Union Minister Felicitates Winners of Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025

Union Minister of State for Education, Shri Jayant Chaudhary today felicitated 10 National level winning teams and innovators of Viksit Bharat Buildathon (VBB) 2025 in New Delhi. The Guinness World Records certification for VBB 2025 as the “Largest Innovation Solution Competition,” was also presented at the function, marking a historic milestone for school education and grassroots innovation in India. As part of the Event, the Minister also launched the ‘Guidelines for Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) under ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram’. He also distributed prizes to the student winners of the quiz competition based on e-waste.

Addressing the Event, Jayant Chaudhary reiterated the importance of fostering confidence, creativity, innovation and independent thinking among children to mould them into future leaders. Highlighting the Buildathon Initiative, he noted that students were encouraged to identify problems and develop solutions independently, without predefined problems or solutions.

An award pool of over Rs.1 crore was instituted across district, state and national levels. The 10 national winning teams were awarded a total cash prize of ₹17.50 lakhs . Under the Prototype Track, each of the five top winning teams was awarded Rs 2,50,000, recognizing their functional working models. Each of the five winning teams under the Idea Track received Rs.1,00,000 to encourage the incubation and scaling of their creative concepts. The winners who were felicitated today belonged to Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Keralam, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.(UPDATED ON 28TH OCTOBER 2026)