SheSTEM 2024

06.12.2024

SheSTEM 2024

Why in the news?     

            Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), under the NITI Aayog and the Office of Science & Innovation, at the Embassy of Sweden, are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of SheSTEM 2024.

About SheSTEM 2024:

• SheSTEM is an annual event by Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and the Office of Science and Innovation at the Embassy of Sweden.
• It celebrates the contributions of women in STEM and serves as a catalyst to inspire the next generation of innovators by encouraging young minds to explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
• The SheSTEM 2024 challenge invited students from grades 6–12 across India to submit innovative ideas focused on Battery Technology and Energy Storage (BEST) systems.
• Part of the India-Nordic BEST project, the challenge aims to foster sustainability by advancing energy solutions.
• Participants were tasked with presenting their prototypes or concepts for energy storage and sustainability in a two-minute video format.
• The competition received an exceptional response, with over 1000 submissions demonstrating the creativity, problem-solving skills, and forward-thinking mindset of India's youth.

About Atal Innovation Mission (AIM):

• It is a flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog in 2016 with an objective to create and encourage an environment of innovation as well as entrepreneurship across schools, educational organisations, research institutes and industries including MSMEs.
• Apart from these programs, AIM also seeks and collaborates with academia, industries, NGOs,and individuals to enable an atmosphere of innovation.
• All the initiatives of AIM are currently monitored and managed systematically using real-time MIS systems and dynamic dashboards.
• It has two functions:

○Promote entrepreneurship by encouraging innovators to become entrepreneurs through financial support as well as mentorship

○Promote innovation by creating a platform where ideas are generated through like-minded individuals

• AIM has created four programs to support these functions:

○Atal Tinkering Labs

○Atal Incubation Centres

○Atal New India Challenges and Atal Grand Challenges

○Mentor India

                                                                 Source: PIB

Consider the following statements regarding SheSTEM 2024:

Statement-I: It is a startup funding program.

Statement-II:It is organised by the Atal Innovation Mission and the Embassy of Sweden.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I.

B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.

C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect.

D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct.

Answer D