CBSE IBM EdTech Youth Challenge India – 2020-2021

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CBSE IBM EdTech Youth Challenge India – 2020-2021

I. About the IBM EdTech Youth Challenge:

  • EdTech Youth Challenge India is a competition organized by CBSE and IBM to give students an opportunity to work with experts from IBM and its partners to tackle pressing sustainability, climate, and disaster issues through the use of emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence.
  • Participation in this exciting challenge will enable students to tackle challenges and help humanity better look after our world. The results of this work can be scaled to make an impact in one’s community and across India.
  • Participation can be either as teams of teachers and their students competing, or an individual applying their expertise to help teams.

  • Detailed below are the various levels of the challenge:

LEVEL

DESCRIPTION

LEVEL 1:

AI ONLINE TRAINING

·    Students undergo a 6-hour online training on AI concepts and submit their idea for a problem they wish to solve.

·    Top 2 ideas per school move to next level

LEVEL 2:

PROJECT IDEATION

·    Teams develop ideas on how they can use AI concepts for their projects and

then participate in a one-day ideation session with experts from IBM and other partners to expand those ideas.

LEVEL 3:

HACKATHON

·    A 2-day coding event that will include approximately 100 pre-selected teams of

students and teachers shall be held. Students and teachers will have an immersive experience with IBM and our partner experts to refine their projects ideas.

LEVEL 4:

AI COURSE & PROJECT WORK

·    The top 30 teams selected from the hackathon will have an opportunity to

learn  more  about  AI  concepts  and  how  they  can  apply  those  concepts  to projects focused on climate change issues that are important to them.

LEVEL 5:

FINAL APPLICATION SUBMISSION

·    The top 30 teams will access the EdTech Youth Challenge website and complete

their application form to submit their project proposals.

LEVEL 6:

FINAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED

·    All 30 finalists will be invited to attend a formal event, where 5 of these teams

will be announced as the winners of the EdTech Youth Challenge India in 2021.

LEVEL 7:

THE PRIZE: TWO- WEEK INTERNSHIP

·    The top 5 teams will receive two-week internship as the prize for winning this

competition.  This  competition.  These  internships  will  be  with  leading  labs across India, with support from IBM and partner experts.
  • A precursor to the above stages of the IBM EdTech Youth Challenge is ‘Generation AI’, a secure online training and an ideas management platform from IBM partners. Students will be given 6 hour of online training and then will be required to submit ideas for real world challenges where AI solutions are required today, example AI for COVID, Climate, Healthcare, Water, Agriculture etc.
  • The 6 hours online trainings will be conducted in each of the participating schools thereby mobilizing young talents from across the country to participate in the EdTech Youth Challenge. 
  • The online trainings are open for students of all streams and no coding experience is required. The trainings are aimed to inspire students to come up with solutions for global issues using AI. 
  • Based on strength of AI ideas submission and students’ participation Top 2 ideas per school will be selected to move to Level 2: Project Ideation and will be invited to participate in a 1-day ideation session conducted by IBM experts and partners.

II. Competition Dates and Participation:

  • The challenge will open for registration and entries from schools/students for Level 1 – Online training and Idea submission from 22nd September 2020 onwards.
  • Schools interested in participating in Level 1 can register on this link: https://bit.ly/AIprogramregistration - Deadline for registration is 05th October 2020.
  • For further details regarding the challenge and competition registration please visit: https://www.ibm.org/edtech-youth-challenge/ 

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