Key Points
- Over 3 Lakh schools participate in the live stream of the event
- Ministers from the Department of Education, along with other members, participate
- Winners of the Buildathon to be announced in January 2026
Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025: The Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 was inaugurated by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other dignitaries today, October 13, 2025. Over 3 Lakh schools from across the country are participating in the hackathon with over 25 lakh students. The inaugural event was conducted across various schools from 10 am to 12 noon. Schools can submit entries (photos and videos) on the portal from tomorrow, October 14 to 31, 2025.
Teams of students from classes 6 to 12 from various schools can showcase their projects and innovations to a panel of experts who will evaluate their innovations. The evaluations are set to take place in November 2025. Winners for the first-ever Viksit Bharat Bhuldathon 2025 will be announced in January 2026. Awards will be from an Award Pool of Rs. 1 Crore, from which 10 National level winners, 100 State level winners and 1000 district level winners will be declared.
Education Minister Visits Participating Schools
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also took the time to visit some of the schools to interact with students and check the various projects and innovations presented. The minister took on the role of a student for a day when he visited the Kendriya Vidyalaya 2 in Delhi Cantt for the event. He sat in the Class 1 classroom among the students and “learnt” the art of numbers.
The spirit of innovation is sky high among the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, Delhi Cantonment.
Delighted to interact with them at the #ViksitBharatBuildathon2025. Appreciate their enthusiasm for building a better and developed India. pic.twitter.com/PHbyGMfJ9K
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) October 13, 2025
He also visited DPS Mathura Road, interacting with students. He shared his amazement regarding the ideas put forth by the students, wishing them the very best for the buildathon.
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Visited DPS Mathura Road to interact with school students innovating and ideating in the #ViksitBharatBuildathon2025.
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) October 13, 2025
Amazed by the exciting ideas that the students were working upon. Wish our students the best. May their curiosity, creativity and innovations take India… pic.twitter.com/B0rQXKhFAw
Watch Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 Live
Key Ideas Students will be Working on
Students participating in the buildathon will work on certain key points based on which their projects will be built and evaluated. They include
- Ideation
- Critical thinking
- Idea or prototype
- Refining idea or a prototype
Key Features of the Buildathon
- Students innovating together in the world’s largest live innovation activity
- Hands-on, experiential learning in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020
- Inclusive participation with special focus on Aspirational Districts, Tribal and Remote Regions
Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 Activity Timeline
| Phase | Activity | Date |
| Phase 1 | Launch of Viksit Bharat Buildathon by Hon’ble Education Minister | 23rd September 2025 |
| Phase 2 | School-level innovation activities across 1.5 lakh+ schools (with mentor support) | 23rd Sept – 12th Oct 2025 |
| Phase 3 | National Live Buildathon inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister at Vigyan Bhawan with 400 students; simultaneous innovation by 1 crore students nationwide | 13th October 2025 |
| Phase 4 | Submission of entries (photos & videos) by schools on the portal | 14th – 31st October 2025 |
| Phase 5 | Evaluation of entries by a panel of experts | November 2025 |
| Phase 6 | Announcement of Top 10,000 winners and corporate adoption of top schools | December 2025 |
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