The registration window for the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025, India's largest student innovation challenge, is set to close today on Oct. 11, 2025. The Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 is a nationwide innovation movement being organised by the Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog.
There will be an Awards Pool of Rs 1 Crore, with 10 National Level winners, 100 State level winners, and 1000 District level winners.
This largest-ever school hackathon aims to strengthen the culture of innovation at the school level by encouraging students to ideate or build prototypes on four themes: Atmanirbhar Bharat, Swadeshi, Vocal for Local, and Samriddh Bharat.
The Buildathon will provide hands-on, experiential learning in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Participation is inclusive with special focus on Aspirational Districts, Tribal and Remote Regions.
Shri @sanjayjavin, Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, highlighted #ViksitBharatBuildathon2025 as a one-of-its-kind innovation movement led by the Ministry of Education and @AIMtoInnovate, @NITIAayog.
October 10, 2025
The initiative aims to inspire young minds to create… pic.twitter.com/D6UJggriFgBuildathon 2025 Timeline
Here's a timeline of Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025:
Sept. 23, 2025: Launch of Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 by Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan
Sept. 23 – Oct. 11: Registrations for the event on the Portal
Oct. 11 – Oct. 12: Preparatory activities, including team formation, registration, mentoring, organising brainstorming sessions, idea camps, and innovation circles to help students prepare, select themes, and build solutions
Oct. 13: Nationwide Synchronised Live Buildathon across all schools via live streaming
Oct. 13 – Oct. 31: Submission of entries by schools on the Portal
Nov. 1 – Dec. 31: Evaluation of entries by a panel of experts
January 2026: Announcement and felicitation of top teams
How to Participate
Here are some general instructions on how to participate in Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025:
Eligibility: Participation is open to all school students from class 6-12, across India. Students must form a team of 3-5 members from same schools. Students can register with the help of their teachers. There is no restriction on the number of teams per school.
Registration of Team: Schools/teachers have to encourage students to form teams and then register their teams on the official Buildathon portal after which a unique registration ID will be generated for each team. The Registration Link for schools for Viksit Bharat Buildathon is - vbb.mic.gov.in
Selection of Theme: Each team will need to choose one out of the four Buildathon themes and identify any problem statement.
Brainstorm & Build: The team will ideate to solve community problems.
Prepare for Submission: Teams will be required to create a 2–5 minute video explaining the problem it is solving, the innovative solution/prototype they have created, how it works and its possible impact.
Submission: The project video/ summaries have to be submitted on the Portal within the submission window of Oct. 13 to 31, 2025.
Awards
A panel of experts will evaluate the entries, and the top student teams will be awarded prizes. These schools and students will receive long-term support through corporate adoption, mentorship, and resources to further strengthen their innovations.
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