Over 1 crore students from Classes 6 to 12 took part in Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025
Suviral Shukla | October 13, 2025 | 06:51 PM IST | 1 min read
During the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025, a live innovation challenge, students worked in teams of 3 to 5 to ideate, build prototypes around four themes Atmanirbhar Bharat, Swadeshi, Vocal for Local, and Samriddhi.
More than 1 crore students and over 3 lakh schools took part in the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 (VBB) today in New Delhi. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the largest synchronized innovation hackathon for school students.
Dharmendra Pradhan praised schools and students for participating from across the country for the mega school innovation initiative.
“The innovative ideas germinated from here will pave the way for creating new global models and finding solutions to pressing domestic and global challenges,” Pradhan said while addressing the crowd.
He also stated that a Viksit and Samriddh Bharat will be built on the shoulders of our talented school students.
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Students should shape nation's future, says Dharmendra Pradhan
Emphasizing the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a developed India by 2047, he said that it will be realized through transformative efforts like VBB, and urged students to play an active role in shaping the nation’s future.
The VVB 2025, a live innovation challenge session was conducted for a duration of 120 minutes. Students from Classes 6 to 12 worked in teams of 3 to 5 to ideate, build prototypes around four themes Atmanirbhar Bharat, Swadeshi, Vocal for Local, and Samriddhi.
A School Spotlight programme was also held where over 150 schools from remote regions, aspirational districts, hilly states, and frontier areas were connected directly to share their progress and their experiences.
Dharmendra Pradhan also visited Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, and PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2 in Delhi Cantt and interacted with students and teachers, according to an official press release.
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