us. We learned a lot about the process and
of files from one peer to another without the use of any log- tact that enables you to take your product to the next level.
in or credentials or any physical device would be a better Participating and presenting our ideas on such a coveted
solution to this problem, they thought. They unanimously platform helped us to discover the actual potential and
thought of creating a new project based on the very value of our idea.”
concept. After working at length to seek a solution, the team
discovered a socket that allows computers to communicate
over the local network. Using the socket, they made simple

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Delhi Public School

Golaghat, Assam
BULLIES BY NATURE, BEWARE OF
THIS INNOVATION!
Abhinava Kalita, Om Ambarish Burman, and Arkesh Bora On the question as to how the team desires to take their
from Delhi Public School, Golaghat, Assam ideated upon product to the different sections of the society, the team
the Bully Detector, a device that is to be attached to the ID members stated, “We intend to distribute this to people in
Card of the victim. It can help detect bullying or torture with need first. We would like to give the device to such people
real-time alarm and reporting support. It is supposed to be who are regularly teased/bullied. We would then monitor
pre-programmed with images of “people approaching an if the innovation brought forth a positive effect. We would
attack”. Using the AI model, it is trained such that whenever then, like to ask schools, colleges, and offices to allow us to

BULLY DETECTOR
someone tries to attack the victim, the ID Card captures his/ give a presentation on the product. Interested people may
her photograph and checks if the photograph is close to contact us if they need the device. After keeping track of our
the pre-programmed ones. If so, the device will check for client’s feedback, we would like to introduce the product to
the victim’s heartbeat. In case the heartbeat increases or the mass market. We will host surveys as well as track our
the victim shouts “HELP”, an alarm will ring; a call will be clients’ feedback to know the impact. We also plan to reach
made to the nearest police station as well as the victim’s the National Commission for the protection of Children and
guardians. Along with that, the GPS coordinates and the NGOs all around.”
attacker’s photographs will also be sent.
It was the first time for the team to participate in
The whole idea came from the movie Table No. 21, which such a competition and recounting their journey, the
portrays how disheartening the impact of unabated college
ragging can be.  They felt the need of having some technology team says, “We were limited to a few sensors and
that would act as the source of rescue for such people. The Arduino boards at the beginning. We had no clear
team was learning about sensors, GSM, GPS, and Image idea on how to make something innovative. We just
Recognition during those days and thought it could be a knew that there are certain sensors that work in a
TEAM NAME good idea if they used these sensors and Image Recognition particular fashion and can be coded likewise to bring
models to detect attacks. Image Recognition would help in
DPS NUMALIGARH detecting attacks by comparing real-time photographs to out objective-driven results. We never thought of
pre-fed ones. The heart sensor would check for anxiety. The some project that hubs those sensors and are useful
GSM and GPS modules would help in calling the police and to people. We learned about how it should be done:
TEAM MEMBERS family members. To convert the idea into a potential project How to build something, how to make innovation,
Abhinava Kalita, Om Ambarish Burman concept, the team researched all aspects of bullying and
torture and created an image bank of what the scenarios
and how to make something useful.”
and Arkesh Bora looked like. The features getting synchronized and their avid
testing through scenario re-creation was step two for the
team. The team created an optimized design for the same
ATL IN-CHARGE and all stepwise functions were tested over a plethora of
scenarios to pronounce the smooth functioning of the
Vishwajeet Kumar Rajeev device. The handy prototype involves sensors, modules, and
microcontroller boards as input resources. 

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Christukula Mission Hr. Sec. School

Satna, Madhya Pradesh AN INNOVATION TO ENSURE MENTAL &
PHYSICAL HEALTH AMONGST TEENAGERS!
Adolescence is a nutritionally vulnerable time when rapid create individual records of the health and nutritional
physical growth increases nutrient demands. Dietary requirement of school students. They named their
behaviors established in adolescence may contribute to innovation as Diet-O-Bot, which primarily works to improve
nutrition-related problems that have consequences for the mental and physical well-being of students. It analyzes
long-term health. Soham Shaw and Tanmay Pandey from the student’s health record, based on the data provided
Christukula Mission Hr. Sec. School analyzed various data by the individual. Diet-O-Bot would crunch the data and
about the ill health of students as well as adolescents. Based propose the perfect diet recommended for the body type of
on the research they identified the cause to be primarily the individual along with other valuable suggestions to help
related to an unhealthy diet among the target group. Their create better health conditions for him/her.
collected data revealed:
The Diet-O-Bot analyzes the health situation of a person
based on the following parameters: height | weight | age

DIET-O-BOT
• Over 80% of adolescents also suffer from ‘hidden hunger’,
i.e., the deficiency of one or more micronutrients such | gender | whether the person is veg. or non-veg. | past
as iron, folate, zinc, etc. Diseases | basic diet | family history | physical routine.
Basis the input provided, the Diet-O-Bot would reveal the
• Over 50% of teenagers in the age group of 10 to 19 years actual status of the individual by indicating his/her, body-
in India are, short, thin, overweight, or obese mass index including the ideal weight and height, the
• 66% of premature deaths and around 30% of all diseases recommended calorific values, and nutrients the person
in adults are associated with behaviors and habits that needs to include in his/her present daily diet. A model diet
people followed in the youth. plan is also prescribed. The Diet-O-Bot gives special advice
to adolescent girls to follow during the menstruation cycle
The school-level data on the health issues of the students along with methods to tackle diseases and tips on physical
TEAM NAME helped the team in realizing the gravity of the situation. As activities.
a pilot case study, their school, which has more than 3200
DYNAMIC DEVELOPERS students from Class 1 to 12 cleared the picture before The Diet-O-Bot aims at improving the health of
them and made them further cement their resolve to come teenagers and youth as the right diet will make a
forth with an innovation which would be their project for
healthy community of students who can attend
TEAM MEMBERS the ATL Marathon 2019. The Dynamic Developers created
a tendency report out of the attendance data of the school school regularly and can improve their health and
Soham Shaw and Tanmay Pandey on a set of alternate days over a few weeks and found that wealth. The team is now working on the lines of
there were more than 200 students on average who were developing an android app that would make the
unable to attend the school due to the reason of ill health. Diet-O-Bot reach every discerning user through their
ATL IN-CHARGE Further, the class-wise data was also alarming.
smartphones and are considering the aspects that
Jithin Lawrence would need to be addressed to convert their idea into
The team consulted their mentor Jithin Lawrence and
presented their findings. After deep analysis sessions and a profit-making business venture.
post a lot of propositions and rejection of ideas, the team
zeroed in on the idea of developing a machine that would

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DAV Public School, Amritsar, Punjab

MONITORING STUBBLE FOR CLEANER
AIR AND HAPPIER FARMERS!

STUMPED STUBBLE- ‘SMART

The air we breathe and its quality hugely impacts our health cost of transportation logistics for stubble from the fields
and environment. One major air pollution contributor to recycling centers. This study began with developing an
identified by major environmentalists, scientists and social estimated stubble yield forecasting model in the Rabi and
change-makers has been the burning of stubble after the Kharif seasons which was presented as a way to sustain the

SYSTEM FOR STUBBLE

harvesting season, a practice followed by the agricultural agricultural transportation under stochastic environments.
community since long, especially in the Northern regions The stochastic environment includes variation in weather
of India. If the aspect of stubble (Parali as it is commonly conditions, precipitation, soil type, and randomness of
known) burning is contained and if a smart solution could natural disasters. The yield forecasting model developed
be devised to make it a profitable and easy venture for the uses Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI),

MANAGEMENT’
farmers too it would benefit everyone. Geographical Information System (GIS), and statistical
analysis.
One such smart solution that effectively addresses
this burning issue was devised by the members of the The second part of this study focused on the economic
model to calculate the total cost associated with the stubble
team Eco-integrators at ATL 2019. Terming it Stumped harvest and transportation. This model utilizes the GIS
Stubble- ‘Smart System for Stubble Management’ analysis to calculate the distances traveled from member
the team created an innovative and self-sustained Cooperative farms during harvest and the transport to
practice mechanism that would effectively monitor, processing facilities/ industries in various locations. This
identify and utilize the various re-cycle worthy, sheds light on the critical cost factors associated with the
total economic analysis of stubble harvest, transportation,
upgradable or utility based elements contained in the and production.
stubble and incorporate the evolutionary process on
TEAM NAME the same to convert the stubble waste into a profit The third part of this research focuses on minimizing the
making proposition. total costs of the monitoring device and its IoT interfacing
ECO-INTEGRATORS to create an alert and preventive technology. A two-step
Eco-Integrators developed an integrated system, which algorithm, based on the GIS with global optimization
would cover the following aspects: method, was used to solve this problem.
TEAM MEMBERS
The team further aspires to ensure the development of a
Hemaang Gupta and Vasu Mehra • Device a smart monitoring system so that stubble
local/ indigenous agricultural technology that doesn’t need
burning in rural India can be checked at al large scale,
any foreign investments/ technological back-ups/ etc. The
• Recycling the stubble into bricks, paper, bio-fuel, animal projects hold the prospect of being an initiative that would
PROJECT MENTOR feed supplement etc., magnify its prospects and contribute towards bridging the
• Scale it up to a product - service technology, gap between agricultural communities and small-scale
Dr. Resham Sharma industries. This research will provide a primary stepping
• Make it accessible to the agricultural communities. stone for farmers, planners, and engineers to develop a
data-driven analytical tool, which will help to minimize the
The innovation focused on the minimization of the total total logistics cost of stubble management and recycling.

