Empowering Grassroots Innovators & Student Builders
Transforming India's rural innovation story by connecting young builders with the mentorship, markets, and capital that move ideas forward.
Who can apply
An idea, prototype, or real problem is enough to begin.
8–18
Junior Track
Idea stage welcome. No prototype required.
18–25
Senior Track
Idea, prototype, or early venture.
Eligibility
Practical support—not just another certificate.
1-on-1 guidance from founders and domain experts.
State, national, and global showcase opportunities.
Access to relevant investors, grants, and pre-seed networks.
Top 200
Mentorship Track
Top 100
Investor Ready
Eight priority arenas from the Cohort 3 challenge—plus an open route for ideas that do not fit a box.
Official Sectors
8 Priority Areas + Open Innovation Track
Precision farming, smart irrigation, cold-chain logistics, crop protection, post-harvest processing, and farm-to-fork food safety verification.
Next-generation artificial intelligence, machine learning models, quantum computing, algorithmic systems, and cognitive deep tech.
Affordable healthcare diagnostics, biotechnology, telemedicine, point-of-care medical devices, and accessible rural healthcare.
Unmanned aerial systems (UAVs/drones), satellite systems, geospatial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics, and strategic national technologies.
Women-led rural enterprises, digital enablement for self-help groups (SHGs), assistive technology, and inclusive community livelihood platforms.
Smart rural and urban infrastructure, green construction materials, resilient supply-chain hubs, clean mobility, and sustainable civil utilities.
Decentralized solar, bio-energy, clean grid storage, wastewater recycling, advanced water purification, and safe drinking water technology.
Micro-finance and rural banking, vernacular edtech platforms, vocational skilling, and indigenous tribal welfare technology.
Cross-disciplinary inventions, disruptive prototypes, grassroots problem-solving models, and creative breakthrough concepts.
Applications Open
Submit your idea or working prototype. Open to school builders and student innovators from 20+ states nationwide.
Top 200 Cohort
Top 200 projects enter weekly mentorship sprints, prototype refinement workshops, and faculty domain clinics.
Top 100 Finalists
Final 100 founders receive live pitch coaching, venture deck reviews, and 1-on-1 investor connects.
Main Stage Finale
Pitch live before prominent investors, industry leaders, and institutional juries at GIET University.
Built for ideas people can see, question, and test.
A purpose-built exhibition floor inside GIET campus for live hardware demos, working prototypes, and direct investor walkthroughs.
Plug-and-play modular display booths equipped with continuous power, high-speed Wi-Fi, and display setup for hands-on software trials and hardware interaction.
Scheduled exhibition walkthroughs where visiting VCs, angel investors, and jury panels review kiosks for direct 1-on-1 founder conversations during coffee breaks.
A dedicated showcase for organic farm produce, minor millet processing, natural textiles, and indigenous value chains to connect directly with institutional buyers.
