“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.

Round 2 Presentations: 14 – 16 October 2025

Changemaker Challenge 25-26 I Round 2 Finalists Announced

Congratulations to Our Round 2 Finalists. Click Here for the Full List of Qualified Teams.

From classrooms to careers, AI and automation are reshaping how we learn, live, and work. Will they empower us—or leave more of us behind? The Change Maker Challenge 2025–26 is your chance to respond—with ideas, action, and impact.

Submit your idea now

About the Challenge

The Change Maker Challenge (CMC) is where you take on the real stuff.
The messy stuff. The complicated stuff. The kind of problems that don’t have one right answer—but do need bold ones.

Submit your idea now

how it works

  1. You’ll start by asking the hard questions.
  2. Then you’ll research, test, build, and push your ideas until they’re ready to make a real difference.
  3. You’ll get mentors.
  4. You’ll get feedback.
  5. You’ll probably get stuck. And then you’ll get better.
  6. Because this isn’t just about what you think.
  7. It’s about what you do with it.

Here’s how it works

You’ll start by asking the hard questions.
Then you’ll research, test, build, and push your ideas until they’re ready to make a real difference.
You’ll get mentors.
You’ll get feedback.
You’ll probably get stuck. And then you’ll get better.
Because this isn’t just about what you think.
It’s about what you do with it.

Key Dates and Rounds

Three rounds to transform your bold ideas into real impact

01

Round 1

Foundation

Submission Deadline
1 September 2025
Project Refinement Workshop
4 September 2025
Results
22 September 2025
02

Round 2

Pitch Perfect

Build Your Pitch Workshop
7 October 2025
Pitch Presentations
16-18 October 2025
Top 25 Shortlist
27 October 2025
03

Round 3

Real Impact

Prototype Refinement Workshop
30 October 2025
Project Pilot
31 Oct - 15 Dec 2025
6+ weeks of real-world testing
Prototype Impact Presentations
16-17 December 2025
Submit your idea now

Workshops to Power Your Ideas

Start strong. Finish stronger.

The Changemaker Challenge isn’t just about submitting an idea—it’s about submitting your best idea. That’s why we’re hosting two exclusive pre-submission workshops designed to give your project a real edge:

Ideation Workshop
(Thursday, 14 August 2025)

Kickstart your changemaking journey with inspiration, guidance, and practical tools to create impactful solutions.

Project Refinement Workshop
(4th September 2025 – Exclusive to CMC participants. Submit Your idea to be a part of this special workshop)

Work with experienced mentors to sharpen your project idea, clarify your approach, and boost your chances of success.

This Year’s Theme

Life, Learning & Work in the Age of AI & Automation.

AI and automation aren’t just coming—they’re here.
They’re changing what we learn, how we work, and how we live together. For some, these tools open up new opportunities. For others, they shut doors that were already half-closed.

Will AI empower us—or deepen the divide?

Will it help us build fairer systems
—or faster ones that leave people behind?

This year, the Change Maker Challenge invites you to tackle that tension—head-on.
 Look around your world. Where is AI showing up? Who is it helping? Who is it ignoring?
 Then get to work: build a solution that puts people—not just progress—at the center.

Why Join?

Build 21st-century skills

Critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, leadership, and communication—not just buzzwords, but real tools you’ll practice.

Make a real impact

Work on problems that matter to you. Your community. Your future.

Be part of something bigger

Access mentors, experts, and a network of changemakers and doers.

Show what you’re made of

This is the kind of experience that universities and future employers take seriously.

Bring your ideas to life

Finalists stand a chance to receive funding, recognition, and support to implement their ideas.

Journey Snapshot

From Idea to Impact

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Journey Snapshot

From Idea to Impact

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Where Can You Focus?

AI is reshaping everything—from your classrooms to your cities. It’s moving fast. The question is: Will it take us forward—or leave more of us behind?

Pick a challenge that feels urgent. Unfair. Or just plain broken. Then use tech—and your voice—to build something better.

Sustainability & Climate Action

  • Will AI help us heal the planet—or just speed up the damage?
  • We’ve got smarter sensors and satellite models—but who’s actually listening to the data?
  • Build systems that protect people and the planet.

Infrastructure & Inclusion

  • Will the future be built for everyone—or just the ones with high-speed internet?
  • AI is driving everything from traffic flows to housing access.
  • Can we make smart cities truly inclusive—or are we coding in new kinds of exclusion?

Mental Health & Well-being

  • Is AI helping us thrive—or just keeping us scrolling?
  • Will the next therapist be an app? Should it be?
  • Design tech that supports mental health without compromising what makes us human.

Education, Jobs & Equity

  • Will your teachers be replaced by chatbots? Should they be?
  • As AI rewrites how we learn and what jobs even exist—how do we make sure education keeps up, and keeps everyone in?

Past Highlights & Testimonials

What students built. What changed because of it.

