Guinness-Listed Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 Set for Award Event

A major award event is planned for the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025, which has now earned a place in the Guinness World Records. Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi is scheduled to felicitate the winners on 28 October.

The competition has been recognised as the largest innovation solution contest in the world by Guinness World Records. Across the Idea and Prototype tracks, 2,87,967 projects were submitted in total.

At the ceremony, Joshi will honour the 10 national-level winning teams and innovators. Their solutions and models will be on display, highlighting their innovative work.

The programme will also feature the presentation of the official Guinness World Records certificate.

The ministry will additionally release guidelines for Teacher Education Institutions as part of the Ullas-Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram.

According to the statement, Special Campaign 6.0 has seen both departments of the ministry take up efforts to build awareness on e-waste and improve its collection.

The Buildathon was launched to foster creative problem-solving, entrepreneurship and scientific curiosity among school students. It was organised by the Department of School Education and Literacy with the Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and the All India Council for Technical Education.

The theme of the Buildathon revolves around four pillars: Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Swadeshi, Vocal for Local and Samriddh Bharat.

The official statement said the initiative reinforces India's rapidly growing school innovation ecosystem. It inspires young learners to move beyond the classroom and become problem solvers, patent holders and entrepreneurs who will contribute to the vision of Viksit Bharat.

The event will also be attended by Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary, T.K. Anil Kumar, Secretary of the Department of School Education and Literacy, Additional Secretary Dheeraj Sahu, AICTE Chairman T.G. Sitaram, senior Education Ministry officials, heads of autonomous bodies, representatives of state and Union Territory education departments, and partner institutions.