vivo India Empowering India’s Youth with Technology and Innovation – Announces 4th Edition of vivo Ignite with Special Focus on Schools from Aspirational Districts¹

• Young Indian innovators to present tech-driven solutions addressing challenges critical to India’s future
• Open to school students from grades 8–12, registrations at http://www.vivoignite.com
• A new stage of Achiever 30, where participants will receive dedicated mentorship from domain experts, leading to the final Top 10 ideas
• Teachers of top 10 finalists to receive an INR 50,000 Innovation Grant to acknowledge their contribution for promoting STEM Education, Tech and innovation in their schools
• Special weightage for children from aspirational districts¹
• Educational scholarships and rewards worth up to INR 40 lakhs²
• vivo has also partnered with esteemed panel of knowledge partners NCERT, IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation – Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of IIT Madras, Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) and UN Global Compact Network India (UNGC NI)

vivo India, the innovative smartphone brand, today announced the fourth edition of vivo Ignite: Technology and Innovation Initiative, its flagship education programme.

Open to students across grades 8 to 12, the nation-wide education program aims to nurture young innovators and inspire the next generation of technology leaders. It encourages students to transform their ideas into meaningful solutions and address real-world challenges important to India’s future.

In the fourth edition, students will have the opportunity to submit individual or group entries (with a maximum of three members per group) in the Prototype category under diverse themes, including Community Development Innovations; Soft-Tech Innovations, Technology, Agriculture & Climate Change and other category where technology is used, with overarching alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The competition will be conducted in seven stages, with the National Finale taking place on October 11^th in New Delhi where the Top 10 prototypes will be presented by 10 finalist individual/group and felicitated by eminent Jury and stand a chance to secure educational scholarships and rewards with total pool size of INR 40 Lakhs².

Over its past three editions, vivo Ignite has seen strong and growing participation from across the country. The third edition alone received over 37,000 registrations from 9,000+ schools across 660+ districts – double the participation of the year before, reinforcing the programme’s expanding national footprint and relevance among students and educators.

Building on this momentum, vivo India will be scaling its endeavour to reach more students for the fourth edition. This year’s programme also introduces three new key additions:   

• Special Weightage to Aspirational Districts¹: vivo Ignite is extending dedicated focus to students from government schools and aspirational districts¹, ensuring that participation is not restricted by region, school type or background.
• The Achiever 30: a new stage cohort between the Top 200 and Top 10, who will receive mentorship from domain experts and then virtually present their ideas/prototypes to eminent expert panel.
• Teacher Innovation Grant: The programme acknowledges the support of Teacher as important pillars to promote STEM education. Teachers who have promoted STEM education in their school or teachers whose students have secured space among Top 10 finalists will receive an INR 50,000 Innovation Grant to acknowledge their contribution for STEM Education, Innovation and technology in their classrooms.

Speaking on the launch, Geetaj Channana, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, vivo India, said, “Year on year as we keeping building vivo Ignite, we are amazed to see the potential young changemakers bring when it comes to technology. Their approach and commitment keep vivo Ignite going – along with our commitment to create avenues that give shape to new solutions for a better tomorrow. With our 4^th edition, we are making the programme more inclusive, more mentorship focused, and more rewarding than ever. Our commitment remains to empower more students and motivating more teacher from every corner of India, turning their idea into something real. That is the spirit of vivo Ignite – powering ambitions for generation tomorrow and unlocking possibilities for all.”

The 4^th edition of vivo Ignite will be powered by an esteemed panel of knowledge partners – NCERT, IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation – Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of IIT Madras, Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) and UN Global Compact Network India (UNGC NI).The application process is now live for students across India at http://www.vivoignite.com, starting April 21 till June 30.

7 Stages of vivo Ignite 4^th Edition:

1. Registration
2. Idea Submission
3. Shortlisting Top 200 Ideas
4. Top 200 Mentoring and Prototype Submission
5. Achiever 30 Selection and Mentoring
6. Expert Jury Evaluation
7. National Finale in New Delhi

Last Year’s Winning Project

In the third edition of the initiative, the individual category winning project, “AI Powered Criminal Activity Detection through Sensor-less Sensing”, demonstrated an AI-led approach to enhancing public safety, while group category winning project “ArmX – Smart Rehabilitation System” highlighted the role of innovation in improving healthcare outcomes.

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About vivo

vivo is a technology brand that creates great products based on a design-driven value, with smart devices and intelligent services as its core. The brand aims to build a bridge between humans and the digital world. Through unique creativity, vivo provides users with an increasingly convenient mobile and digital life.

While bringing together and developing the best local talents to deliver excellence, vivo as a brand is supported by a network of R&D centers including Shenzhen, Dongguan, Nanjing, Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Xi’an, focusing on the development of state-of-the-art consumer technologies, including 5G, artificial intelligence, industrial design, photography and other up-and-coming technologies. Globally, vivo has also set up an intelligent manufacturing network (including those authorized by vivo), with an annual production capacity of nearly 200 million smartphones. As of now, vivo has branched out its sales network across more than 60 countries and regions, and is winning more than 500 million users worldwide with its superior products and services.

Following the brand’s core values, which include Benfen*, user-orientation, design-driven value, continuous learning and team spirit. vivo has implemented a sustainable development strategy, with the vision of developing   into a healthier, more sustainable world-class corporation.

*“Benfen” is a term describing the attitude on doing the right things and doing things right – which is the ideal description of vivo’s mission to create value for society.

vivo mobile India Private Limited (“vivo India”) holds license to manufacture, market, promote, distribute mobile phones and accessories under the brand name of vivo, in the geographical territory of India.