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Vishwakarma Awards 2025 Showcases Student Innovations
The Vishwakarma Awards 2025 is a big competition where students from India and nearby countries show off their cool inventions.
This year, 3,600 students participated, and after 9 months of hard work, 12 teams made it to the final round.
They showed their inventions in three categories: HealTech, Smart Mobility, and Intelligent Machines.
The winners were Team VAYU-SETU for Smart Mobility, Team Adaptive Modular Arms for Intelligent Machines, and Team Sarathi for HealTech.
The judges were impressed by how the students solved real-world problems using technology.
The winners will get more help to improve their inventions.
This competition is all about encouraging students to create useful and innovative things.
Vishwakarma Awards 2025 concluded at IIT Indore, showcasing 12 working prototypes from 1,000 teams after 9 months of evaluations.
The competition focused on integrating AI into physical systems, with categories including HealTech, Smart Mobility, and Intelligent Machines.
Team VAYU-SETU from VESIT won in Smart Mobility, Team Adaptive Modular Arms from IIT Bombay won in Intelligent Machines, and Team Sarathi from C.R. Rao Advanced Institute won in HealTech.
Judges praised the prototypes for demonstrating strong applied engineering skills and system-level thinking.
Finalist teams will continue refining their prototypes with support from IIT Indore, highlighting the foundation's commitment to nurturing practice-ready engineers.
- Who
- STEM students from India and SAARC countries
- What
- Vishwakarma Awards 2025, a hardware-focused innovation challenge
- Where
- IIT Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- When
- Concluded on Saturday (specific date not mentioned)
- Why
- To showcase and reward student innovations in real-world engineering, particularly integrating AI into physical systems
Key facts
- Event Name
- Vishwakarma Awards 2025
- Organizer
- Maker Bhavan Foundation
- Location
- IIT Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- Participants
- 3,600 STEM students from India and SAARC countries
- Finalists
- 12 working prototypes from 1,000 teams
- Duration
- 9 months
- Categories
- HealTech, Smart Mobility, Intelligent Machines
- Winners
- Team VAYU-SETU (Smart Mobility), Team Adaptive Modular Arms (Intelligent Machines), Team Sarathi (HealTech)
Quotes
Dr. Hemant Kanakia
Chief guest at the Vishwakarma Awards 2025
“The prototypes reflected strong applied engineering skills and system-level thinking.”
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Gautam Khanna
President and CEO of Maker Bhavan Foundation
“Khanna highlighted the technical constraints students overcame from sensor calibration to power management and low-latency AI deployment.”
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Prof. Suhas Joshi
Director of IIT Indore
“The competition exemplified deep-tech innovation and the value of student-driven hardware development.”
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