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the scaffolding for youth-led the early editions, proving
innovation to directly impact that innovation is no longer
nation-building. restricted to elite laboratories
From Competition to and mega-metro cities, but has
National Movement become a household aspiration
Since its inception in 2017, for students in every corner of
SIH has witnessed exponential India. By transforming the vast
growth. What started as a potential of our youth into a
modest initiative has been structured engine for problem-
institutionalised into a model solving, the programme has
for crowdsourcing solutions. successfully decentralised
Over the last eight years, it has creativity from metropolitan
fostered a ‘Hackathon Culture’ hubs to the grassroots level.
across the country. Today, This remarkable trajectory
the movement has scaled to reinforces the Hon'ble Prime
such heights that SIH 2025 Minister's vision that when the
received an unprecedented nation’s youth are provided
72,165 idea submissions from the right platform, they can
over 68,000 teams. This surge effectively bridge the gap
represents a seven-fold between imagination and
increase in participation since impactful governance.
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