Bharat AI
Challenge
The national stage for student robotics and AI — and for the schools and partners who make it happen. From the classroom workshop to a live Finale judged in front of real industry.
Radio Partner
A robotics and AI programme built on real hardware, judged by real industry, staged in front of a real audience.
XROBOTICS — Bharat AI Challenge takes students from Class 6 to 12 through a structured path: a hands-on workshop using Arduino UNO Q kits, a project build across five thematic tracks, open public voting, and a live national Finale.
The programme is incubated at REP IIT Bhubaneswar and runs its first cohort across 100 schools in West Bengal, in association with Fever FM as official radio partner — built to scale nationally from here.
Your idea doesn't end at the Finale. It goes to market.
XRobotics selects the top two project ideas from the Bharat AI Challenge and builds them into market-ready products within six months — developed under XGen AI, launched on e-commerce platforms, with 10% ongoing royalty paid to the students behind them.
Top 2 Ideas
Two projects are selected from the whole cohort at the Finale.
Product Development
Built into a market-ready product under XGen AI, with our engineering guidance.
Market Launch
Listed and sold through e-commerce platforms within six months.
Student Royalty
The students behind the idea earn 10% royalty on every sale.
They earn from what they build.
Six tracks, one national stage.
Five thematic categories, each carrying its own ₹12,000 award — plus an open Social Impact track judged across the whole field.
Sustainable & Green Energy
Solar, waste-to-energy, and low-carbon designs built by student teams.
Tech, AI & Innovation
Robotics, automation, and applied AI projects built on Arduino UNO Q.
EdTech
Tools and platforms that make learning more accessible and effective.
Agri & Rural Innovation
Solutions addressing farming, irrigation, and rural livelihoods.
Healthcare
Diagnostics, assistive devices, and health-access innovations.
Every entry also competes for overall, special-recognition, and women-entrepreneur awards — see the full breakdown below.
See Full Prize BreakdownTen lakh in value, forty-eight awards, five tiers.
Students, teams, women innovators, faculty, and school leadership — every contribution to the cohort is recognised.
- Arduino kit
- Silver trophy, medal & certificate
- 3-month mentorship programme
- Arduino Mega kit
- Gold trophy, medal & certificate
- 6-month incubation
- AI & Robotics masterclass
- Arduino kit
- Bronze medal & certificate
- 1-month mentorship programme
One winner per vertical track
Special recognitions
Nine awards · ₹50,000- Best Solo Founder₹10,000
- Best Pitch / Presentation₹9,000
- Pitch Deck Design₹7,000
- Best MVP / Prototype₹5,000
- Best Business Model₹5,000
- People's Choice — Best Idea₹4,000
- People's Choice — Best AI Poster₹4,000
- Best Storytelling₹3,000
- Best Team Collaboration₹3,000
Women entrepreneur awards
Three awards · ₹30,000- Best Women Entrepreneur — Overall
Gold medal + 6-month business coaching₹20,000 - Best Women Entrepreneur — School
Medal + mentorship & training₹5,000 - Best Women Entrepreneur — Emerging
Medal + mentorship & incubation₹5,000
25 principals recognised, not just students.
Every partner school's leadership competes for its own award tier — each carrying a cash prize, trophy or medal, certificate, and a professional development programme.
- Most Innovative Principal Award+ Annual advisory board seat
- Best Visionary School Leader
- Principal's Digital Innovation Champion
- Best AI Adoption in Curriculum Integration
- Best Institutional Collaboration & Partnership
- Most Student-Centric Innovation Enabler
- Best Robotics Lab Champion
- Principal Leading STEM Culture Shift
- Best Inter-School Collaboration Initiative
- Strongest Student Mentorship Framework
- Most Effective Tech Integration in Teaching
- Best Principal Advocate for AI Literacy
- Principal Driving Gender Diversity in STEM
- Best Support for Student Entrepreneurship
- Principal Building School-Industry Partnerships
- Vision for 21st Century Learning
- Best NEP 2020 Implementation Champion
- Principal Supporting Hands-On Learning
- Best Creative Approach to Student Competitions
- Principal Fostering Innovation Mindset
- Most Engaged School Leader in AI Movement
- Best Principal Support for Student Teams
- Building Community Around Innovation
- Best Principal Mentor to Young Faculty
- Early Adopter of Robotics & AI Education
Built for school builders, Class 6 to 12.
Open nationwide, with dedicated outreach across West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Manipur, and Mizoram.
- School students, Class 6 to 12
- Every board — CBSE, ICSE, and State
- Apply solo or as a team
- Open to participants across India
- A real problem you want to solve.
- Willingness to build a working prototype.
- A mentor or faculty sponsor — recommended, not required.
- A short pitch — video or live, at the final.
From workshop to winner's stage.
Schools sign up
Schools enrol online and students are registered for the workshop track.
Hands-on workshop
Sessions run on Arduino UNO Q kits across five project categories.
Teams enter
An idea or poster entry is submitted through the school portal.
Public leaderboard
Entries go live for open voting, updated in real time.
Finale
Finalists present live on 14 November for the national prize pool.
Inside the workshops.
One hundred schools, thousands of build hours, one national stage. Scenes from the pilot cohort on the ground in West Bengal.
Updates from the cohort.
Workshop launched at Green Field Academy
XROBOTICS Bharat AI Challenge launched at Green Field Academy — our first school of the cohort.
See the photosFever FM joins as Official Radio Partner
Fever FM comes on board as Official Radio Partner, carrying the Challenge to listeners across the region.
View partners
Total prize pool value crosses ₹10,00,000
Forty-eight awards across five tiers — cash, hardware, incubation, and mentorship for students, faculty, and 25 partner principals.
See the breakdownQuestions, answered.
Who can participate?
What does it cost to take part?
Do I need to already own Arduino hardware?
What's the maximum team size?
Can I apply if I don't have a mentor?
How and when will winners be announced?
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Seats in the West Bengal pilot cohort are filling now. Workshops, six prize tracks, and a place on the Finale stage.