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APSWR School For Girl Gundlakunta

YSR District, Kadapa (Cuddapah)
Andhra Pradesh
CREATING CLEAN AIR BY CUTTING
OUT THE CO2 CONTENT
Manvitha and Divya from Team Greeneries resolved to to mix in the atmosphere as purified Air. At the inlet and
address the issue of rising C02 in the environment and outlet, 2 fans are attached. Through the inlet fan, the air
sought the help of their mentor Smt. Rajeshwari. They enters the cabin and gets immersed into NaOH solution.
wished to create a viable and noteworthy project for the ATL This process converts the CO2 into sodium carbonate. The

COLLECTION OF CO2 AT
Marathon and deeply contemplated the possible topics that air with substantially reduced carbon dioxide will then enter
could attribute to a viable project during the brainstorming into the atmosphere through an outlet fan. The team also
sessions. used 2 sensors at inlet and outlet points, which display CO2
values present in the air both before the filtration process
The team always had in mind the existing problem in and after it in respective LCD displays. This validates the

JUNCTION POINT
close vicinity to their school. The atmosphere around use and implementation of this organically inclined and
their school gets polluted due to a cement factory which is cost-effective air purification process. Furthermore, this
approximately 5kms away and planting more trees in the innovation holds immense ergonomic as well as economic
institutional area so that the pollution reduces was not a value as its per unit cost comes to approximately 5,000
solution that would yield immediate effect. The big idea rupees.
struck the team members when they came to know about
the effect on CO2 when it gets passed through slaked lime. It Innovations such as the one proposed by Team
was in their Biology class when they did an experiment with Greeneries are vital in creating a sustainable and
carbon dioxide being passed into slaked lime it turns the
slaked lime into a milky color. scalable impact on the shape of our future. Not only
saving humanity but also bringing a positive change
The change of color was due to the carbon absorption by on our environment and earth conditions by checking
the water content present in slaked lime. It is the oxygen upon the factors responsible for climate change.
present in water that enables aquatic animals to live. In the
same way, the team members started thinking of ways to
TEAM NAME how can they mix carbon dioxide into water. It was after
GREENERIES multiple trials and errors that the team eventually got to find
that carbon dioxide, when immersed into sodium hydroxide
solution, converts the same into sodium carbonate.
TEAM MEMBERS
Smt. Rajeshwari advised the team that it may be a good
Manvitha and Divya innovation and would stand a good chance to make it
amongst the best of ATL entries. The prototype of the
innovation involves a box as a cabin. This box is separated
ATL IN-CHARGE into two parts, one part allows the emitted polluted air
containing the dust, CO2, and the other to enter into the
Rajeshwari cabin the other part filters the same and then allows it

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BGS National Public School

Bengaluru, Karnataka
AN APP TO IMPROVE ROADS !

Prajwal NH and Yash Chandra S from BGS National Public The “Fix Me” mobile app is proudly built using MIT
School, Bengaluru along with their mentor Rajasree V R App Inventor 2 that addresses problems creating an
thought of a smart way to render some corrective measures
to improve roads. Their smart solution came in the form
extensive impact in the traditional system, therefore,
of an easy-to-use, a free mobile application called “Fix disrupting it for the good. We intent to measure the
Me”. Using “Fix Me”, citizens can voice their complaints or impact through the number of downloads, active
give suggestions effectively to the concerned Government users, the complaints registered and the complaints

FIX ME MOBILE
body to initiate further action. All you need to do is log in solved. IIMB has used an all-encompassing design

APPLICATION
with your mobile number and click on the button with the
labeled problem you are facing in your current which gets
thought to model Fix Me, which makes users whether
intimated through manual feed as well as GPS. The app will government officials or users, an important part of
register your complaints with the concerned Government the process and ecosystem where their views, ideas,
Department and will update their complaint database and feedback are essential in improving the overall
(Firebase Db). The data from the database (app) is analyzed credibility of the app.
by the Government body to initiate needed action. Hence,
this smart solution incorporates the adoption of a new-age IIMB extends its gratitude towards the Atal Tinkering Labs
digital technology that supports government-led campaigns (ATL) program, AIM, and NITI Aayog who fostered the
like DIGITAL INDIA and SWACCH BHARAT ABHIYAN! spirit of creativity and innovation at the school level. It is
initiatives such as these that give students an opportunity
Recounting his story on how the team was able to achieve to experience 21st-century skills such as ideation, design
such a smart innovation, Prajwal states that one fine day thinking, IoT, rapid prototyping, etc. Through ATL Marathon
TEAM NAME while he was traveling back home on his two-wheeler, it 2019, the team got the opportunity to be part of the
was extremely difficult for him to sit still without moving.
IIMB (INVENTORS INVENTING MACHINE My father who was driving the vehicle had to apply the
Adobe Student Mentorship Program 2020 and successfully
completed the Indo-Russia Bilateral Youth Research-based
BUSINESS) brakes repeatedly due to the extremely worn-off roads and Innovation Program organized by Educational Foundation
potholes. This extreme braking resulted in him almost falling “Talent and Success” Sirius, Russia & Atal Innovation Mission
off the vehicle and getting hurt. Such problems can cause (NITI Aayog, India). IIMB was awarded as the National Level
TEAM MEMBERS major harm to thousands of people, yet they are ignored. Winner - “Top 20 Innovators of ATL Marathon 2019” and
Prajwal discussed the thought that had been eating his head their success story was published in the Russian Educational
Prajwal NH and Yash Chandra S with Yash and Rajshree. Foundation “Talent and Success “- Sirius portal along with
the national daily, Times of India.
After research, they found out that the government did not
ATL IN-CHARGE instantly gain knowledge about these issues and it here that
the journey of Fix Me began and that road has taken them
Rajasree V R to the Top 20 of the ATL Marathon 2019!

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SNEH International School

East Delhi, New Delhi
A BAND TO SAVE DIRE THREATS
& HAZARDS!
Prisha Pahuja, Nysa Pandey, and Kashish Gola from team other such areas. This innovation can validly be considered
Innovative Wanderers of Sneh International School, East as the next-level avatar for today’s smartwatch and would
Delhi while brainstorming for a subject to base their project be a great resource for people who are conscious of their
on came across drowning as a hazard which was gradually safety, health, and commitments.
getting rampant and there was nothing much in terms of

HYDROSONIC BAND
life-saving equipment or technology that could abate such This whole experience concluded with a boot camp, a
incidences. session organized by Link Foundations for schools all over
India. It showcased different prototypes and taught the
They discussed their idea with their project mentor Komal participants useful skills such as teamwork, communication,
Dhingra. Being a noble thought which needed a motivated planning, organizing, managing time, problem-solving, and
direction to turn into a concept, they were encouraged and more such essential traits. Next up, each team member
introduced to various life-saving theories. The idea was was called for a virtual interview in AIM-CNPNYC (SIRIUS)
to put a stitch in time so that the grave disasters could be Innovation program 3.0 wherein Prisha Pahuja got selected.
averted within time. The other factor was that the concept This campaign was held in collaboration between AIM India
had to be affordable and provide a secure environment to and SIRIUS Russia.
people by giving them timely guidance to take appropriate
measures. The team was made to think beyond drowning The team now plans to scale up the project and
as a standalone situation and various such hazards which add some basic features to the band, like a watch,
call for similar immediate rescue. Thus, it had to be a device
that would communicate the danger at hand to a select a pedometer that helps us track the number of
group of pre-identified people. That’s when the idea of the steps per day, a calorie meter that will keep people
Herzonic Band struck team Innovative Wanderers. Prisha, updated on how much calories they have burnt. As
TEAM NAME Nysa, and Kashish zeroed in on creating a wearable band the market base for wearables continues to increase
that could be used as a communication device as well as a even in the pandemic, adding more features as that
INNOVATIVE WANDERERS health monitoring equipment which would not just enable
a person to contact his nearest help while fighting off a a watch and viewing notifications from the phone
dire situation but would also keep him aware of his current will be incorporated as the next step forward.
TEAM MEMBERS health situation such as his heart rate, blood pressure,
oxygen levels, etc.
Prisha Pahuja, Nysa Pandey and Kashish Gola
Without further ado, the team got back to working on their
prototype under the guidance of their mentor. It was the
PROJECT IN-CHARGE knowledge of Arduino which helped them to come up with
such innovations. Once the prototype design was ready,
Komal Dhingra they assembled the components with the help of their
teachers and engineers. The band not only comes as a
utility device for the common folk but also as an essential
tool for people involved in sports, Medicare, security, and

