YUKTI Innovation Challenge (YIC) – 2025
Empowering India’s brightest minds through innovation, mentorship & funding.
The word YUKTI stands for “Young India Unleashing Knowledge & Innovation”. It is a flagship initiative by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC), Government of India.
The YUKTI Innovation Repository at the IIC Institution level is created in response to the growing need to recognize, promote, and nurture innovative ideas, prototypes, and entrepreneurial initiatives across Indian higher education institutions. By providing a centralized digital platform, the YUKTI Innovation Repository acts as a pipeline of ideas, innovations and start-ups which systematically catalog, support, and showcase the diverse innovations emerging from academic institutions in India.
The YUKTI Innovation Repository plays a critical role in fostering a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in India’s academic ecosystem. This initiative aligns and strengthens the national priorities like the Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) initiative and ongoing efforts to position India as a global innovation hub.
So far more than 2130 IIC institutions have developed YUKTI innovation repositories in campuses having a total deposit of 1,84,000+ ideas, innovations and start-ups out of which 96000+ Ideas, 60000+ Innovations, and 9800+ Start-ups.
YUKTI Innovation Challenge 2025 (YIC 2025) is the 4th edition of the YIC and provides a platform for eligible innovators with technology-based solutions at TRL 4 and above (as registered in the YUKTI Innovation Repository of IIC institutions).
YIC 2025 invites nomination of innovations from IIC institutions – up to 10 best innovations per institution – to take part in the challenge. Selected innovation teams will undergo a 360-degree comprehensive learning process involving experiential learning, mentoring, and evaluation to achieve problem-solution fit, product-market fit, and business model fit.
The program also offers connections to investors, incubation support, and financial assistance opportunities from AICTE and MIC to transform innovations into successful start-ups.