Changemaker 2017 Season 1 | Inventure Changemaker

Changemaker Challenge Season 1

Over 70 schools and communities around Bangalore submitted their changemaking ideas in Round 1.

21 teams were shortlisted, attended a design thinking workshop at UB City and presented their project pitches in Round 2. All 21 teams received funding to take their projects further.

11 teams progressed to Round 3 and were given further funding and guidance for their projects.

These 11 teams have worked on a variety of projects including sustainable menstruation, upskilling school support staff, segregating waste at school, managing school events in an eco-friendly way, encouraging segregation through an app, reducing dengue in the neighbourhood, saving water by installing aerators in taps, bringing health education to children of migrant labourers and creating a more accepting environment for teen mental health issues.

On 19 January 2018, the 11 finalist teams showcased the changemaking they accomplished and we were impressed by their passion and the progress they had made in creating change. The 11 finalist teams also evaluated each other’s performance along with the judges. As you can imagine coming up with the top three teams based on impact created was very challenging. Each team excelled in different areas of impact.

Overview of our top teams in Season 1:

Young Changemaker Award for SUSTAINABLE IMPACT

Team Aqua Fighters found and promoted a very simple and elegant solution to drastically reduce household use of water using water aerators. They also set up mechanisms to thoroughly measure the reduction in household water consumption and wastage month on month.

Prize money : Team Aqua Fighters received a overall funding of INR 55,000 for their changemaking project.

Young Changemaker Award for SCALABLE IMPACT

Team Binfinity developed an innovative game app that trains users on how to segregate waste.

Prize money : Team Binfinity was awarded a overall funding of INR 65,000 for their changemaking project.

Young Changemaker Award for LARGE MEASURABLE IMPACT

Team Safeleaf worked towards changing the waste disposal habits of a whole school across all their events and reduced non-biodegradable waste from ending up in dumps.

Prize money : Team SafeLeaf received an overall funding of INR 35,000 for their changemaking project.

Young Changemaker Award for PROFOUND IMPACT

Team Parikrma from Parikrma Center for Learning, Jaya Nagar worked in embracing and uplifting the children of migrant laborers in slums and teaching them conversational English, Math, Health and Hygiene.

Prize money : Team Parikrma Changemakers received an overall funding of INR 35,000 for their changemaking project.

Everyone is a winner in this changemaking journey – the remaining teams Alpha Byte, Circuit Breakers, empoWer, Green the Red, Reach Out, Red Dot and Solution Squad – were given a funding of at least INR 5,000 each to continue their changemaking projects along with a special commendation certificate and books to further their learning. Efforts of students and their achievements were showcased in the media as well. Given the support, encouragement and inspiration that we got for this initiative, we decided to make this an annual event, encouraging more students to become changemakers.

Our Core Purpose

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

Inventure Academy, a Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) affiliated school, is ranked the #1 Co-ed Day School in India for 2024–2025 by the EducationWorld India School Rankings. With three campuses in Bangalore, Inventure is committed to nurturing empowered, well-rounded individuals who are equipped to thrive in the 21st century and lead positive change in the world around them.

A pioneer in real-world learning and student agency, Inventure has consistently championed youth-led changemaking through initiatives like the Change Maker Challenge, the Inventure Academy Youth Parliament, and others. Inventure has been recognised by EducationWorld as the All India School of the Year 2023, and has held the #1 ranking in South India, Karnataka, and Bangalore since 2010 in the Co-ed Day Schools category. We have also been honoured as India’s Best School 2023 (Jury’s Choice Award) by Education Today.

CONTACT INFO

changemakers@inventureacademy.com

Whitefield – Sarjapur Road, Chikkavaderapura, Near Dommasandra Circle, Bangalore – 562 125

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