Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025: Govt launches nationwide student hackathon, check direct link to apply and other details here

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Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday launched the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025, a nationwide initiative to promote innovation, creativity, and problem-solving among school students. The event, organised by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), is expected to engage more than one crore students from 1.5 lakh schools across India.During the launch, Pradhan unveiled the Buildathon logo and jingle and said, “The initiative would celebrate student innovations, engineer an innovation renaissance in the country, and ensure that the young generations become key drivers of Samriddhi, Viksit, and Atmanirbhar Bharat.”

Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025: Focus themes

The Buildathon focuses on four themes: Atmanirbhar Bharat, Swadeshi, Vocal for Local, and Samriddh Bharat. It aims to inspire creative thinking for national development, promote self-reliance and sustainable growth, engage schools in synchronized innovation, and project India as a global innovation hub through a potential world record.

Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025: Key dates and registration steps

The registration window for the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 is open from September 23 to October 6, 2025.How to register:

Visit the official portal: vbb.mic.gov.in
Complete student and school details on the portal.
Submit the initial idea or project concept.

Direct link to register for Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 is available here.

Preparation period: October 6 to October 13, 2025, where teachers will guide student teams through the registration and submission process.
Live synchronized innovation event: October 13, 2025
Final submission window: October 13 to October 31, 2025
Evaluation period: November 1 to December 31, 2025, by a panel of experts
Result and felicitation: January 2026, top 1,000 winners will be announced and felicitated.

Call for students

The Buildathon builds on the success of the School Innovation Marathon 2024, which led to the Student Innovator Programme (SIP), Student Entrepreneurship Programme (SEP), patents, and startup ventures from Atal Tinkering Labs, officials said.

School Education Secretary

Sanjay Kumar

added, “The event brings together students, educators, and innovators to build solutions for a self-reliant India, aligned with the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.”The Ministry of Education and Atal Innovation Mission urged all eligible students from classes 6 to 12 to participate and contribute to India’s innovation ecosystem.(with inputs from agencies)

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