STEMpreneur
National STEM Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition
Identify a real-world problem, build a working prototype, and present an execution plan that can take your solution to the real world.
Live in
KL 2026
📋 Overview
What is STEMpreneur?
The Kreativity League STEMpreneur Competition 2026 invites students of Grades 9-12 to identify real-world problems and design innovative technological solutions that can make a positive impact on society.
This competition encourages students to think like scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs by combining STEM knowledge with creative thinking and business planning. Participants will not only develop a working prototype or model, but also prepare a business plan explaining how their solution can be implemented and scaled in the real world.
Who Can Participate?
Grades: 9–12
Participation: Team (Maximum 3 Students)
Eligibility: Students of Grades 9–12 from schools across India
Theme Rule: Pick a real-world problem from the suggested themes or any other relevant challenge
What You Build: A working prototype plus a business plan explaining how the solution scales
Format: Mentoring and Ideation online; Zonal round offline; Grand Finale @ IIT Delhi
Key Stages
1. Mentoring (Online): A mentoring session will be held for all participants to understand more about the event and rules.
2. Ideation (Online): Students submit a problem that they have ideated, explain the possible solutions, state the one solution they will build, and describe the initial concept and expected impact.
3. Zonal (Offline): Selected teams develop a working prototype of their solution, conduct research, testing and improvement, and prepare a detailed presentation of the technology used.
4. Grand Finale (@ IIT Delhi): The top teams from each zone advance to compete in the Grand Finale @ IIT Delhi.
💡 Suggested Themes
Media and Entertainment
Create a STEM-led solution for communication, media, or entertainment challenges.
Healthcare
Design a technology-driven healthcare solution with meaningful social impact.
Environment
Address environmental challenges through sustainable and practical innovation.
Education
Build a solution that improves learning, access, skill development, or educational outcomes.
Agriculture and Food Security
Develop ideas for agriculture, food distribution, food security, or resource efficiency.
Urbanization and Infrastructure
Design solutions for cities, communities, infrastructure, or quality of life.
Open Innovation
Propose any innovative STEM-based solution addressing a pressing global or local challenge.
Your Journey to the National Finals
What Participants Need to Do?
Tick every point below before you submit.
Students from Grades 9 to 12 can participate.
Each team can have a maximum of 3 participants.
Participants must identify a real-world problem from the suggested themes or any other relevant challenge.
Develop an innovative STEM-based solution and design a working prototype or model.
Prepare an execution plan explaining feasibility and implementation.
Each team gets a maximum of 5 minutes to set up and demonstrate the prototype during zonal presentation.