Meet the winners of India's largest GenAI buildathon at India AI Impact Summit 2026
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OpenAI Academy and NxtWave mobilised over 70,000 students to India's largest student challenge at India AI Impact Summit 2026 and awarded a total of Rs 10 lakh to top teams. The national finale on February 17 showcased deployment-ready GenAI solutions for accessibility, traffic and engineering from students across
“This is the beginning of a big revolution of the AI journey in India and students are at the forefront of it,” said Rahul Attuluri, Co-founder & CEO of NxtWave, at India's largest student buildathon at India AI Impact Summit 2026.
Held at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in New Delhi, the national finale of the OpenAI Academy x NxtWave Buildathon brought together the country’s youngest innovators, many travelling from smaller cities to present working prototypes rather than presentations.
Over 70,000 students had registered, and only 90 teams made it to the final stage.
Organised under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s IndiaAI initiative, the event reflected a visible shift — AI innovation was no longer confined to metropolitan engineering colleges.
Nearly 60 per cent of finalists came from Tier 2 and Tier 3 regions, pitching solutions drawn from real community problems.
The loudest cheer of the evening was reserved for Unfazed from Pillai HOC College of Engineering and Technology, Maharashtra as they won Rs 5 lakhs.
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