Atal Innovation Mission, ISRO launches National Space Innovation Challenge 2023 for Classes 5-12

NEW DELHI: Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog, in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation and Navars Edutech has launched the National Space Innovation Challenge, NSIC 2023, for students of Classes 5 to 12.

The contest aims to foster innovation and curiosity among school students and provide them with a platform to solve modern-day space technology problems. Students can submit their entries on the link, navarsedutech.com, from August 11 to September 20. Students will have to select one of the problems that falls under any one of the challenge themes.

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NSIC offers integrated content from industry mentor videos, resources and challenges for ‘junior scientists’ (Classes 5 to 8) and ‘senior scientists’ (Classes 9 to 12) which students can use to ideate and submit a short research report. Students can choose from topics such as space junk collection robot, reusable rocket design, satellite design and Indian spaceship design for Mars.

AIM director Chintan Vaishnav said: “The aim of the challenge is to enable innovation among young school students to create awareness of and opportunities to participate in the space sector early, and in a way that will not only help them learn about the space sector but also create interesting projects and innovations that truly matter to the sector.”

Director of the Capacity Building and Public Outreach N Sudheer Kumar said: “We take pride in collaborating with AIM to launch this challenge where students can explore Space with creative freedom. We are hoping to make this an annual challenge.”

He further said that the NSIC 2023 is a unique challenge for school students across India that aligns with the nationwide excitement around the successful launch of Chandrayaan III by ISRO.