What is ATL Tinkerpreneur 2025?
How about a virtual summer boot camp that encourages your students to build something innovative, prepare a smart pitch, and understand the details of entrepreneurship? ATL Tinkerpreneur 2025 is an excellent initiative by the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog. It helps school students from Classes 6–12 learn how to build digital products, pitch ideas, and experience entrepreneurship. The program is a blend of mentorship, training sessions, idea brainstorming, product-building sprints, and a final pitch contest.
Who Performed Well in ATL Tinkerpreneur 2024?
In 2024, the competition saw participation from 7,300+ students across 34 states and UTs. Every student and team performed with complete devotion and came up with amazing products. Some standout teams included:
- DPS Girls Squad from Delhi Public School, Greater Faridabad. Their product was ‘Ghar Ghar Bhojan’.
- Crimson Carnage from Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Kolkata. Their product was ‘Edulink’.
- Aaradhaya Mehra from Chitkara International School, Chandigarh. Her product was ‘Fraud Shield’.
- Innovative Creators from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan. Their product was ‘Career Pathway’.
- Team Medifly from Lancers Convent Senior Secondary School, Rohini. Their product was ‘Medifly’.
- Team Filia from Subodh Public School, Jaipur. Their product was ‘Filia’.
- Scientific Sages from DCM Presidency School, Ludhiana. Their product was ‘Global Fusion’.
- Team DDR from Bal Bharati Public School, Ludhiana. Their product was ‘Lucividia’.
- Byte Brigade from Sainik School, Bijapur. Their product was ‘Wisdom Within’.
- Algorithm Avengers from Rajagiri Public School, Ernakulam. Their product was ‘AgroScan’.
These teams built everything from sustainability-focused apps to AI-driven platforms, showcasing great teamwork, research, and tech applications.
Benefits of Participating in ATL Tinkerpreneur 2025
1. Real-World Skills:
Students learn how to identify problems, conduct user research, design solutions, and build functional digital products using tools like 3D printers, MIT App Inventor, etc.
2. Entrepreneurial Exposure:
The program doesn’t just teach “how to build”, it also shows “how to sell.” Students learn branding, pricing, marketing, and pitching, making them startup-ready at school level.
3. National-Level Recognition:
Top teams are featured on AIM and NITI Aayog platforms. In 2024, winners got internships, mentoring from startup founders, and opportunities to scale their ideas.
4. Guided Mentorship:
Every participating team is paired with a mentor who guides them week by week, keeping the learning structured and actionable.
5. Free, Yet Premium:
The entire program is free. Students get access to webinars, expert sessions, templates, videos, and even comic book-style learning material designed by professionals.
6. Teamwork & Leadership:
Every student gets to take on different roles like designer, researcher, presenter, which fosters leadership and collaboration skills.
7. Boosts ATL Utilization:
Schools with ATL Labs can showcase how they go beyond tinkering to entrepreneurship, aligning with NEP 2020’s emphasis on innovation.
10 Tips to Succeed in ATL Tinkerpreneur 2025
Before I start with the main topic of this blog, I would like to mention that these tips are for students, teachers, and even parents. Tinkerpreneurship is not one person’s job. Go through these tips carefully and lead this year’s ATL Tinkerpreneur 2025.
1. Pick a Real Problem from Your Local Area
Focus on solving a small but real problem you see in your school, neighborhood, or community. Judges love grounded ideas with practical relevance. The core objective of Atal Tinkering Lab is to start application-based learning and stop a theory-focused curriculum.
Make sure you draft multiple ideas inspired by real-life problems like poor garbage disposal, air pollution, water wastage, etc.
2. Research Before You Build
Understand your users. Conduct surveys, talk to people, and read about existing solutions. A strong insight gives your project depth. Even if a solution exists, you can still continue with your project and try to build a better version of that solution at feasible costs.
In this way, you can experience the depth of research and understand the importance of communication. You can focus more on primary research to gather your target audience’s pain points.
3. Learn the Tools Beforehand
Apart from your ATL tools like 3D printer, Raspberry Pi, and sensors, familiarize yourself with platforms like Canva, Glide, and App Inventor. This saves you time during the boot camp and helps you focus on refining ideas.
Having hands-on experience of these tools can help you focus on your core product building and complete the project in less time.
4. Form a Balanced Team
Good teams have idea people, design thinkers, techies, and presenters. Form your team accordingly and assign clear roles. Such competitions are great opportunities to work together and experience team spirit.
Though ATL Tinkerpreneur 2025 allows individuals to participate, you can always have a helping team for faster product completion.
5. Be Regular With Weekly Tasks
Think of Tinkerpreneur as a step-by-step puzzle. Each week unlocks a new piece of your startup idea. If you miss one, your final project may fall apart. Submit every task on time, it’s the only way to reach the finish line with a complete and impressive product.
6. Use Mentors Wisely
Prepare questions before mentor calls. Ask for feedback, show progress, and clarify doubts. Mentors are your shortcut to smarter decisions.
It is important to engage with them in healthy discussions and show your intent to build great products. You can also talk to your parents or elder siblings or your relatives for unique ideas.
7. Don’t Wait for Perfection, Build a Prototype
Have you heard of any company that launched a product and it was a big hit on the first day? No right? Always start with a simple MVP (Minimum Viable Product). Even a basic version can show your idea works and can be scaled.
Once you build your MVP, you can start optimizing it. Once a prototype is built, you can work stress-free and play with all the ideas in your mind.
8. Document Everything Visually
Judges want to see your idea in action. Include clear screenshots of your app, interface mockups, user flow diagrams, and how your product actually works.
Visual proof makes your submission stronger and easier to understand. Imagine you’re building a portfolio, not just writing answers. Good visuals can often explain what 100 words can’t. And yes, neatness counts! This documentation can also help you in future projects.
9. Practice Your Final Pitch Repeatedly
Your idea might be brilliant, but if you can’t explain it well, it might never shine. Break your pitch into simple sections: What’s the problem? Who faces it? What’s your solution? How does it work? Who will use it? Why is it better than existing options?
Then rehearse. As a team, time your pitch, anticipate questions, and use storytelling. Practice until you can deliver it smoothly without reading a script. Your pitch should excite, not just inform.
10. Learn From Past Winners
Go through the 2024 winners’ submissions. Note their product designs, clarity in pitch, and innovation. Take inspiration from them.
Prepare a set of questions: What problem did they solve? How did they present it? What tools did they use? Try to understand why their product stood out. Did they choose a highly relevant topic? Did they design it better? Did they explain it simply? Use their success as a blueprint.
Conclusion
Schools participating in ATL Tinkerpreneur get a competitive edge in ATL grant reporting and recognition. Hence, participating in ATL Tinkerpreneur 2025 can give your school major exposure. Every school can rely on an ATL buddy like us who can come up with more such tips. ATALUP helps schools set up and run Atal Tinkering Labs across India. We’ve already helped over 1,600+ schools check eligibility for the next 50,000 ATLs. We also help schools apply for the ₹20 lakh grant and guide them with compliance and innovation frameworks.