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Christukula Mission Hr. Sec. School

Satna, Madhya Pradesh
HELPING CREATE A CLEANER, GREENER AND
‘PLASTIC FREE’ ENVIRONMENT
Shreyansh Chaturvedi, Sandarbh Soni, and Naman (including the mixed plastic) would be dumped in a big pit
Singh under the guidance of Jithin Lawrence from Team on the school premises.
Innovators were presented with the challenge to create a
solution that would impact society and give a suitable and This was an evident example for them. A similar problem
scalable breakthrough leading to the greater good. They would be prevalent in almost all such establishments,
mulled over various issues related the waste management. institutions, and organizations. Even if there would be

REVERSE VENDING
Accumulated waste and its consequences were identified awareness amongst people, the plastic reaching the
as one of the major social issues. Among the accumulated recycling units is a farfetched reality. The idea of the Reverse
waste, the team found plastic to be the most harmful waste Vending Machine posed various challenges before the team.
element, which is very difficult to segregate and process After several design thinking sessions, the team solved the
from the accumulated waste. issue at the school level itself. The team innovated upon
the Reverse Vending Machine design and proposed that
Plastic is a non-biodegradable waste and is very difficult to the students will not throw the plastic waste on the floor

MACHINE
segregate from other waste products. Post intense research or school premises but collect the same and deposit it in
and findings, the team came up with a solution titled - the machine. The ones, who do so, will get a reward for
Reverse Vending Machine. They created the prototype of the plastic waste they deposit. The lucrative aspect of the
the machine, which demonstrates how plastic waste can be proposition was that the machine dispenses money based
collected separately and on deposition carry out steps that on the weight of the depositor.
enable its recycling.
The Reverse Vending Machine promotes the culture
The solemn idea for people to follow is to develop a habit of waste management. It encourages us to collect
of collecting plastic waste and depositing the same at the
plastic waste separately at the unitary level in our
TEAM NAME Reverse Vending Machine. The machine weighs the collected
plastic and in lieu of the same, the machine rewards the homes and get rewarded for the same as well.
INNOVATOR’S CLUB person with money. The plastic collected in the vending
machine is then segregated into categories and is sent to If scaled up and converted into a real-time project, the
recycling units. use of Reverse Vending Machines will slowly and gradually
TEAM MEMBERS encourage the citizens of our country to develop the culture
of waste segregation and help create a cleaner, greener,
Shreyansh Chaturvedi, Sandarbh Soni and The idea of creating a plastic waste-based Reverse Vending
Machine came to the members of Team Innovator’s Club and ‘plastic-free’ environment.
Naman Singh while observing the amount of plastic waste that would
accumulate on a daily basis at their school. The plastic
would be mixed with the other waste material by the
ATL IN-CHARGE cleaning staff and would be deposited in the collection van
of the Municipal Corporation. Whatever waste would be left
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Kamla Nehru Public School

Kapurthala, Punjab
AN INTELLIGENT CLEANSING SYSTEM FOR
DISINFECTED SURROUNDINGS
The first step towards the prevention of dangerous Controlled by an Artificial Intelligence System, the machine
diseases like dengue, typhoid, hepatitis, and other diseases swiftly inspects, analyzes, and interprets the state of
is maintaining cleanliness. In a bid to achieve this, Gurjot cleanliness in and around pre-defined areas within its
Singh, Raghav, and Nallamothu Sesha Sai Krishna from operational universe. As soon as some litter is spotted
Kamla Nehru Public School, Kapurthala, Punjab came by the machine, its categorization as dry or wet waste is
up with the idea to build a machine that can be used for determined by the AI system and the corresponding action
cleaning purposes with significant features like brooming, is induced within the machine. The aspect of deploying the
mopping, and usage of disinfectants. disinfectant system is time-based and a routine drill for the

AI CLEANER FOR
machine, which it is expected to perform at regular intervals.
When the team was introduced to ATL Marathon 2019 and Various sensors and micro-controllers are involved in the
was asked to submit an innovation-led idea that would aim proper functioning of the machine. The team is now working
to address a social issue, they were asked by their mentor towards an evolved and upgraded version of the prototype.

HOSPITALS
to analyze their surroundings and find out a problem that
would give them the conviction to work upon as a project Speaking on their overall experience while participating at
concept. While contemplating about the various problems the ATL Marathon 2019, the team quotes, “Our experience
they could point out within their school premises, they saw was amazing. We learned many new things that helped
that the sweepers have to literally work round the clock to us to think beyond the obvious and create a scope for
ensure cleanliness and hygiene of the premises. They were considering every possible way to solve the problems at
on their toes all day and it was a strenuous routine that hand. The idea we came up with eventually, was a result of
would wear out even a healthy person. this evolved approach towards finding solutions. We got a
chance to participate in the AIM-SIRIUS innovation program
The team decided to reduce their unstoppable 3.0, where we learned many new things and interacted with
TEAM NAME workload. Initially, their idea was to make a prototype other people. During the AIM sessions, we made many new
friends from across the globe and it felt really great to share
INNOVATORS that would effectively address the cleaning process our culture with them. These sessions also helped us to
like brooming and mopping, so that frequented and overcome the fear of public speaking and added immense
tiring haul can be eased out. The machine could prove self-belief in us to build up our confidence ATL Marathon
TEAM MEMBERS to be a viable asset for schools, offices, and hospitals. help us to gather new insights about marketing strategies,
product diversification, product USP creation, etc. through
Gurjot Singh, Raghav and Nallamothu However, in response to the rising health issues
SIP 3.0, which enabled us to think out of the box and give
Sesha Sai Krishna because of CoVID-19 and the concern of enhanced our best in everything.”
immunity amongst the general mass, the Innovators
affixed their focus only on Hospitals and added the
ATL IN-CHARGE disinfectant feature to their present prototype.
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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

Karaikal, Puducherry
THE MAGIC MASK THAT MAKES
YOU BREATHE LIFE!
The industrial revolution and rapid urbanization have The team integrated the mask within the helmet so that the
disturbed the natural balance and increased pollution person gets to benefit from it the most while he is exposed
levels to an all-time high. S Sabarish, Robin Samuel, and the most. In addition to this, they have included sensors to
R S Chandramohan from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, judge the increased level of pollution and alert the users

MODIFIED MASK AND

Karaikal, Puducherry resolved to solve the problem of through the speaker system installed in the helmet. A
air pollution for their research and project submission person wearing this modified mask and helmet combo will
in the ATL Marathon 2019. The team members wished to have less concentration of gaseous pollutants as most of
make a mask that would effectively protect the user from the gaseous pollutants are decomposed within the mask.

HELMET COMBO
the gaseous pollutants mixed in the air. The only solution Further, the inbuilt sensor will alert him when he is exposed
was an automated decomposition of the pollutant gases. dangerously to a polluted place for an extended period. The
But how could an organically or synthesized mask with a helmet mask will achieve success in negating the probability
filtering surface do it on its own? They needed an apparatus of getting adverse health conditions gets minimized.
along with the mask to make it workable. After repeated
brainstorming sessions, as to how could they introduce The team wishes to develop the business model
an integrated element into the mask, the golden idea of a pertaining to two viable aspects and further scale up
helmet being the best alternative for providing a framework-
based purification unit struck. And, since the people driving their project. While the first prototype of the mask has
two-wheelers were the ones most affected by the gaseous used transition metals to remove ozone and carbon
pollutants the idea was a double whammy for them. They monoxide as key pollutants, but they have so far not
quickly set themselves towards deeper research and data been able to find any solution to remove nitrogen
collection to realize the dream of creating the first prototype. oxides and sulfur oxides from the air through a mask
which is essential as well.
TEAM NAME Natural Protectors performed numerous interviews and
collected extensive data from weather stations to correlate
NATURAL PROTECTORS the clinical data with atmospheric pollution levels. Team The team is investigating the ways by which nitrogen oxides
can be filtered through additional transition metals or other
leader S. Sabarish presented his investigations at National
Children Science Congress 2019. And they cohesively joined natural combinations to the mask which would combine
with copper to effectively negate the presence of these two
TEAM MEMBERS their minds towards making an evolved and modified mask
gases as well. The team is dedicatedly involved in making
which would filter gaseous pollutants. A study of science
S Sabarish, Robin Samuel journals indicated that transition metals are good surface inroads into this deficiency of their present product USP.
Finding a single metal or metal alloy to filter all or at least
and R S Chandramohan mediums that decompose ozone. The modified mask
most of the atmospheric pollutants is their present quest.
created by them has layers of copper meshes. Copper is
found to be an oxidized metal that transforms slightly to The team with its ambitious plans in place is also looking
become cuprous oxide, which will readily oxidize the carbon to create a bot-based virtual assistant service in the helmet
ATL IN-CHARGE monoxide. Thus, the idea of creating an effective oxy-rich air to assist the person mapping, intelligent traffic information
and weather conditions, etc.
R Srinivasan supply to the user is achieved.