From solar lights that lit up entire homes to enzyme-based cleaners that rethought sustainability—CMC projects haven’t just made noise. They’ve made a difference. Each team started with one sharp question—and turned it into something real.

What They Built

Solar Lights for Under-resourced Homes

A finalist project tackling energy access through low-cost innovation.

EcoEnzyme Cleaners for Sustainable Hygiene

A student-led chemical solution that combined science, sustainability, and community outreach.

Food Repurposing System to Combat Hunger

Turning surplus food from homes and canteens into distribution networks for those in need.

Lending Library for Underserved Schools

Creating modular, shareable book systems and reading programs in schools with limited resources.

AI-Powered Education Access Tools

Projects exploring how to make online learning more inclusive, especially for students without consistent connectivity.

What Students Say

See the Journey

Explore finalists across seasons

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.

Our Core Purpose

Empower learners to realise their full potential, ignite change and create positive impact.

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Round 2 Finalists

Team name City & Country Schools that your team members attend Core team member names

TerraNova

Bangalore,India

Deens Academy, Gunjur

Arnav Gujar

Anagha Nair

Rithvik Senthil

Nichelle Mathew

Melodic Healers

Bangalore,India

Deens Academy, Gunjur

Anwita Nigam

Mahathi V

Avni Garg

Avani Godbole

Charvi Reddy Pappula

Aishi Singh

SoundSense

Bangalore,India

Deens Academy, Gunjur

Srivatsan Prakash

Ddaksh Mundra

Akshara Madhusudhanan

Afsheen Zainab

Eminence Tech Titans

Bangalore,India

Deens Academy, Gunjur

Vyakhya Gupta

Bavasri

Pranavi Agarwal

Ocular

Bangalore,India

Delhi Public School (DPS) Bangalore East

Aanya Gupta

Akshata Chilkuri

Kanishk Mayilsamy

Sai Subramanian G

CleanTech Crew

Bangalore,India

Delhi Public School (DPS) Bangalore West

Mohammad Saad

Nikhil Singh

Aariz Ahamed

Team SafeSteer

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

GEMS New Millennium School, Al Khail

Sujan Balaji

Abay Acsyuth Vasanth

Yuhan Abraham Jacob

Subhankar Mahapatra

Helperly

Bangalore,India

Greenwood High

The International School Bangalore (TISB)

