Miss KanishkaThe Ministry of Education has extended the last date to register for Seva First Innovation Challenge 2026 up to November 6, 2026.
This campaign was launched on September 25, 2026. The goal is to encourage students and youth to find out issues in their villages, towns and states and come up with innovative solutions for such problems helping in national development. This will encourage innovation, with a focus on the public sector, and provide mentoring, recognition, awards and funding opportunities to select participants.
The challenge will have 5 themes nationally- Swachh and Sustainable Bharat, Samriddh Annadata, Samriddh Bharat, Swasth and Samavesh Bharat, Shikshit and Kaushal Bharat and Surakshit Bharat. Each group (school students, ITI/polytechnic trainees and Undergraduate students and above) will have individual focus areas.
After the last date for registration, the entries will be sorted under the relevant state, theme and stream. State level screening by the NITs will begin on November 7. All entries will be judged using a standard criteria looking at relevance, innovation, viability, cost, impact, scalability and quality.
Shortlisted innovators will receive expert mentoring, lab and fabrication resources, incubation and the opportunity to trial their ideas. The aim is to bring promising solutions to the attention of industry and government bodies.
The Seva First Innovation Challenge 2026 will help to bring innovation and education together by encouraging young people to solve local issues. If you are interested in taking part then ensure you register before the last date of November 6 on the official challenge website.
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