BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19451014T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0630 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251016T051814Z UID:3C0D35AE-9D78-4B6A-9F2E-5A4D1728A8AE DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20251013T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20251013T140000 DESCRIPTION:Dr. Prashant R. Nair\, IEEE STEM Champion and Member\, IEEE Pre -University Education Coordination Committee (PECC)\, conducted a mentorin g session and 'Design Thinking' workshop for 100+ students of grades 9 and 10 for the national-level STEM Competition\, Viksit Bharat Buildathon 202 5 at Rathinam International Public School (RIPS)\, Coimbatore\, on 13 Octo ber 2025. Over 3 lakh schools participated simultaneously in the Viksit Bh arat Buildathon 2025\, India’s largest synchronized innovation hackathon for school students. The event started with a live telecast and inaugurat ion by Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan\, who inaugurated the Viksit Bharat Buildathon (VBB) 2025\, at New Delhi.\n\nWhile addressin g\, Shri Pradhan congratulated and complimented the 3 lakh+ schools and pa rticipating students from across India for the enthusiastic participation in this mega school innovation initiative. He expressed his confidence tha t the innovative ideas germinated from here will pave the way for creating new global models and finding solutions to pressing domestic and global c hallenges. The Minister stated that a Viksit and Samriddh Bharat will be b uilt on the shoulders of our talented school students. He emphasized that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of a developed India by 2047 will be realized through transformative efforts like VBB\, and urged stude nts to play an active role in shaping the nation’s future.\n\nDr. Prasha nt R. Nair provided an overview of the VBB\, which included the participat ion of teams of 3–5 to ideate and build prototypes around four themes- A tmanirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India)\, Swadeshi (Local products)\, Vocal for Local\, and Samriddhi. He then stressed the importance of design thin king for innovation and ideation. He mentioned the 5 steps in design think ing\, namely empathize\, define\, ideate\, prototype\, and test. He cited several examples of successful adoption of design thinking\, such as Oral- B B. GE\, and Airbnb. The next 15 days would be used to design prototypes and submit them for the competition. Dr. Prashant R. Nair also stressed up on IEEE TryEngineering and its vast resources\, which could be helpful for developing innovative prototypes\n\n[]\n\nCo-sponsored by: Atal Innovatio n Mission\, IEEE PECC\, IEEE TryEngineering\, Ministry of Education of Gov ernment of India\n\nSpeaker(s): Prashant R. Nair\, \n\nAgenda: \n- Welcome by Ms. Ashmi R.\, Principal\, Rathinam International Public School\, Coim batore\n- Live telecast of the inauguration of the Viksit Bharat Buildatho n 2025 by Indian Union education minister\n- About the Viksit Bharat Build athon 2025 by Dr. Prashant R. Nair\, IEEE STEM Champion\n- Design Thinking workshop by Dr. Prashant R. Nair\, IEEE STEM Champion\n\nRoom: ATL Lab\, Rathinam International Public School (RIPS)\, Rathinam Techzone\, Eachanar i\, Tamil Nadu\, Coimbatore\, Tamil Nadu\, India\, 641021 LOCATION:Room: ATL Lab\, Rathinam International Public School (RIPS)\, Rath inam Techzone\, Eachanari\, Tamil Nadu\, Coimbatore\, Tamil Nadu\, India\, 641021 ORGANIZER:prashant@amrita.edu SEQUENCE:66 SUMMARY:Design Thinking for STEM Competition\, Viksit Bharat Buildathon 202 5 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/507322 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Dr. Prashant R. Nair\, IEEE STEM Champion and Member\, IEEE Pre-University Education Coordination Committee (PECC)\, conducted a mentoring session and 'Design Thinking' workshop for 100+ stu dents of grades 9 and 10 for the national-level STEM Competition\, Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 at Rathinam International Public School (RIPS)\, Co imbatore\, on 13 October 2025. &nbsp\;Over 3 lakh schools participated sim ultaneously in the Viksit Bharat Buildathon<em>&nbsp\;</em>2025<em>\,</em> India&rsquo\;s largest synchronized innovation hackathon for school stude nts. The event started with a live telecast and inauguration by Union Educ ation Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan\, who inaugurated the Viksit Bharat Buildathon (VBB) 2025\, at New Delhi.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>While addressing\, S hri Pradhan congratulated and complimented the 3 lakh+ schools and partici pating students from across India for the enthusiastic participation in th is mega school innovation initiative. He expressed his confidence that the innovative ideas germinated from here will pave the way for creating new global models and finding solutions to pressing domestic and global challe nges. The Minister stated that a Viksit and Samriddh Bharat will be built on the shoulders of our talented school students. He emphasized that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi&rsquo\;s vision of a developed India by 2047 will be realized through transformative efforts like VBB\, and urged stude nts to play an active role in shaping the nation&rsquo\;s future.</p>\n<p> Dr. Prashant R. Nair provided an overview of the VBB\, which included the participation of teams of 3&ndash\;5 to ideate and build prototypes around four themes- Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India)\, Swadeshi (Local pr oducts)\, Vocal for Local\, and Samriddhi. He then stressed the importance of design thinking for innovation and ideation. He mentioned the 5 steps in design thinking\, namely empathize\, define\, ideate\, prototype\, and test. He cited several examples of successful adoption of design thinking\ , such as Oral-B B. GE\, and Airbnb. The next 15 days would be used to des ign prototypes and submit them for the competition. Dr. Prashant R. Nair a lso stressed upon IEEE TryEngineering and its vast resources\, which could be helpful for developing innovative prototypes</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>< img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/f9ffa06f-0 779-4805-9ad7-96c1af4b5dc5" alt="" width="1600" height="900"></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><ul>\n<li>Welcome by Ms. Ashmi R.\, Principal\, Rathinam International Public School\, Coimbatore</li>\n<li>Live telecast of the in auguration of the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 by Indian Union education minister</li>\n<li>About the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 by Dr. Prashant R. Nair\, IEEE STEM Champion</li>\n<li>Design Thinking workshop by Dr. Pr ashant R. Nair\, IEEE STEM Champion</li>\n</ul> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR