Competition · Hybrid
Kerala government's flagship student innovation programme for ages 13 to 37, run by K-DISC: school and college students form teams, submit ideas for real-world problems and go through district and state evaluations with training, mentoring and grants for winners.
YIP was launched by the Government of Kerala in 2018 and conceptualised by K-DISC to build innovation skills such as critical thinking, creativity and collaboration through design thinking and root cause analysis. Students address real-world problems from government and institutional sources across 27 themes (agriculture, water, health, AI, space, fintech and more). The YIP site lists grants of ₹25,000 for each district-winning team and ₹50,000 for each state-winning team, and says the 2025 edition (YIP 8.0) drew 4,82,738 registered students.