Cluster Events & Activities in 2025

REVA University, our value-add partner for Bangalore North conducted a two-day Capacity-building programme for ATL Sarthi Cluster teachers.

Around 15 teachers participated in the workshop – conducted on 27th and 28th April 2026.

The programme equipped teachers with skills in electronic basics, sensors, actuators, micro-controllers, electronic circuit building, Arduino programming and Internet of Thing (IoT).

Our value-add Partner, FSID in IISC organized a one-day programme for 80 school students for 4 ATL Sarthi Cluster schools on 17th April 2026 at their campus.

The visit included guest lecture on the following topics:

• Young Minds, Green Actions by Dr. Amitava Pramanik, FSID

• “Understanding wastewater-from burden to resource” by Prof. Sreenivasan Ramaswami’s Team, CST, IISc

• “Plastic waste: Time is ticking” by Dr. Kavyashree Manjunath, Founder & CEO of Apratima Biosolutions

• Nobel Prize-winning science applied to wastewater treatment By Dr. Tanaya Kundu, FSID

A live demonstration on Paper Recycling was also conducted.

The visit also included a trio to the Hydrogen Generation Plant within the IISc Campus.

RV College of Engineering, our value-add partner for Bangalore South conducted a two-day Capacity-building training programme for ATL Sarthi Cluster teachers in the third week of February 2026 at their campus.

The programme equipped teachers with skills in electronic basics, sensors, actuators, micro-controllers, electronic circuit building and Arduino programming.

A Drone workshop was conducted on 6th and 7th February 2026 by Mr. Krishna Kishore Jonnalagadda, MD of Kalpin Tech Pvt. Ltd., a value-add partner of ATL Sarthi Cluster (Bangalore South).

The session was organized in Tapovan School and about 30 students and a few teachers participated in the workshop.

The participating students and teachers learnt about different types of drones, aerodynamic principles, and other key concepts related to airplane and drone flight.

The one-day event was organized by FSID, IISc - our Value-add Partner on 19th January 2026.

The field visit included:

• Inspirational talk on Moonshot Thinking by Dr. Amitava Pramanik, Head, SEED, FSID

• Visit to the 3D Printing Lab

• Visit to BotLoka – an AI & Robotics startup incubated at FSID

• 70 students and 9 teachers from 6 schools participated in the field visit.

• Participants got a broad understanding how they can change the world if they focus on one thing and apply themselves to it with determination and perseverance.

• At the end of the field-trip, participants were given a challenge to clean-up their surroundings, clear-up garbage and create a “Beautiful Bangalore”.

On the occasion of National Youth Day, our Value-add Partner GoSharpener organized a Creative Writing & Expression activity from 12th January to 26th January 2026 that celebrates the spirit, ideas, and responsibility of today’s youth.

The theme was: “Youth as Changemakers: My Voice, My Vision, My Responsibility".

60 students in classes 8 to 12 from ATL Sarthi Bengaluru schools from north & south clusters participated in the event.

On request from ATL Sarthi Cluster schools, REVA University invited student-teams from Nagarjuna Vidya Niketan and Rashtrothanna schools to their campus in January 2026.

The student teams were provided with guidance and mentoring support for their projects.

One of the student teams was provided with a 3D printed product prototype at REVA University’s IDEA Lab.

Two student interns from REVA University conducted a day-long Robotics workshop in ATL Sarthi Cluster schools in partnership with Soham Academy, an NGO on 12th Dec 2025.

Top performing student-participants were short-listed for the next 6 stages of robotics workshops.

The top performing students from the 7 staged Robotics workshop will be invited for an inter-school Robotics competition in Hyderabad later this year.

Around 20 REVA University students accompanied by their Professor visited four ATL Sarthi Cluster schools on 10th Dec 2025 to gain a better understanding of ATLs and ATL student projects.

Air Force School Hebbal provided a broad overview session of how an ATL functions, while KV Hebbal, KV IISc and KV Malleshwaram showcased their student projects.

The understanding gained from this visit will enable REVA University student interns to better support and guide ATL students in the coming weeks and months.

Vidyashilp Academy had organized a visit to their campus for the principals and teachers of ATL Sarthi Cluster North Bangalore on 17th Dec 2025.

Principals and teachers from 11 ATL Sarthi Cluster schools attended this exposure trip.

During the visit, the principals and teachers had the opportunity to visit the ATL, Incubator and Arts Studio and learn about the innovations and creative work being undertaken by Vidyashilp Academy students.

REVA University, our value-add parter, had organized a half-day Strategic Leadership Meet at their campus for all ATL Sarthi Cluster schools in Bangalore on 17th December.

Principals and teachers from 20 schools attended the event.

During the visit, the principals and teachers got an opportunity to visit the IDEA Lab, AR/VR lab, Mechatronics Lab and Aerospace Lab at the University.

The meet discussed potential opportunities for REVA University and ATL Sarthi Cluster schools to work together to student tinkerers and innovators in the cluster schools.

REVA University, our value-add partner, had organized a two-day workshop at their campus on 25th and 26th Nov 2025.

60 students from 3 ATL Sarthi Cluster schools attended the two-day event.

Students got an opportunity to visit the Idea lab AR/VR lab and Incubator at REVA University during this visit.

Students learnt about 3D printing, IoT, AR and VR technologies during the hands-on workshops.

The RMoCs of Karnataka led by Kiran Kumar H S conducted the Martian Odyssey Space Bootcamp for students, teachers & parents of ATL Sarthi Cluster schools between 23rd Dec ‘25 and 9th Jan ‘26.

Participants got an opportunity to learn about space travel, space exploration and human habitation on Mars through 10 self-learning modules made available on a web-portal.

548 individuals have registered for the bootcamp have developed a variety of digital as well as physical models and prototypes to showcase their understanding of the topics.

The RMoCs of Karnataka led by Kiran Kumar H S conducted an AI Digital Skilling Bootcamp for students, teachers & parents of ATL Sarthi Cluster schools between 22nd Nov to 11th Dec 2025.

Participants acquired skills in using 20 AI tools through a self-learning online web-portal.

1005 individuals registered for the bootcamp.

403 participants were issued participation certificates.

50 students, 40 teachers and 3 parents received Certificate of Appreciation.

A special Knowledge Session on “Innovation in Every Drop – India’s Dairy Transformation” was organized on the occasion of National Milk Day by GoSharpener, our Value-add Partner for Bangalore South Cluster on 26th November 2025.

Over 100 students from several ATL Sarthi Cluster schools enthusiastically participated in the online session and asked a lot of questions related to dairy industry. 

The session helped students gain a broader understanding of the dairy industry and the need for innovations in this space.

ATL Innoversity Portal was shared with ATL Sarthi School Principals & Teachers from 37 schools on 15th November.

The portal contains self-learning resources in several topics that are relevant to ATL and STEM students, teachers and mentors.

ATL and STEM teachers can make use of the self-learning resources to upskill themselves.

On need basis, we can provide access to a common email id (within each school), using which students in each cluster school can access the ATL Innoversity portal.