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Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary felicitated 10 national winning student teams at the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 in New Delhi, where the initiative was recognised by Guinness World Records as the 'Largest Innovation Solution Competition' with 287,967 project submissions. The event was organised by the Department of School Education and Literacy in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, and AICTE, and saw participation from school students across India.
The 10 national awardees, selected through a three-tier assessment process, received a total cash prize of ₹17.50 lakh, with five teams in the prototype track each awarded ₹2.5 lakh and five in the idea track receiving ₹1 lakh. Winning projects included a spider-shaped bomb-defusing robot from Assam, affordable bone-conduction smart glasses from Uttar Pradesh, and an urban breathing pole from Gujarat.
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