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NPS International School

Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam
CHECKING ON FOOD WASTAGE &
ADDING PRODUCTIVITY TO OUR SOIL!

AUTOMATIC WASTE FOOD

The problem of food waste is a relatively modern one. India the importance of not doing so. This can lead to a great
is an ancient civilization and we have been prudent about volume of food being saved, which can be later distributed
food for millennia. However, because of fragmented food amongst the poor and underprivileged.”
systems and inefficient supply chains, there is a loss that

DETECTION SYSTEM
occurs even before the food reaches the consumer. The Duo from NPS International School, Kamrup
Metropolitan, Assam further add to their ATL Marathon
Rahul Barman, Bitopan Das, and their ATL Marathon In- story.
charge Mr. Anshuman Mohanty innovated upon a solution
that will use waste food to increase the fertility of the soil “It was great experiencing many young talented
by converting the waste food into compost. The practically individuals of around our age with such problem-
adaptable area where such a solution can be incorporated
solving skills, intelligence and knowledge were there

(USING AI)
was chosen to be canteens, mess halls, restaurants, hotels,
and eateries. with us which inspired us even more to innovate. We
would love to try again next year to participate and
They created an automated machine that collects leftover show the world our ideas. We learned a lot from our
food. Once a person finishes his dish, he will have to put peers through this participation. Teamwork was a
his dish into the machine. The plate will rotate automatically
and the food present in the dish will drop into the container great take-home from this project for us. A specific
placed below. Post the food collection, the sensor present instance of a teamwork challenge that we faced
under the container will determine the weight of the food during ATL Marathon 2019 goes thus…
wasted and if this gets above the threshold limit, it will buzz
TEAM NAME an alarm. On the sounding of the AI program will detect Our team’s opinion was polarized on the issue of mechanism
the face of the person and a strict reminder notice would design. Given time and resource constraints it would not
NPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL be served to the person committing the offense of wasting have been possible to pursue a fully functional prototype.
GUWAHATI, ATL TEAM food. The wasted food collected by the machine will be The problem was eventually resolved by adopting a design
turned into compost and used for increasing the fertility of in line with the project objectives, within the budgetary
the soil. limits and we were able to incorporate the intelligent AI
TEAM MEMBERS Explaining the social impact their innovation is set to create,
system into it as well. This was made possible since we truly
benefitted from the international level exposure and close
Rahul Barman and Bitopan Das the team says, “We are reducing the waste created in our interactivity with the ever helping guides who contributed
day-to-day life. In hostels, children intend to leave food for towards the development of better insights while we were
many reasons, one of them being a dislike for certain foods, working on our project.”
ATL IN-CHARGE vegetables, etc. Therefore, they leave the food on their plate
which leads to an avoidable wastage. With our project, we
Anshuman Mohanty look forward to reducing food waste in everyday life. If a
solution like the food wastes collection system is placed at
such hostels and similar venues, the pupil who habitually
wastes food can be identified and can be made to realize

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Subodh Public School

Jaipur, Rajasthan
THE SMART WAY TO SAVE WATER!

Sapna Yogi and Khanak Lashkari from Subodh Public Reflecting upon their experience at the ATL Marathon,
School, Jaipur were both irked and perplexed at the amount the team members quote, “ATL Marathon is the perfect
of water wasted on a day-to-day basis while usage. They platform for any potential innovator to start their journey. It
contacted their ATL project mentor and proposed the idea will help you right from the start till the end. Your idea will
of developing a smart way to curb water wastage. A tap be embraced and will be provided constructive criticism at

SMART WATER TAPS

mechanism would stop the flow of water automatically once every stage. And, always remember if you can think about it
the bucket kept under it is completely filled (be it of any size) you can “make” it, keep going until a seemingly impossible
thus, leading towards zero water overflow and saving the idea comes out as an MVP or a product. Mark our words, it’ll
water. Dr. Manish Jain their mentor was instantly thrilled by be worth it.”
the concept.
Smart Taps and innovations that base their concepts
The smart tap mechanism incorporates the best use of all
the technical resources available to students in India which on the conservation of natural and vital resources
can be easily found in ATL Labs. Hence the broad idea of are a sign that our budding innovators are vigilant
the project is to align with one of the essential sustainable and concerned about their future as well as the
development goals which are “clean water and sanitation fate of our planet. They are not just inspired and
for all “. enterprising individuals they are much rather potent
The Smart Tap incorporates a specially created flow social entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
monitoring mechanism using Arduino which gets coded to
stop the flow of water when the sensors detect moisture. It is
connected via a fastener to the tap and is channeled through As the old saying goes, make sure you leave the world better
than you found it. Make that effort because when you live a
TEAM NAME the pipe. So, as soon as the metal plate sensor attached to
mindful and conscious life, you care about other people’s
the holding bucket or utensil senses the moisture, the code
PROJECT BUDDIES activates the closure action and stops the flow of water at dreams and their passions apart from your own, that is
the pipe level itself. when you develop solutions for them.

TEAM MEMBERS
Sapna Yogi and Khanak Lashkari

ATL IN-CHARGE
Dr. Manish Jain

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D C Model Sr. Sec. School

Freozepur, Punjab
INNOVATION THAT FLOORED
THE THREAT OF INFECTIONS
Necessity is the mother of invention and inspired by this required and if the UV source of the unit is positioned at
thought Vaibhav Chandok, Himanshu Gupta, and Mitali the bottom the chance of UV leakage is less. The other
Kataria under the guidance of Shail Arora came together. key factor they addressed in their project was the aspect
The team Protectors took upon a cause that is the need of affordability. Team Protectors ensured that the cost of
of the hour today. They decided to put the threat of the unit does not steep high and is not within the reach of

AUTO UV STERILIZER
surface-based infections at bay by innovating an Auto normal households of the nation.
UV Sterilizer. Infectious bacterial and viral strains have
become a common and thriving threat for everyone in The Auto UV Sterilizer design incorporates a large
today’s pandemic-inflicted times. UV-C light emitter at the bottom of the robotic unit
Society and establishments, whether small units or large that can sterilize large areas automatically as the
infrastructures, do not possess adequate resources or unit passes over a surface. The performance of the
manpower to effectively combat such sorts of bacterial cleaning system is enhanced as compared to the
and virus attacks. Whether it surfaces that are a habitat existing ones. As per the research, no such solution
for families or have common access to the society, both exists in the global market.
are prone to such infections either from surface to skin
contact or skin to skin contact. Effective cleaning and The solution can be rated as “Excellent” at the domestic
disinfection remain a permanent challenge. A rapid, level. There is hardly any similar innovation that has been
repeatable, and cost-effective way to address the issue done in the field of auto cleaning systems at the domestic
would prove no less than a boon for the common man. level. The technology, performance, and efficiency of the
One such scalable and truly dependable way is by using inventions make them unique. The economic model for
UV-C radiations to kill microbes, which is one of the most producing the Auto UV Sterilizer doesn’t require a huge
efficient ways to disinfect any kind of surface. This method
TEAM NAME despite being effective than chemical disinfectants or
investment. Further refining their approach during the
mentor sessions and after understanding the need of the
PROTECTORS vacuum cleaners is not accepted because of its ill effects customers, the team dabbled through trials and errors to
on human health. finally create the fully functional robotic unit.

TEAM MEMBERS Team Protectors innovated upon a large UV-C light Team protectors cherish the experience at ATL 2019 and
emitter at the surface level that can sterilize large areas meeting the experts from IBM, Adobe, and AIC. Through
Vaibhav Chandok, Himanshu Gupta and automatically using its robotic framework and technology. their innovation in the field of health and wellbeing, they
The challenge before team protectors was that UV-C may
Mitali Kataria lead to serious consequences when it comes in contact
understood how important it is to tackle the issues that
are adversely affecting human health.
with a human. The only way to use UV for disinfecting
a particular habitat or space is that it is operated by a
ATL IN-CHARGE UV-mounted robotic unit so that no human presence is
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New Era Senior Secondary School

Vadodara, Gujarat
SMART LOCKS FOR SANITATION!

