The Ministry of Education will host the grand culmination and felicitation ceremony of the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 in New Delhi on October 28, 2026, where Union Minister for Education Shri Pralhad Joshi will felicitate the winning student innovators. The competition has achieved a historic milestone by officially securing a Guinness World Records certification as the 'Largest Innovation Solution Competition' with an unprecedented 287,967 project submissions recorded from across the country, projecting India's youth onto the global stage.
Ten national-level winning teams and innovators will be felicitated at the event, where their transformative solutions and models will be showcased. The event will feature the official Guinness World Record presentation ceremony. Additionally, the Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSEL) will launch Guidelines for Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) under ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram at the event.
The event will also showcase initiatives taken by both departments (DoSEL and the Department of Higher Education) under Special Campaign 6.0, highlighting efforts to generate awareness about e-Waste and e-Waste collection endeavors. Minister of State for Education Shri Jayant Chaudhary is expected to attend alongside Secretary of DOSEL Shri T. K. Anil Kumar, Additional Secretary of DOSEL Shri Dheeraj Sahu, Chairman of AICTE Prof. T. G. Sitharam, and other senior officials and representatives.
Organized by the Department of School Education & Literacy in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 was initiated to foster creative problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and scientific curiosity among school students. The initiative was centered around four foundational pillars—Atmanirbhar Bharat, Swadeshi, Vocal for Local, and Samriddh Bharat—and builds upon India's growing school innovation ecosystem, encouraging young minds to transition from classroom learners to problem solvers, patent holders, and future entrepreneurs driving the vision of a Viksit Bharat.