Indus International

Vedanth Prakash

Pratham Agrawal

Aditya Agrawal

Pranav Girish Kartik

Pranav Shivaramakrishnan

Spark Safe

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Arya Chauhan

Aadya Sureka

Tarasha Nambiar

Onella Mehndiratta

SARVAS

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Vedanth Sairam

Aryaman Chandilya

Shreyas Narayan

Rohan Rajeev

Aditya Manish Shah

Shamik Saraswati

productiveprincess

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Vaani Shrestha

Sanaa Ladak

Riddhi Somani

BookSmart AI/ HelpHive

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Aadya Sureka

Tarasha Nambiar

Arya Chauhan

Onella Mehndiratta

CollegeKids/ CollegeCampus

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Avyaan Luthra Mathur

Rohan Srinivasan

Vyom Saraf

Atharv Gadgil

Back2U

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Reyansh Pathak,

John Devaprassana

Vivaan Chaudhari,

Advik J Singh

Agrismart

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Rinzen Lakshmi Choudhry

Anoushka Mohan

Tamara Anne Mathews

Meghna Balagopal

AgriSmart

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Rinzen Lakshmi Choudhry

Tamara Anne Mathews

Meghna Balagopal

Anoushka Mohan

Study Buddy

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Aniruddha RJ

Aditya Bhat

Nikhil Singh

Yashvardhan Sanghi

Soham Dash

Inginium

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Diya Sanghi

Kenisha Vats

Nyraa Maulik Shah

Ria Deepak Ladha

Saanvi Sri Sunkara

CleanLink

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Arayana Sharma

Adhya Bhat

Suhani Agarwal

Sanjana Pandian

Namma Kala

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Mrinalini Sensarma

Sia Bora

Arnav Ravinder

Varshini Srinivas

Nandini Srinivas

NutriScan

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Ashray Ram

Reyansh Sudhir

Advay Sreejith

Ayaan Thomas

Ameya Saxena

Team Kynetiq Kids

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Adhvik Khanna

MediMate

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Anahita Sinha

Nandika Kamalkrishna Achan

Diya Gopinath

Teenage Mentalists

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Prerna Kolar

Adviti Garg

Advika Mathur

Ananya Agarwal

LOGIC LORDS

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

John Devaprasanna

Advik Jagadish Singh

Vivaan Chaudhari,

Reyansh Pathak

CASH.AI

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy Whitefield-Sarjapur

Gems Modern Academy Dubai

Ansh Patil

Aarav Tadimalla

Omar Samee Patel

Team FLOW

Bangalore,India

Inventure Academy, Yeshwanthpur

National Public School Agaara

Pranav Chidanand Swadesh

Arjun Bagri

Shashwat Datta Choudhury

Bangalore,India

Narayana

Kunskapsskolan

Zara Adlakha

Mihika Burma

Avani SJ

Elevate

Ranchi, Jharkhand

ODM Sapphire Global School

Sonu Kumar

Ayushi Raj

Apurv Tiwari

Safespace

Bangalore,India

Parikrma Centre for Learning, Nandhini Layout

MS Sochiganesh

Mahalakshmi R

Ramya V

Monika R

Bangalore,India

Parikrma Centre for Learning, Sahakara Nagar

Vismitha

Pallavi T N

Ganashree B M

Bhuvan Kumar M

Loomy loomers

Bangalore,India

Parikrma Next Step Centre for Learning, Sahakarnagar

Gabriel Ebenezer

Gautami

Apsara

Syed Junaid

Nandakumar

Saha.Ai

Bangalore,India

Parikrma Pre University College

Kevin Pinto

Syed Thalha

Pooja PS

Jayshree K

Charan Raj

Gowrish

Kanchana A

The Brainstormers

Bangalore,India

Presidency School Bangalore North

Anika Balaji

Harshini Gownivari

Inchara Hebbar

Evolv

Bangalore,India

Saandeepani Academy for Excellence

Maitravarun Panyam

Krishna Dheeraj Vankadara

Sagar Kallupurakkal Laijamon

renaissance

Bangalore,India

Saandeepani Academy for Excellence

Pranita Pradeep

Dhrivika Devi

Deekshaa Aanandh

Digital Dilemma

Bangalore,India

Saandeepani Academy for Excellence

Sara Khatoon

Gnanapriya Reddy V,Ananya

Pulse Of Change

Bangalore,India

Saandeepani Academy for Excellence

Rudra Kunal Dholakia

Nidhi Kotturashettar

Ethen Mohan Charupara

Aryan Kumar

Pranavee Tata

Tree Whisperers

Bangalore,India

Saandeepani Academy for Excellence

Parnavi Biju

Rajrita Bhattacharya

Pragathi Suresh

Sai Akshitha Mandala

Sai Akshaya Mandala

Smart Boost

Bangalore,India

Saandeepani Academy for Excellence

Sara Khatoon

Gnanapriya Reddy V

Ananya

Bangalore,India

Saandeepani Academy for Excellence

Advithi Menon

SarvaVidya

Bangalore,India

Saandeepani Academy for Excellence

Hinduja.M, Shakthi Priya.M, Bindushree M Reddy, Tanushree N, Saachi Padmini Williams

ECOGEN

Bangalore,India

Saandeepani Academy for Excellence

Anish Bhattacharya

Aran Madhusudan

Sree Satvik Tholeti

Responza

Meerut, India

St. Francis World School

Poorvi Garg

Teena Bhardwaj

Tanmay Arjun

EXYPNOS

Varanasi, India

Sunbeam School Lahartara

Aditya Pratap Singh

Yatharth Gupta

Somesh Jaiswal

Innovolve (innovate+evolve): Smart bins

New Delhi, India

The British School, New Delhi

Jia Kaplish, Ananya Bhargava, Kiaan Ghai and Rudrav Khaitan

Innovolve (innovate+evolve)

New delhi, India

The British School, New Delhi

Jia Kaplish

Ananya Bhargava

Kiaan Ghai

Rudrav Khaitan

Innovolve (innovate+evolve)

Delhi, India

The British School, New Delhi

Jia Kaplish

Ananya Bhargava

Kiaan Ghai

Rudrav Khaitan

AIris

Delhi, India

The British School, New Delhi

Aadi Chakraborty

Tejas Singh Sagoo

Yeolwon Seong

Agastya Rishi Bhardwaj

Innovolve (innovate+evolve): Skill Swap

New Delhi, India

The British School, New Delhi

Jia Kaplish

Ananya Bhargava

Kiaan Ghai

Rudrav Khaitan

Innovolve (innovate+evolve): FoodLens

New Delhi, India

The British School, New Delhi

Jia Kaplish

Ananya Bhargava

Kiaan Ghai

Rudrav Khaitan

SMART CROW

Indore, India

Emerald Heights World School, Indore

Vidhan Sharma

Prathit Tilakwar

Ranvijay Joshi

Kalaकृति

Indore, India

The Emerald Heights International School, Indore

Punit Bhatia

Siddharth Kodwani

Harsh Popleyy

Birdy

Indore , India

The Emerald Heights International School, Indore

Arav Jain

Lakshya Seth

Aditya Raj

FlowTech

Bangalore,India

The International School Bangalore (TISB)

Akshat Kandoi

Seetaram Kommana

Raghav Gupta