Bhavin Shah, Raj Ritesh Suratwala, and Vansh Jagdish Patel to flush the toilet and don’t let the person come out without
from New Era Senior Secondary School, Vadodara thought flushing it. A corrective measure, which would achieve the
of a solution to address the problems around sanitation. purpose of imbibing sanity in an individual’s mind as well as
They had clearly understood that more than infrastructural fostering a better scenario at such facilities.
issues it was the intent and conduct of the users which was
the root cause of the issue. Talking about their business plans the team states, “We have
our prototype in hand and just need a viable opportunity
They set themselves up to the task and created a smart door where we are allowed to test on public toilets. We would
locking mechanism which would not allow the individual to just need to add components to the existing setup of the
move out if he had not flushed the toilet. They named it the toilet and hence there would not be too much extra cost

SMART TOILET
Smart Toilets. involved. Then we will conduct surveys before implementing
the actual project and try to create a more ergonomic model
In their version of the Smart Toilet, there will be when they eventually enter the manufacturing phase.” They
two locks. One would be automatic and the other have a CSR angle to their project as they wish to part with
30% of the revenue generated which they would dedicatedly
will be manual. The idea incorporated a sensor contribute towards social causes and charity.
that connected the automatic lock to the flushing
system. As soon as the flush would get activated, the The team ardently thanks their mentor, Ms. Sonal Shah,
automatic lock will open and if you have not flushed who was their pillar of motivation all through. If the team
you are not allowed to exit. For guarded privacy, a gave its 100%, she gave in her 200% for a better outcome
at each and every level. The team states that it could easily
manual latch will also be there. do technical stuff, at certain non-technical junctures, their
TEAM NAME For the prototype, the team used a servo motor that gets
brains would shut down and it was her who showed the way
during such trials. All the while honing their presentation
PUBLIC HELPERS activated when a button outside the toilet is pressed. The and communication skills she was more of a guardian angel
motor will be attached to the IR sensor and the moment we for them.
place our hands near the IR sensor (basically flush the toilet)
the door opens (person won’t be sensed from a distance
TEAM MEMBERS when the hand is placed from a distance of 2cm from the
While summarizing their ATL Marathon experience the team
states that they saw how different culture comes together
Harvi Bhavin Shah, Raj Ritesh Suratwala sensor), the servo motor will rotate and the lock will get for the creation of harmonious ideas and how different
opened but as the manual lock is where the person can
and Vansh Jagdish Patel take the required time and come out, the main purpose is
techs combine to do the unthinkable.

ATL IN-CHARGE
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Pathipaga Chemmal K Ganapathi

Government Higher Secondary School,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL CLASSES
FOR ALL
Students possess excellent knowledge and look forward to This feature encourages contributors and further propels
enhancing it with the introduction of new teaching methods information sharing on the platform. There are classifications

(RESEARCH IDEATE CREATE)

and technical advancement. Intrigued by the situation of subjects, class and chapter videos by teachers, subject-
and the evident examples of the same around them, G related informative videos by students and teachers, and
J, Dhanusha L, Durga Devi B from Pathipaga Chemmal even a live discussion board to assist constant interactivity
K Ganapathi Government Higher Secondary School, amongst contributors and learners.
Chennai decided to work upon this subject for their project
submission at the ATL Marathon 2019. Talking about the highlights of their App, the team says that
the application developed by them can hold a huge chunk
The idea was to present a contemporary solution that of data at all points of time which is readily accessible and
would aim at easing out the access to educational there is absolute maintenance of data secrecy, as the system
takes log-in details, to keep track of your information and
classes for all and convert the closed group data record. Though the application incurs a development
information sharing between the teacher and his cost during the initial stage, once it gets complete, it would
select pupils into an openly accessible resource for require at most no charges to keep the application running.
all.
As it is an application, it zeros on any hardware requirements.
They researched on the subject and created mind mapping Furthermore, the application doesn’t need an external
presentations which they presented to their mentor Ms. device or equipment to run. It can be used in a regular
Vijiyalakshmi and made study papers on the subject that smartphone without any difficulties. Any common man with

RIC
were given to their parents and other intellectuals in the a basic smartphone will be able to access their data from all
vicinity for feedback. On receiving an affirmative response corners of the world with a single tap to verify the user and
from all quarters, the trio set themselves for the creation of bank on the information.
their final solution, The RIC App.
TEAM NAME
The Application becomes a single and unified platform for
RIC GIRLS all willing students and teachers who wish to share class
videos and other educational videos on an open platform
for all others to utilize and benefit from. Thus, creating a
TEAM MEMBERS knowledge pool that stays relevant for every single person
Ashwini G J, Dhanusha L and Durga Devi B who is willing to learn and gain knowledge. Teachers and
students can create their own profiles and can have a
follower base too.
ATL IN-CHARGE
Vijiyalakshmi K

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Anand Niketan, Maninagar,

Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
THEY CONVERTED THE SIGNS
TO SPEECH!

GLOVE FOR DIFFERENTLY

SAKSHAM - A HANDTALK
Team Saksham comprising of Himay Shah and Disha Bansal Saksham the hand-talk glove will enable people with
guided by Johny Abraham as ATL In-Charge, innovated speech or hearing impairment. This will also help
upon an empowering and encouraging product “Saksham,”
which converts sign language into speech. Sign languages
them in learning a variety of subjects and assisting
can be challenging for everybody to understand. The team them to perform activities.
decided to resolve the challenge and to deeply understand
the various problems and challenges, the team paid visits to According to Team Saksham, participating in the ATL
a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that Marathon was an experience like no other. The team
support the deaf and deaf section of the society. developed a better knowledge of how to deal with opposing
viewpoints and ideas through competitions. Through their
After many stages of discussion, Team Saksham decided innovation, they have to a great extent improved the ability
to set their objectives forth and decided to make a hand- to control subjectivity in the daily lives of people facing
talk glove that could identify the sign language and then speech and hearing impairment. On an individual level,

ABLED
convert it to text. A portable and hand-fitted device with a the team members improved their risk assessment and
display section that works on a 9-volt battery and has the evaluation skills and helped them to be more creative, learn
ergonomic utility of being very easy to implement for the valuable lessons, and challenge themselves to do things
end-user, Saksham interprets electronic signals prescribed they had never believed they could do.
for the various alphabets used in sign language while being
performed by hand and processes the same into the text to Team Saksham as a social entrepreneur believes that
create a coherent communication platform which aides the engaging in this practice has helped them to find a life
TEAM NAME person with speech or hearing impairment. The product is purpose, as well as assist others in finding theirs and making
a difference in the world. The team is prepared to take a
SAKSHAM Novel and since there are no similar products in the market,
chance and put out the effort necessary to have a beneficial
Team Saksham become the first proposed “start-up” in this
field. The team’s cost vision is to bring the product to market impact on society through their endeavors.
with a lower profit margin. The cost of creating a single
TEAM MEMBERS glove is $31.5, however, when the products are purchased
Himay Shah and Disha Bansal wholesale, the cost of production drops to $28.30.

ATL IN-CHARGE
Johny Abraham

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Man Kuwari Hansa Higher Secondary School,

Barela, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
GREEN ENERGY FOR THE GREATER GOOD!

As a source of energy, green energy often comes from Made from an Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) semiconductor,

ENERGY TREE: TOWARDS

renewable energy technologies such as solar energy, wind which compromises a photo-active layer and two electrode
power, geothermal energy, biomass, and hydroelectric layers, the Energy Tree converts solar power into electrical
power. In order to be deemed green energy, a resource power by incorporating thin, lightweight, transparent, and
cannot produce pollution, such as is found with fossil fuels. flexible OPV material which blends with the surface and
This means that not all sources used by the renewable works as an invisible power generator, unlike the prevalent
energy industry are green. solar power panels. The OPV leaves are connected with a
belt that wraps around the trunk of the trees. The power

GREEN SCHOOL
Sanjana Namdev, Aashi Dubey, and Sakshi Shripal had their generated can be used in endless applications, similar to the
idea fixed on green energy as the concept on to base their power used from batteries or electricity.
ATL Marathon project. While discussing the very subject
they had realized that since their school was located within If we highlight the key benefits of the energy tree, we find
the rural municipal jurisdiction of Barela, Mandla road, the below points as impact generators: • Provides 100%
they faced regular power failures which greatly hampered clean and sustainable energy • Is Cost-effective • Quick and
the studies. A concept involving design skills, indigenous simple to install • No grid required • No cabling required •
knowledge, and mathematical reasoning was proposed Adds an aesthetically pleasing look to the environment
by their mentor Mr. Vaibhav Joshua to create a model
project which would effectively display the innovative use of The Energy Tree also ensures an effective solution for
renewable green energy. space utilization while installing an alternate energy source
for any building or structure. It initiates a green corridor
The team got involved in research and ideation sessions to development inside an institution’s campus and functions as
further resource their project. Four different problem areas a live learning laboratory where students can learn various
TEAM NAME were shortlisted and worked upon as Phase I and Phase II concepts pertaining to solar energy and its conversion
– enabling a sustainable environment, facilitating outcome- into electrical power. We are all aware that conventional
SHREE JABALI driven quality education, enhancing health and hygiene, energy sources are vanishing fast and their replenishment
ensuring inclusivity and equality. The team members is not a possibility. Thus, this innovation comes forth as a
identified community problems of their choice in one revolutionary initiative for the future.
TEAM MEMBERS or more of the above four problem areas and developed
innovative solutions in the form of working prototypes or “The Energy Tree has a strong focus on the services
Sanjana Namdev, Aashi Dubey and Sakshi minimum viable products (MVP). Post rigorous efforts the and geographies it caters to and has made sustained
Shripal team cracked the concept of a Green Energy Park which
efforts towards increasing the number of users,” says
addressed their set criterion. They named it ‘Energy Tree’.
Sanjana. She further explains that new solutions and
ATL IN-CHARGE An easy-to-install project, Energy Tree uses cost-effective product innovations would be fostered if the project
materials and requires no electricity grid, making it easy gets to be implemented in reality.
Vaibhav Joshua to deploy within schools and in remote areas. Another
advantage of the Energy Tree compared to the conventional
solar panels is that it blends beautifully with its immediate
environment and compliments the aesthetics of its
surroundings.
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MES Raja Residential School

Kozhikode, Kerala
A SMART INNOVATION TO SAVE WOMEN
IN DISTRESS!
Parvathy Ramesh, Nathasha, and Jayent Saini had a very students and elders who travel alone, whether a woman

SMART BACKPACK
intriguing subject before them, the safety of single women or a man, since it is useful for all types of people, it is light
travelers and even lone commuters was a concern they on the pocket, can be used easily and can smartly relay the

WOMEN SAFETY
wished to address through their ATL Marathon project. message without causing any alarm for the offenders.

