“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

SUBMISSIONS FOR INVENTURE ACADEMY’S CHANGE MAKER CHALLENGE (CMC) 2024-2025 NOW OPEN.

Announcement of Top 25 teams for Change Maker Challenge 2024

Change Maker Challenge 2024: Important dates

August 2024

14 Aug: Registrations open

September 2024

30 Sep: Registrations close

October 2024

14 October: Workshop for all teams

17 October: All teams resubmit project ideas

20 October: Announcement of Top 50 teams

22 October: Workshop for Top 50 teams

November 2024

19 & 20 November: Round 2 presentations

23 November: Announcement of Round 3 teams

26 November: Workshop for Round 3 teams

December 2024

17 December: Round 3 presentations

January: Announcement of CMC 2024 top teams

Congratulations to the Top 25 Teams of CMC 2024

Team # School Project CMC Mentor
15 Ramagondanahalli Government High School Youth Sports Coaching: Peer-led sports coaching for youth health Rajesh Sundaresan
4 Harvest International School Smart dustbins for clean neighbourhoods: Sensor bins prevent litter and support hygiene Abhishek Rajan
40 Inventure Academy, WFS Leftover Food Repurposing Platform: Sell restaurant leftovers cheaply to reduce food waste Aman Goel
79 The British School, New Delhi
Step By Step School, Noida
Klim8: Gamified Climate Action for Teens: Engage teens in eco-action through gamified challenges and rewards. Karthik Srinivasan
74 Saandeepani Academy for Excellence Kaagadam: Paper recycling for schools & businesses: Simplify recycling by setting up local paper units Pamli Deka
14 Parikrma Humanity Foundation, Sahakarnagar Sustainable sweet boxes using coconut and banana leaves Pamli Deka
31 Inventure Academy, WFS Traffic Reduction Campaign on SH-35: Student-led campaign to improve traffic on SH-35 Karthik Srinivasan
10 Inventure Academy, WFS
Headstart Educational Academy
Affordable, eco-friendly sanitary pads for girls in Government schools Geetanjali Naik
13 Next Step Center for Learning, Parikrma Sahakarnagar Eco enzyme cleanser to reduce water pollution and stench Abhishek Rajan
2 Harvest International School
NPS East
Measuring waste to motivate reduction at the household level Hima Nandan
12 Neev Academy Raising awareness to prevent student debt traps Prashant Rao
9B Inventure Academy, WFS Financial literacy for women NGOs Prachee Chandiramani
5 Saandeepani Academy for Excellence Vehicle loan defaults in India: Streamlined recovery process for loan defaulters Debjani Ganguli
42 Inventure Academy, YPR Solar lighting at night and day for poor homes Aman Goel
34 Inventure Academy, WFS App for connecting food donations to charities: App links expiring food to orphanages and charities Suresh Raman
3 Harvest International School Environmental Concerns (Green Jobs Fair) Rajesh Sundaresan
36 Inventure Academy, WFS Recycling flex banners with biodegradable solvent: Solvent removes ink from banners for recycling. Lavanya Srinivas
6 Inventure Academy, WFS (Dengue) Mosquito eliminator Suresh Raman
35 Inventure Academy, WFS Volunteer-NGO communication web-app: Connecting NGOs with volunteers via a web-app Madhumita Kapoor
63 Saandeepani Academy for Excellence Digitizing land records to prevent property disputes.: Digitizing land records to prevent property disputes Prachee Chandiramani
38 Inventure Academy, WFS Student Safety App: Track students’ commutes to ensure safety and quick alerts Prashant Rao
54 Parikrma Humanity Foundation Organic nutrient medium for hydroponics: Convert organic waste into sustainable nutrients for hydroponics Pappu Mary Raj
18 Inventure Academy, WFS
The Samhita Academy
Business Modelling Program: Teach students to build sustainable businesses through practice Prashant Rao
47 Legacy School Bangalore Menstrual health awareness: Eco-friendly period bundles and education sessions for girls Geetanjali Naik
55 Parikrma Junior College Emotional neglect in urban parenting: Promote family engagement for emotional well-being Jyoti Purshotam

Inventure’s other innovative initiatives:

Inventure Academy RS Youth Parliament

The inaugural Inventure Academy RS Youth Parliament – Our World, Our Voice was held from 15 to 19 August 2018.

The conference was conceptualised by Inventure Academy to equip children with the Right to Participate (guaranteed by Article 12 of the UNCRC) in the world that they are inheriting and to enable them to be positive change makers. This was achieved by exposing our youth to different perspectives, dialogues between nations and the process of decision-making through a blended platform of the Model United Nations (MUN) and Model Parliament (MP). The conference exposed students to the process of how laws are created and implemented through the interplay between various stakeholders, including international organisations such as the United Nations, National Parliament, Media and Civil Society. This helped to demonstrate how citizens (including children) can have an impact and be a part of the solution.

Model Parliament

Inventure initiated the Model Parliament (India), a first time simulation of the interaction between the Central and State governments, the Economic Council and the Media. The objective of this was to enable students to understand the importance of dialogue in society and in our political system, and enabling legislation that empowers and takes advantage of our demographic dividend. Through debate, discussion and perspective building, student delegates from various schools deliberated in different Committees on pressing issues like Child Safety, Water Crisis, Economic Development and Youth Involvement in Politics. Post this exercise, Committees drafted Bills, keeping as close as possible to Parliamentary procedures.

Past CMC Presentations

Testimonial

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