AWS Young Builders Challenge is an initiative by Amazon Web Services, launched in collaboration with the Ministry of Education- Innovation Cell (Govt. of India), Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

This is an effort to promote and foster a scientific temper, computational and design thinking, coding skills in young minds. This collaborative initiative aims to infuse the basic understanding of disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence and cloud computing and their impact on the future of India.

The students will build projects keeping in mind the main theme: ‘How Artificial Intelligence can change the future of the country’, and sub-themes such as Education, Healthcare, Agriculture, Transportation, etc. This is an opportunity for schools to expose their students to emerging technologies of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cloud Computing via self-learning modules.

The winners will get attractive awards and recognitions. The top 10 projects from across the country will be presented in a live virtual showcase ceremony. The Ministry of Education will also offer these top 10 schools a direct entry to the Junior Smart India Hackathon to be held in April 2022. Additional awards will be presented to the top 3 schools with maximum participations.

The participation journey for each student begins with their school registering for the challenge. This offer is open to all schools across India for students of class 6th- 12th. Further details can be accessed here.