Vishwakarma Awards

The Vishwakarma Awards is a national hardware innovation challenge for student teams organised by Maker Bhavan Foundation. It invites multidisciplinary student teams to develop working hardware prototypes across thematic tracks such as health tech, sustainable energy, AI in hardware, sustainable cities and assistive solutions. The programme includes mentorship from partner institutions (IIT Indore, IIT Hyderabad, Ashoka University), a prototyping journey and a final bootcamp where top teams present to a national jury. Top teams gain mentorship, industry engagement and national visibility.

Six-month mentorship and prototyping journey, mentorship from partner institutions, participation in a final bootcamp, opportunity for industry engagement and national visibility for top teams.

Multidisciplinary student teams of 2–5 students; designed for engineering students and STEM & design graduates from institutions across India.

Form a multidisciplinary team (2–5), pick a thematic challenge and apply with an idea; progress through design, prototyping, testing with mentors and present a working prototype to the national jury.