Join the Innovation Wave: Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 — Registration Now Open!
Are you a student bursting with ideas? Do you dream of making an impact through innovation and creativity? Here’s your chance to shine! Welcome to Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 — India’s biggest school-level innovation drive.
In this blog, we walk you through why to participate, how to register, key timelines, themes, and tips to ace your submission.
1. What is Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025?
Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 is a nationwide innovation hackathon organized by the Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, and AICTE.
It aims to engage students from classes 6 to 12 across India in creating solutions aligned with the national vision of a “Developed India (Viksit Bharat)”.
By participating, students get a platform to ideate, prototype, present, and possibly take their ideas forward under mentorship and recognition.
2. Why Participate?
Real-world problem solving: Work on challenges that matter at local or national level.
Mentorship & support: Leverage support from schools, incubators, innovation hubs. For example, AIC π-Hub at RRCAT is mentoring student teams in its region.
Recognition & rewards: More than 1,000 top innovators will be felicitated in January 2026.
Enhance your learning journey: You’ll gain experience in ideation, prototyping, pitching, design thinking, and collaboration.
Be part of a national movement: This is being billed as one of the largest synchronized school innovation events in the country.
3. Themes: What You Can Innovate On
Your innovation should align with one (or more) of these four broad themes:
Atmanirbhar Bharat — ideas supporting self-reliance in India
Swadeshi — indigenous, home-grown solutions
Vocal for Local — promoting local products, local strengths
Samriddhi (Prosperity) — sustainable growth, inclusion, well-being
Think about local problems in your area — environment, education, health, agriculture, social inclusion — and how technology + design can help.
4. Key Dates & Timeline
Here’s a simplified schedule to keep track:
PhaseActivityDatesRegistration OpenStudents/schools register23 September – 6 October 2025 Preparatory periodTeachers and students refine ideas6 – 12 October Live Synchronized Innovation EventAll participants ideate simultaneously13 October 2025 Submission WindowSubmit your final prototype / idea13 – 31 October 2025 EvaluationExpert panel to review submissions1 November – 31 December 2025 Results & FelicitationTop 1,000+ winners are announcedJanuary 2026
Note: Entry submissions (photos, videos, prototypes) are accepted during the submission window.
5. How to Register: Step-by-Step Guide
Here’s how you (or your school) can register:
Visit the official portal: Go to vbb.mic.gov.in (Viksit Bharat Buildathon portal)
School-level registration: Typically, schools register and form teams of students.
Create a team: Each team should have 5 to 7 students from classes VI to XII.
Submit preliminary idea: Provide a short description or concept of your idea during registration.
Get your team mentor(s): Teachers will guide the team through ideation, prototyping, submission process.
Attend the live event on 13 October: At the scheduled time (nationwide), all teams ideate / work simultaneously.
Submit final prototype / video / design: Between 13-31 October via the portal.
Wait for results: Winner announcements in January 2026.
Important: Registration is free—there is no participation fee.