This article talks about the CBSE Notification: Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship (IDE) Bootcamps. Read Here!
Notice
As you are aware that the School Innovation Contest part of the School Innovation Council (SIC) was launched on 28th August 2023 to motivate, handhold, and nurture school students’ bright ideas and Innovations and fund the selected innovations to build Products/Technology/Startups.
So far more than 23,800 teachers have completed the School Innovation Ambassador Program (https://sia.mic.gov.in). More than 5,100 schools have registered for the School Innovation Council and more than 6,700 ideas have been submitted by student innovators to participate in the School Innovation Contest (https://sic.mic.gov.in).
With an aim to nurture the innovation, design, and entrepreneurial skills of student innovators and ambassadors from higher education institutes and schools, two days “Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship (IDE) Bootcamps” for School Teachers and Innovation Ambassadors shall be organised in various parts of the country as per the below mentioned schedule:
| Dates | Locations | No. of Bootcamps | Registration Link |
| 4th & 5th April 2024 | 1) Bangalore 2) Chennai 3) Hyderabad 4) Mumbai 5) Jammu and Kashmir | 05 | Link |
| 9th & 10th April 2024 | 6) Noida 7) Guwahati 8) Jaipur 9) Bhopal 10) Bhubaneswar 11) Ahmedabad 12) Chandigarh 13) Cochin 14) Kolkata | 09 | Link |
Last date for registration is 15th March 2024.
The IDE Bootcamps are being jointly organized by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) and the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT).
Principals of all CBSE affiliated schools must nominate a teacher from their school to participate in the Bootcamps by registering through the link mentioned above on or before 15th March 2024. Teachers selected for the IDE Bootcamps will be informed through email by the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education.
Please note:
- Fee: There is No Registration fee for participation.
- Who can register: Teams participated in the School Innovation Contest, schools registered for the School Innovation Council, Innovation Ambassadors, participants of hackathons and skill expos and Teachers involved / interested in the innovation-related activities.
- Travelling arrangement/ reimbursement: Sleeper Class train or bus on reimbursement mode, Accommodation (on first come first serve basis for outstation participants only) and Food will be provided to the participants.
- For further details, please contact Dr. Elangovan Kariappan, Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell by Phone (+91-6388554380 / 8130617707) or email (schoolinnovation[at]aicte-india[dot]org).