The Smart Innovators needed some smart innovation that The team opines that such smart innovations would
would solve such issues for women. The team guided by their greatly impact the plight of women in our society and
mentor Mr. Jabir Purayil, came to a truly smart solution, ‘The
Women Safety Smart Backpack The team discussed their would empower them to feel more secure and cared
idea with different people, and they gave a very positive for. The scenario of habitual offenses would also
response. The team decided to move on with the solution. decline as running away from the punishment as the
probability of help reaching the offense site during
The team made a sketch of the backpack design and the crime itself gets higher. Plus, the tracking of the
then researched about electronic components required
for converting it into a smart product. A flow chart of the offender in crimes such as bag snatching or looting
design, material, and integrated electronic framework along of possessions becomes almost full proof.
with the circuit diagram was created. The team’s major
TEAM NAME challenge was to program the microcontroller. With the help The team summarizing its ATL experience and the
SMART INNOVATORS of their ATL mentor, made an algorithm along with the block opportunity to innovate, further states, “Innovation is
something that you should experience, it is the happiness
diagram design to realize the same. The results received
from the prototype were very satisfying and encouraging. that you get when you do something by yourself. Each
innovation that we create is going to bring forth a solution
TEAM MEMBERS The Women Safety Smart Backpack incorporates sensors,
for a visibly concerning problem. As credible innovators,
GPS, GSM, and Arduino board in its microprocessor system
Parvathy Ramesh, Nathasha and can be installed in other women accessory items, like a we get to challenge the status quo, push boundaries, and
pouch, purses, handbags, etc. achieve growth. Being an innovator makes one learn a lot of
and Jayent Saini things. A successful innovator is a change maker, only those
Cost-effective and easy to use, this backpack can relay who think with a concerned mind and caring intent can be
its location using GPS. The GSM module is used to send the ones who will bring forth real change and make way for
ATL IN-CHARGE messages to connected people. The person who is in trouble a truly Atma Nirbhar Bharat in the truest sense of the word.”
Jabir Purayil would only require to candidly press a button to switch on
the device using her fingerprint so that the message would
be sent to the required set of people with the customized
SOS message along with the location of the incident. This
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Manav Rachna International School

Gurugram, Haryana
CREATING RENEWABLE ENERGY
FROM MOTION!
Today, renewable energy generation accounts for about 33% implementation as compared to other resources like wind,
of India’s primary energy consumption. India is increasingly solar or geothermal energy which takes years to set up, and
adopting responsible renewable energy techniques and a large capital investment.
taking positive steps towards carbon emissions, cleaning

POWER GENERATION
the air, and ensuring a more sustainable future. Non-renewable resources like coal and petroleum are
extinguishing rapidly and cause a plethora of harmful effects
Since there are high capital investments in renewable energy on the environment. Piezoelectricity has a huge scope in

BY PIEZOELECTRIC
sources, Pratyush Gupta, Pranit Garg, and Hena from Manav today’s contemporary scenario because -
Rachna International School, Gurugram, Haryana thought 1. It involves a low maintenance cost and lesser capital
of a way to harvest the energy that is not much prevalent as investment.
other sources but still much viable -Piezoelectricity.
2. No external power source is required: Thanks to the
ability to produce a voltage whenever an external force
Piezoelectric materials can be used to convert
or pressure is put on the material.
mechanical energy into electrical energy. This
3. Easy installation: With small dimensions and various
technology, together with innovative mechanical
applications present, it can be installed in any high
designs, can form the basis for harvesting energy

TILES
traffic area to produce energy.
from motion. Piezoelectric energy can be harvested 4. Highly flexible materials: Most piezoelectric materials
by converting walking motion from the human body can be constructed in a wide variety of shapes and sizes,
and moving vehicles into electrical power. so they are highly useful across various applications and
fields.
The idea struck the team members while attending a
TEAM NAME physics session on energy dissipation. How energy wasn’t Talking about their ATL Marathon journey the team quotes,
SOCIAL TECHNOCRATS being utilized to its full potential and was instead escaping
into the surface was an insightful revelation that would lead
“AIC-JKLU gave a perfect opportunity and platform to
express our innovative ideas. Learning lessons from judges
the team to explore inconceivable ideas and get acquainted was essentially helpful. We not only developed a mentality of
with the world of Piezoelectric materials. They came up entrepreneurship but also the mindset of an innovator. We
TEAM MEMBERS with the idea to harvest the energy from human motion learned a few key terms like SWOT Analysis and preparation
Pratyush Gupta, Pranit Garg than letting it go to waste. They began their research on of a business model which will help us in the future. Mentors
piezoelectric materials which converts mechanical energy gave the perfect guidance. Interacting with other teams
and Hena to electricity; the idea was discussed with their techno- helped us explore over the horizons. We not only felt proud
skills teacher on how to develop it into a probable project to work for India but also felt the gratitude to accept the
for the ATL Marathon. The team found suitable places platform. Overall, it was a great experience working with
ATL IN-CHARGE where they could implement this innovation, like heavily a qualified mentor and expert judges. We aim to help the
crowded areas, places with heavy traffic, schools and
Jyoti Batra offices with long walkways and corridors, etc. The team
people of Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and southern Indian states
because they face the most power shortage. We even aim
then thought of two ways to model it, either as a tile or as to help the people of villages and places where there is no
carpet. While working on the project the team also realized electricity and also aim to make electricity affordable to all.”
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Bal Bharati Public School Pitam Pura

North West Delhi, New Delhi
ADDING HAPPINESS IN THE LIVES OF
THE HEARING IMPAIRED
Ishan Goyal, Parth and Adhivik Jain from Bal Bharati Public The school model would be specially designed to lower costs
School, Pitampura, New Delhi were engrossed in the for a large number of users by only using a central controller
discussion to create a uniform communication language for with wireless displays for the students to read from instead
people with hearing impairment. As Ishan’s grandmother of every student’s device individually translating and then
had trouble hearing and he was facing a lot of issues in displaying the text. They also plan to have a diversification of
communicating with her even though she had hearing aid. the product range and brand with subsequent introduction
of high quality components to ensure reliability and long
The trio had not realized that their discussion would life of the products which they would market additionally.
ultimately spark up the idea to develop a band for hearing To aide financially weak takers the team also proposes a
impaired. Ishan proposed the idea to create a band with a subscription model at a yearly fee.

SOUNDWARE
display and a microphone which would convert the vocal
communication into text and display it on a screen. The Sharing their experience, the team states that the ATL
Band will be able to translate the spoken text to written Marathon truly empowered their individualities as they
text without any internet connectivity through a small learnt the effective methods of multi-tasking. They were
computer such as a Raspberry Pi Zero. The band will also working in-parallel on the PowerPoint presentations, videos,
help them improve their speaking skills & overall coherence the demographics research, research on hearing aids,
by displaying their part of the dialogue too. They named this components, features, physical prototypes, 3-D models at
band – Soundware. the same time and with such a great volume of work, pulling
through the challenges to create their first prototype was
The team wishes that the device should be integrated into truly a very special feeling. It was an incredibly learning
schools which would allow students with hearing impairment experience for them on how to manage time, effectively
to learn better. planning their processes and the final evolutionary idea
TEAM NAME coming to life.
The team plans to create a mass display version
SOUNDWARE of the band which can be used at places such as
schools and offices while the other one would be a
TEAM MEMBERS more individualized version garnering a better one
to one communication. On the plans of scaling up
Ishan Goyal, Parth and Adhivik Jain their project, the team states that there will also
be further variations of the wearable model with a
ATL IN-CHARGE basic one only capable of translation and a few basic
features and other higher end models, would have
Namrata Alwadhi
additional features making it similar to smart watch
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SPIC Nagar Higher Secondary School Tuticorin,

Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), Tamil Nadu
NABBING THE KIDNAPPERS
WITH A KEY INNOVATION
Kidnappings are a frequent occurrence both in rural as well to ensure a compact device to the assembly and enhanced
as urban areas. Karmukilan A, Sandiep Lakshman B A, and battery life all functional aspects were worked upon. At first,
Navneet MValong with Jitha Mol B their ATL in-charge from their device had only messaging and call features along with
SPIC Nagar Higher Secondary School, Tuticorin resolved to the GSM location from where the message was sent. Now,

