Theme: Innovating for a Sustainable Future.

Participants: Students from Grades 6 to 12 enrol in the competitions.

Categories:

1. Grade 6 to 8

2. Grade 9 to 12

Levels of Competition:

• Constituency Level: Initial competitions held at the school or constituency level, with participants competing within their designated constituency. Top three participants/two teams per category for each of the competitions to advance to the next round.  After registration, you may show your details to the IAS officers of your school constituency for the dates of the competition within the constituency.

• Zonal Level: Competitions held online, with winners from the constituency level competing against others in their zone. This applies to all competitions except sports. Selected school constituency participants for sports will compete directly at the city-level. 6 participants/6 teams for each of the competitions to advance to the next round.

The Zonal level will consist of groups segregated based on the syllabus:

Group 1: CBSE

Group 2: IB, Cambridge, ICSE

Group 3: State syllabus

• City Level: Finalists from the Zonal Level from each of the groups will be asked to pitch their business idea. They may be given challenges to display the skills of an entrepreneur. Judging criteria will also include their network and sales numbers. Winners will be announced for all the syllabi.

• Champion Level: The highest level of competitions held offline among the City Level winners from each of the school boards.

Rubric:

• Innovation: 20% (Novelty of the idea, creativity)

• Skills of an entrepreneur: 20% (Handling failure, negotiation, willingness to take risks)

• Feasibility and business model: 30% (Practicality, scalability)

• Presentation: 20% (Clarity, persuasiveness)

• Impact: 10% (Potential societal/environmental impact)

Registration and Timeline:

• Registration for the Under-18 Olympics must be completed by August 11th, 2024.

• The Constituency Level competitions must also be completed by August 18th, 2024.

• Zonal Level winners will be announced by August 22nd, 2024.

• The City Level competition dates will be communicated by the Under-18 IAS officers and the Under-18 MLA a week in advance.