Adobe partners with AIM to provide Software to 100 ATL Schools in India

NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) today signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) to ‘collectively drive the charter of developing creative skills and spreading digital literacy’ across all Atal Tinkering Labs in India.

Adobe will be adopting 100 schools under Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) initiative and will implement its ‘Digital Disha’ Program in ATLs, under which free licenses of Adobe Spark premium shall be offered to ATLs.

The SoI was signed in the presence of Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, by Ramanathan Ramanan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission, Bryan Lamkin, EVP and GM, Digital Media, Adobe and Kulmeet Bawa, Managing Director, Adobe South Asia.

Launched in 2018, the Adobe Digital Disha Programme is aimed at driving synergies in creative thinking and technology-based learning.

AIM is the Government of India’s flagship initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. As a part of AIM, ATLs are being established in more than 5,000 schools in India where students from class 6 to class 12 acquire problem solving and innovation skills, developing innovative solutions leveraging Tinkering technologies like 3D printers, robotics, miniaturised electronics, IOT and programming, do it yourself kits with support from teachers. It conducts various programmes such as the ATL Community Day, Teacher Training Sessions, ATL Marathon, Student Innovator Program, Tinkerfest etc.