SECURITY KEY CHAIN

curtail the possibility of such untoward events through their they have incorporated a location identification module into
ATL Marathon innovation. their higher-end version converting it into a market-ready
prototype.
The idea came when the team discussed the safety of
schoolgirls who are studying in higher classes and are Answering the question of their actual marketing plans for
the product, the Tech Warriors plan to introduce 3 models
attending coaching during the evenings. Most of such of the GSM Based Security Key Chain. All the models include
girls return home alone on bicycles. Their journey

GSM BASED
a GSM module to communicate through Arduino Beetle
back home would require them to pass through Board. Using a customer-centric approach, the main focus
secluded and danger-prone areas as well. of the device is to enhance safety for children who are below
16. The different product plans and their features devised
The team worked together to create an efficient GSM by them are as below:
Based Security Key Chain, which enables children & 1. Bronze has a replaceable battery type and only SMS.
women to broadcast warning messages and send an SOS
2. Silver has replaceable battery type and SMS and Call
call to their parents without any visible or apparent action
feature.
getting registered by their assailant. Citing the uniqueness
and viability of their product the team cites that there 3. Gold has a rechargeable battery type with SMS, Call and
are available safety devices, which are either too high in location features.
TEAM NAME rates or require a connected device like a mobile phone
to work. But solution created by the team is a low-cost, On mentorship and guidance received, the team Tech
TECH WARRIORS dependable, and thoroughly efficient device and can also Warriors started working upon the actual prototype after
be used without being connected with mobile phones. The their selection in the top 150 projects. They received ardent
team conducted Ideation sessions and research amongst guidance and training from their ATL teachers and their
TEAM MEMBERS the student community to gaze upon the seriousness of project mentor Jitha Mol B helped them at every step. Making
Sandiep Lakshman BA, Navneeth MV the problem and conducted an online survey among the 3D design, assembling of the parts, soldering techniques,
electronic circuit assembly, GSM-based programming, and
parents, teachers, and students at their school too before
and Karmukilan A reaching their solution. many such technical issues required expert guidance. The
mentors from AIC RAISE, Mr. Ebin Ephrem, and Mr. Sunil
The Tech Warriors state that posts the marathon, they thought helped them in redefining the product idea and developing
ATL IN-CHARGE of converting their minimum viable prototype which still a robust business model.
contained some glitches and deficiencies into a technically
Jitha Mol B adept and dependable product. Right from size reduction

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St Raphaels HSS Ezhupunna

Alappuzha, Kerala
EFFECTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

The Techies as the team calls themselves realized There is a rapid increase in capacity and categories of
Microplastic pollution is a major issue in today’s times. solid waste as a result of urbanization, constant economic

WASTE CLEAN MISSION

They then decided to delve further into the topic of waste growth, and industrialization. They say, “Waste is not always
management as the probable concept on which to base waste if it gets segregated as it was”. To properly manage
their ATL Marathon project. the waste it has to be handled, segregated, transported and
disposed of so as to reduce the risks to the public lives and
Alarmed by the possibilities and the impending fate our sustainable environment.
species face on earth owing to the ever-increasing pollution,
the Techies resolved to create a viable solution for the The experience from the ATL marathon was an exciting
same and contacted their project mentor Jitha Gopinath for journey for them. They imbibed vital digital skills
inspirational insights. They cohesively worked on the idea
and proposed a cost-effective “Automatic waste segregator from the adobe internship program also developed
system” naming their initiative, “WASTE CLEAN MISSION”. the confidence level and ability to communicate
easily with like-minded people at the global level. The
The automatic waste segregator categorizes the collected accumulation of knowledge in each sphere has been
waste as plastic and organic. When the waste is segregated greatly resourceful for them and they have been
into these two basic streams it inherently possesses a
greater potential of its management, recycles and reuses. able to gain an insight into a more practically based
The organic waste is converted either into compost or approach towards the process of innovation.
methane gas or both. Compost can replace the demand
for chemical fertilizers, and biogas can be used as a source They thank their mentor Jitha & Mr. Praveen who guided
of energy. The plastic waste can be recycled / up-cycled to them and kept their belief throughout their journey. They
TEAM NAME create reusable utility and craft products. are thrilled to be a part of the ATL Marathon and more so
their hopes are welded upon the idea that their prototype
TECHIES The prototype developed by the team included a small set- would one day be recognized as a breakthrough product of
up of a processing unit, a central collection box, and two the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Mission.
separate containers connected to the processing unit for
TEAM MEMBERS automatic segregation of the waste into organic and plastic
categories and thus automatically negating the practice
Stefania, Anu Mariya Prakash and Jewel of a separate collection of such wastes, which often gets
Prince overlooked by the general milieu.

The Techies believe that the system developed by them

ATL IN-CHARGE adds immense ergonomic benefit and operative ease
to the present mechanisms and units. There have been
Jitha Gopinath researches, investigations, and innovations which continue
in the various aspects of solid waste management and their
efforts will go a long way.

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Carmel Convent School

Chandigarh, Punjab
A SMART WAY TO SECURE HEATLTH FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Preesha Katial, Preesha Goyal, Pavit Behniwal from Carmel
Convent School, Chandigarh and Ms Meenakshi Jindal their A fully automated and intelligent health record
ATL in-charge, spent days researching and analyzing their
day-to-day problems. The problem chosen by the team
which works on AI sensors and data coordination,
was the lack of a structured health check-up process and the Algorithmic Medical Card would be maintained
recording Heath data in schools, especially for teenagers. by the assigned doctors on their systems and would
require the respective student coming for the check-
Major health problems in school children especially in up to sit in front of the system/laptop which would
girls go unnoticed in the early stages. Some of the major
problems faced by school children include PCOD, obesity,
identify their faces and open the respective student’s

MEDICAL CARD
medical health card. The doctor can enter the data

ALGORITHMIC
mental health issues etc. which can be cured if detected
early. Medical cards used by the school are not sufficient to and upload it directly to a website developed by the
keep a record of the medical progress of students. Analysis team for post-check-up access and examination. The
of the responses of surveys conducted by the team ranged Health Guardians used Raspberry PI with a camera
from school doctor, gynecologist, parents and random
individual interviews as well. The responses showed the
attached to create a cost-effective and portable
following common concerns: model for the Algorithmic Medical Card.
1. There is a rapid increase in ailments/ diseases among Each student’s parents are provided with a unique passcode
school children. to access their child’s medical data. It is also ensured that
2. The menstrual problems in girls like obesity, PCOD, etc. this passcode is periodically changed and the stored data is
are rising not misused. Other than providing a unique password and
3. Lack of awareness about certain medical conditions renewing it, it is also seen that only and only those who have
TEAM NAME worsen the problem and change small ailments to acquired a password should be able to open their respective
serious diseases. health records. Thus, even the school doctor can not have
THE HEALTH GUARDIANS access to complete health records. All such features make
4. If the trends of certain medical parameters in the children The Algorithmic Medical Card a very balanced model.
are identified early, help in well in time detection of the
TEAM MEMBERS disease. Since their project is both a unique idea as well as a noble
5. Mental health issues like anxiety and depression have initiative that would greatly benefit our society at large, the
Preesha Katial, Preesha Goyal increased among school children. Health Guardians wish that their project sees the light of
and Pavit Behniwal the day and they are able to impact a greater beneficiary
After discussion with teachers, parents, students, and role in the society. After having fully implemented the card
medical professionals the team, Health Guardians concluded at their school, the team wishes to approach other schools
and administrators and develop medical cards for junior
ATL IN-CHARGE that they would work upon creating a schedule of different
classes as well. Apart from the aforementioned objective
yearly and bi-yearly check-ups for eyes, height and weight
Meenakshi Jindal amongst individual children, mental health check-ups and the team also looks forward to introducing their system to
check-ups for PCOS and menstrual health for girls would be other schools, keeping in view the ultimate goal of fostering
an integral part of the record. The team named their project a healthy lifestyle for the youth.
Algorithmic Medical Card.

