SAP Aims to Adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs to Increase Youth-led Start-ups with Atal Incubation Centres

On Wednesday, December 9, SAP Labs announced that it is their aim that a number of 100 Atal Tinkering Laboratories is going to be adopted and the digital education will be imparted to 30,000 students from the states of North East, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.

According to a statement, SAP Labs India will also implement a training programme for about 500 teachers in the next three years,.

It added that "Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and SAP Labs India have strengthened their partnership to promote digital literacy, innovation and entrepreneurship in India. As part of the renewed Statement of Intent (SOI), SAP will conduct Training of Trainers (ToT) under UnBox Tinkering for around 500 teachers in the next three years."

SAP Labs India and AIM partner with each other, in the purpose of facilitating the coaching and training students in advanced technology topics like electronics, mechatronics, Internet of Things (IoT), digital skills, as well as coding that allows them to attain practical experience.

It will also develop the entrepreneurship ecosystem, enlarge incubation centres, outreach the capacity development and provide acceleration support to the youth entrepreneurs.

"SAP, under the guidance of AIM, will create a platform for the existing 68 Atal Incubation Centers (AICs) across India. This platform will help curate and support the stakeholders' engagement and empower all incubators to connect better with their networks in an engaging way," it stated.

"Conducting a competitive process, SAP Labs India is going to select and enable select start-ups from AICs for further accelerator support and facilitate investment for up to five start-ups," it added.

Three idea challenges will be conducted by SAP Labs India in Karnataka to set up and select up to 100 youth-led, social enterprises or ideas in the three upcoming years.

The idea challenges will support 25 youth entrepreneurs to nurture their ideas, leading to fostering socio-economic development and job opportunities in Karnataka, as per the statement by SAP.

Since the beginning of its partnership in 2018, SAP has already adopted 49 Atal Tinkering Laboratories to promote STEM education to around 9,700 secondary school children all over India.

Moreover, SAP has implemented 5 UnBox Tinkering sessions and provided mentoring facilities to 149 teachers, as well.