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A free team project competition for Class 9-12 students of government and Kendriya Vidyalaya schools in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, run by CSIR-SERC under the CSIR JIGYASA programme. Registration closes on 20 November 2026.
TECHNOVATION is a technology development activity: a team identifies a problem and its impact and develops an innovative solution using science, technology and engineering principles, with a survey of existing solutions, reasoning, experiments if any, final design and prototype. Suggested topics include clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, sustainable cities, climate action, life below water, life on land, agriculture, food, health and fitness, forces and motion and robotics. A committee of CSIR-SERC and CSIR Madras Complex scientists evaluates entries. Cash prizes in each category: first ₹10,000, second ₹6,000, third ₹4,000 and five consolation prizes of ₹1,000; prize money is paid to the school account.