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Doon Public School

Bhuj, Kachchh, Gujarat
A STEP CLOSER WITH
ASSISTIVE TECH!
Team Smart Maker is entrusted with the purpose to create The team is deeply inspired by their mentor Mr Harsh Gor
solutions for making society more inclusive. The team who aided and encouraged them at every step during the
decided to innovate upon a basic requirement of the people ATL tenure and facilitated the necessary research. His
facing visual impairment. Nowadays, there is a growing words “Follow the problem-solving cycle” really helped the
demand for software systems to recognize objects from team. He also motivated the team to identify the problem,
real-time streams and convert them into speech. Team then think about each and every possible solution and try
Smart Maker decided to utilize this technology and create a to implement all possible ways to solve the problem. His
product that aids the blind in their day to day life. Inspired help from design thinking to making a prototype in each
and propelled by the objective, Smart Makers stood true to and every aspect enabled the team to ultimately create a
their names and created a Smart Cap. A device by which, successful showcase of their project.
blind people can visualize the objects they are surrounded
with. Smart Cap can detect the objects within a range of 16 The team expressed that during the ATL Marathon, meeting

SMART CAP
feet and convert the detected objects and distance of that like-minded students online and listening to thought-
object into speech. provoking ideas and questions widened their horizons on
various topics related to themes like -Renewable Energies,
The idea of creating a Smart Cap occurred to them Energy Storage, Climate-smart precision agriculture, etc.
when they visited the Navchetan Andhjan Mandal in They feel that the students of Doon Public School were
enthusiastically stepping towards a new India, mastering
Bhuj, during a field trip from school and witnessed essential 21st-century skills which will help them in
that despite being habitual to the surroundings developing their professional and personal skills. All thanks
and the space-bound environment of the school, to the ATL Innovation Mission.
a considerable number of students were facing
TEAM NAME difficulty in moving around. The idea of creating a
Smart Cap for the blind crystallized after this field trip
THE SMART MAKER
and the team used a circuit and wire-based module,
fitted with a battery, headphones, cameras, switch,
TEAM MEMBERS PCB and ultra-sonic sensor. The assembled device
was fitted to a cap and this made the entire process
Sagar Bhardwaj and
of utilization of the device very easy and simple for
Diya Budbhatti the end-user.

ATL IN-CHARGE
Harsh Gor

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Saraf Public School

Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
AN AI MECHANISM THAT
MAINTAINS YOUR SCHOOL

ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION

Team Tinkerers comprising of Dhruv Dabur, Ankur Rai, to report the same to the self-operated school functioning
Piyush Tiwari supported by Chinmaya Kumar Raul from system. Thus, if there is a lot of noise being created in a

SMART AI CLASSES WITH

Saraf Public School, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand certain section of the school building and it needs to be
participated in the ATL Marathon and with an urge to addressed immediately, all students, staff and individuals
overcome the problems which they faced in their day to present at the scene can be individually identified with the
day school life. They decided to utilize the knowledge and help of the AI Smart Card. In the same way, if a staff member
learning that they had acquired from participating in the has been negating his duties persistently for more than a
ATL and used tools and learning from ATL itself to solve stipulated period, a similar disciplinary information system
their issue. brings the issue to the school administration’s notice.

All team members decided to use Artificial Intelligence to Team Tinkerers attributes immense self-growth and
resolve the problems that hinder the smooth functioning knowledge to their ATL Marathon journey. They express,
of the school system. As Team Tinkerers opines, the social “We have learned many things like teamwork and research,
impact of their innovative solution can change the lives of ideation & its entire brainstorming process, innovation
millions even billions if executed correctly as most of the and the necessity to go beyond the obvious and finally,
targeted problems are common in every school whether it’s implementing the solution in an impact-driven and life-
the problem of unclean toilets, idle staff, long washroom changing manner. ATL was an altogether new competition
breaks, etc. experience for us. We socialized with the people for surveys
and research work. We came across too many ground-
This idea can bring a huge change in the everyday level problems and our project is a solution to some of the
school system whether it’s government schools or problems. We tried to target the most relevant of problems.
We also innovated upon our project, The Smart AI Class
private schools. Both of them have their loopholes with active noise cancellation to create a viable and effective
TEAM NAME and this solution can play a major role in fixing those solution for problems that hinder proper school functioning
TINKERERS loopholes by transferring major decisions to Artificial - like classroom noise, washroom cleanliness and hygiene,
Intelligence which has a lesser chance of errors. bullying by seniors to juniors, unnecessary spending of time
in the washroom during recess, lack of syllabus maintenance
system, idleness of administration staff, etc.”
TEAM MEMBERS Their prime idea is to create a standard model for a ‘Smart’
school. This will definitely bring a great impact on society as
Dhruv Dabur, Ankur Rai it will make their life easier in terms of different dimensions By targeting self-prevalent and often mass accepted
whether it is related to self-dependency, financial terms of problems we can solve the tribulations of a larger mass and
and Piyush Tiwari manpower. make a big positive impact on society. The Smart AI Class is
a positive step in this direction.
The AI system aims at noise cancellation within the school
ATL IN-CHARGE premises by issuing Smart ID Cards that can identify areas
Chinmaya Kumar Raul and individuals/students/staff members and locate the issue

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Kendriya Vidyalaya Hebbal

Bengaluru, Karnataka
GIVING THE AIR WE BREATHE, A NEW
LEASE OF LIFE!
Tanvi Hiremath, Abhishek Tomar and Parinitha S. from They are progressing further with their idea and are looking
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Hebbal, Bengaluru decided to design an at actual trial opportunities to watch if everyone is able to
innovation that tries to solve the issue of poor air quality. An use it without any technical knowledge and if a single model
effective technology that not only marks up the quality of is suitable for all target areas. If not then they will attempt to

ANEMOI-AIR QUALITY
air in a timed fashion but also tries to rectify the issue of its make different models based upon the need. They also want
poor quality. To address their resolve, they made a system to work on people’s mentality towards air pollution-related

PURIFYING SYSTEM
MONITORING AND
of devices that serve the purpose of detecting air quality and diseases and want to know if they are willing to accept the
replenishing it with required purification & better oxygen mandate. Making comparison charts to examine the targets
content. and make changes and additions accordingly and make sure
everyone knows it’s important too. With the continued help
The Anemoi-Air Quality Monitoring and Purifying from their mentors and encouragement received from their
System is a combination of three parts: The air school, parents and peers their intent has grown beyond
bounds.
quality monitoring system, air cleaner and oxygen
generator. The monitor notifies with an alarm The team is engrossed in phased experiment sessions to
lamp and puts up an update on social media in examine the product’s efficiency and accuracy. Though
case the quality decreases below suitable level, the the impending pandemic has somewhat restricted their
second part cleans the air from 93% of viruses, frequent trials, they are exploring other ways to experiment.
Uniwheel is simultaneously working on its brand image
bacteria, other unwanted substances and the oxygen and, the team has created a logo for their product too. The
generator utilizes the process of hydrolysis to deal team feels that the model they are working on has a great
with lack of oxygen (which causes suffocation and chance of being successful in the market, considering that
other pulmonary discomforts). it addresses the most important problem now in a much
TEAM NAME more advanced manner than its present contemporaries in
UNIWHEEL-PROGRESS WITH UNITY They discussed the idea with their mentor Mrs Nisha M. the market.
Mohan and took to numerous brainstorming sessions to
ponder upon various ideas until they came up with the best
TEAM MEMBERS solution they could think of. Anemoi-Air Quality Monitoring
and Purifying System created by Uniwheel costs only 4000
Tanvi Hiremath and Parinitha S Rupees and presents a smart triple benefit to the consumer.
An indigenous MADE IN INDIA marvel! The team owing to
the uniqueness of the idea is aiming to develop it into an
ATL IN-CHARGE actual product so that everyone can avail of its benefits.
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Kendriya Vidyalaya
Army Area, Pune, Maharashtra
THEIR INNOVATION WILL NEVER LET
YOU GET LOST IN THE DESERT!
The team of Sufiyan Dhange, Jujhaar Singh and Saiyam along Zenith Innovators also plan to scale up the concept and to
with Mr Mahesh Birla as the ATL In-Charge came together to achieve the same they are using some strategies to increase
form the Team - Zenith Innovators. The team invented the demand for the Digital Human Tracker Drone. They aspire

DHTD DIGITAL HUMAN

idea, which effectively decreases the number of deaths in to follow an effective production, sales, marketing and
the Desert area and performs search and rescue operations communications strategy while placing the product in the
through a Digital Human Tracker Drone. Basically, the Digital market.
Human Tracker Drone is a specially designed, intelligent

TRACKER DRONE
drone that detects human bodies in desert areas & rescues Team Zenith Innovators credits the innovation entirely to
them by sending the real-time location using raspberry pie, Atal Tinkering Lab as it was here that their idea transformed
a human detector sensor and also by Global Positioning into a real concept and they were able to make it public.
Response System for Mobile communication which then The team would like to give a message to the potential
sends helpers over to the incident location. innovators that, “We Think, We Build & We Change”, but the
thing that matters is humanity and we should innovate to
The Digital Human Tracker Drone proves to be truly protect it.
beneficial for the army & the people who take care
of desert-like areas. To create a viable market for
the product Team Zenith Innovators is advertising &
publishing the product to the dealers of drones as
well as to the people in e-commerce through direct
contact and via their webpage.
TEAM NAME
ZENITH INNOVATORS

TEAM MEMBERS
Sufiyan Dhange, Jujhaar Singh and Saiyam

ATL IN-CHARGE
Mahesh Birla

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support in making the ATL Marathon 2019-20 successful

AIC
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Creative Partners
Our aim may be as high
as the endless sky, but we
should have a resolve in
our minds to walk ahead,
hand-in-hand, for victory
will be ours.
- Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Hon’ble Late Prime Minister
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