The ATL Marathon is Atal Innovation Mission’s flagship innovation challenge, where schools identify community problems of their choice and develop innovative solutions in the form of working prototypes. The last edition of the Marathon witnessed many innovations, the top 350 of which got internship opportunities with top companies of India, prizes and certificates from AIM, NITI Aayog. This year’s ATL Marathon is going to be bigger and grander. The theme for this edition of ATL Marathon is “India’s G20 Presidency”. In ATL Marathon 2022-23, we want the students of India to choose any of the below problem statements or work on a problem that they find around themselves, research, ideate, innovate and implement a solution for it.
Top-performing teams will get certificates & Internships through the Student Innovator Program with leading corporates & Incubation Centres of India, certificates from AIM, NITI Aayog and many more exciting opportunities. 
Themes & problem statements
The themes & problem statements in this edition of ATL Marathon are inspired by the various working groups of the G20. ATL Marathon 2022-23 has 8 themes –
1. Education
o Innovate to ensure access to education for allo Innovate to help children with special needs learn effectively
2. Health
o Innovate solutions for patients suffering from the most common diseases in India.o Build solutions to find new ways to address health and nutrition challenges (malnutrition, obesity etc.)
3. Agriculture
o Design solutions to increase agricultural yield in Indiao Design solutions to position millets as alternative staples globally4. Environment & Climate Sustainabilityo Innovate to find ways to reduce carbon emissions in industrieso Build solutions to make every citizen in India adopt environment-conscious lifestyle( LiFE movement )
5. Development
o Design a solution to improve public transportation in Indiao Design a solution to improve the drinking water and sanitation problem in India
6. Digital Economy
o Build solutions for the Digital India Movement across different sectorso Design solutions to improve digital governance.
7. Tourism
o Design solutions to boost the tourism industry in Indiao Build a solution for sustainable development in popular tourist locations preserving the natural and ecological heritage of the region
8. Others (Identify your own problem statement and innovate for it)
This year, we have a unique theme to incorporate all special ideas and innovations. If you have any innovations in any sectors other than the 7 themes above, you can submit your projects here.
28 February 2023 Last day to submit projects for ATL Marathon 22-23
Important instructions for students
1. Students (from ATL and Non-ATL schools) can submit their entries in the Marathon. Non-ATL schools can team up with ATL schools to participate in the Marathon.
2. The Innovations by the student teams must be aligned to one of the Themes of the ATL Marathon 2022- 2023.
3. Last Date to submit entries is 28th February 2023, 11:59 PM.
4. The application for the ATL Marathon to be submitted at: https://innovateindia.mygov.in/atl-marathon-2022/
5. Each team must select one Problem Statement, where schools identify community problems of their choice and develop innovative solutions in the form of working prototypes.
6. A Team may submit entries to more than one problem statement, please keep in mind that to do so you will need to fill the application form separately for each problem statement.
7. There is no limit on how many teams from a school can participate. We encourage maximum teams to participate from every school.
8. The online application form submission will include:
• Research Document (description of the innovation/ solution)
• Video submission (capturing a 360-degree view of the working prototype/ solution)
9. ATL In-Charge, School Teachers, Mentors of Change, Alumni, and external mentors from the local ATL ecosystem may support the student teams.
10. Each Team shall consist of maximum 3 students (class 6th to 12th) and one ATL in-charge/ School Teacher (must be employee of the ATL School). We encourage ATL schools to also include other school and/or community students within the Team Composition.
12. Kindly note, individual member entry is not allowed. Also if the team size exceeds 3-member limit, the entry/ submission will be immediately disqualified.
13. The ATL Marathon 2022-2023 is for Indian students currently enrolled in school (Class VI to Class XII) both from ATL and non-ATL schools, in case your entry is selected as a finalist, the team members may be asked to provide proof in the form of a photo of your school ID-card or any other form as deemed appropriate by AIM, NITI Aayog. Failure to do so may result in your entry being disqualified.
14. The Top Teams will get Internships through the Student Innovator Program with leading corporates of India, certificates from AIM, NITI Aayog and many more interesting opportunities at the conclusion of the Marathon.
15. All participating students will get a certificate of Participation from AIM, NITI Aayog.
16. Special certificates from AIM, NITI Aayog will be given to all schools who have more than 25 teams participating in ATL Marathon.
Competition Link - https://innovateindia.mygov.in/atl-marathon-2022/
Video of ATL Marathon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iugfB7GAZt8
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