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.
Also read Schools holidays in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan for Diwali, Chhath puja
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.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Quick Watch
]Next Story
]Kerala school faces disruption over student wearing hijab; declares two-day holiday
The conflict started when a student wore an extra garment over the uniform, prompting a clash between her parents and school authorities. Holidays are also given for staff and students preparing for upcoming exams.
Press Trust of India | 1 min readFeatured News
]- IIIT Allahabad fines B.Techs who accept campus placement offers and then take other jobs, allege students
- Tamil Nadu: Chennai LKG fees highest in state; fee details of thousands of TN private schools public
- GMR Aero Technic’s aviation course produces professionals airlines can deploy from day one: President
- No more ‘half-baked doctors’: NMC scraps 2-year PG medical diplomas; over 3,300 seats will go to MD, MS
- MBBS interns seek uniform stipend policy as amounts vary wildly and private medical colleges underpay
- NEET UG 2026 Re-Exam: 20 Goa candidates denied extra 15 minutes at centre, demand inquiry
- ‘Not fashion design’: JK Lakshmipat University focuses on design as tool to solve problems, says director
- Three years on, BUHS has left 2 lakh paramedical students with no exams or results and a bleak future
- NEET Exam: Why more women qualify, top the lists, but still can't make it to AIIMS
- Anna University students piece together BTech courses as faculty gaps lead to fragmented teaching