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Meet the Young AI Champions: Category C Winners of AI Creators Championship 2026
- August 27, 2026
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AI Creators Championship 2026
Celebrating Category C: Young AI Creators Who Turned Ideas Into Impact
Meet the 13–15-year-old national champions, runners-up and emerging creators who transformed imagination, technology and purpose into remarkable AI-powered projects for the Independence Day Edition.
Category C • Age 13–15Independence Day EditionNational Winners
More than a competition
When teenagers learn AI, creativity gets a new canvas.
The Category C results show what happens when young people are given the opportunity to create with AI instead of simply consume technology. From imagining a better India to designing smarter roads, these students used AI as a creative and problem-solving partner.
Our belief at IBA EDU: students should not wait until adulthood to become creators. They can begin today by turning school-level ideas, questions and dreams into meaningful projects.
13–15
Age group represented by Category C creators.Category C National Champions
Six creative disciplines. Six different ways to think with AI.
Each discipline gave students a different canvas—from visual storytelling and digital art to animation, filmmaking and real-world innovation.
AI Poster DesignNational Champion
Ayantika Chakraborty — “My Dream India”
Narayana School, Howrah, Kolkata
Ayantika’s poster uses Independence Day as a starting point for a bigger idea: imagining an India shaped by positive thinking, innovation and a willingness to challenge negativity and superstition. Her work is a thoughtful reminder that the India we want tomorrow begins with the mindset we cultivate today.
Why it stands out: The project combines national pride with a personal call for a more positive and progressive India—showing that a poster can communicate an idea, not just an image.
| Position | Student | School |
|---|---|---|
| National Champion | Ayantika Chakraborty | Narayana School |
| National Runner-up | Pranali Samadhan Pokalekar | Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha High School |
| National 2nd Runner-up | Anirudh Agarwal | Khaitan Public School |
AI Story BookNational Champion
Shivika Rajvanshi — “The Chronometer of Dreams”
Khaitan Public School
Shivika’s story follows Tara, a bright young Indian girl who discovers a glowing, gear-filled chronometer in her workshop. The device sends her from a 1947 village market into a future India of 2047, where she sees an eco-city filled with vertical gardens, sky-trams and friendly drone assistants.
The most inspiring part is Tara’s response: she returns to her desk and begins sketching green-tech blueprints. The story connects India’s freedom journey with the responsibility of creating a better future.
| Position | Student | School |
|---|---|---|
| National Champion | Shivika Rajvanshi | Khaitan Public School |
| National Runner-up | Divit Singh | Khaitan Public School |
| National 2nd Runner-up | No winners declared | — |
AI Animated VideoNational Champion
Avani Shukla — “Echoes of Oneness: Unity in Diversity”
Isaac Newton Global School
Avani’s animated video explores how different cultures, traditions and backgrounds can come together to form a harmonious community. Its central message is powerful and timely: our differences can become our collective strength, while shared humanity connects us all.
| Position | Student | School |
|---|---|---|
| National Champion | Avani Shukla | Isaac Newton Global School |
| National Runner-up | Pranali Samadhan Pokalekar | Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha High School |
| National 2nd Runner-up | Othniel Organ Mathos | Isaac Newton Global School |
AI Digital ArtNational Champion
Ovi Ramesh Phadtare — “Unity in Diversity”
Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha High School
Ovi’s digital artwork presents unity in diversity as a core strength of India. Through the metaphor of a beautiful garden, the project celebrates differences in language, culture, religion and traditions while emphasizing tolerance, love and equality.
It is a strong example of how AI-assisted digital art can communicate a social message with visual imagination and emotional clarity.
| Position | Student | School |
|---|---|---|
| National Champion | Ovi Ramesh Phadtare | Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha High School |
| National Runner-up | Aadye Kakkar | Khaitan Public School |
| National 2nd Runner-up | No winners declared | — |
AI Innovation ChallengeNational Champion
Krishiv Gossain — “Indian Pothole Repair Vehicle”
Delhi Public School Noida
Krishiv’s IPRV concept tackles a familiar Indian road problem: potholes. The proposed AI-powered autonomous vehicle uses an ESP32-CAM, computer vision and ultrasonic sensors to detect potholes, estimate their size and position itself accurately.
The system is designed to clean the pothole, dispense quick-setting repair material and level the surface, while recording before-and-after images and repair details. The project demonstrates a particularly valuable form of student innovation: starting with a real-world problem and building a technology-led solution around it.
| Position | Student | School |
|---|---|---|
| National Champion | Krishiv Gossain | Delhi Public School Noida |
| National Runner-up | Akshit Jan | Khaitan Public School |
| National 2nd Runner-up | No winners declared | — |
AI Short FilmNational Champion
Dhruvin Jigar Parikh — “Letter from 2047”
Isaac Newton Global School
In “Letter from 2047,” a student discovers a mysterious letter from the future as India approaches 100 years of independence. The journey reveals a futuristic India, technological progress, environmental challenges and the importance of responsible citizens.
The film’s central message: the future is not simply something we reach—it is something we create through the choices we make today. The project connects the dreams of young people today with the India they hope to see tomorrow.
| Position | Student | School |
|---|---|---|
| National Champion | Dhruvin Jigar Parikh | Isaac Newton Global School |
Creativity Spotlights
Three young creators worth celebrating
Beyond the medals, these projects show three powerful directions for student creativity: imagining a better society, storytelling across time, and solving a real infrastructure problem.
01 • Positive Vision
Ayantika Chakraborty
Her “My Dream India” poster turns Independence Day into a reflection on positive thinking, innovation and the kind of India young citizens want to build.
02 • Future Storytelling
Shivika Rajvanshi
“The Chronometer of Dreams” connects 1947 and 2047 through a young creator’s imagination, ending with Tara designing green-tech ideas for the future.
03 • Real-World Innovation
Krishiv Gossain
His Indian Pothole Repair Vehicle turns an everyday civic problem into an AI-powered engineering concept designed around detection, repair and monitoring.
Special Recognition
Pranali Samadhan Pokalekar: consistency across two disciplines
Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha High School — Pranali earned National Runner-up positions in both AI Poster Design and AI Animated Video.
Her “Digital India” poster imagines a technologically empowered India through smart agriculture, UPI, e-education, e-healthcare, high-speed trains, satellites and 5G connectivity. Her Independence Day Celebration animation brings landmarks, flags, crowds, confetti and fireworks together in a cinematic celebration of unity, freedom and national pride.
National Runner-up • AI Poster DesignNational Runner-up • AI Animated VideoTwo-category recognition
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The complete Category C result
National Winners — Age 13–15
| Challenge | Position | Student | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Poster Design | National Champion | Ayantika Chakraborty | Narayana School |
| AI Poster Design | National Runner-up | Pranali Samadhan Pokalekar | Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha High School |
| AI Poster Design | National 2nd Runner-up | Anirudh Agarwal | Khaitan Public School |
| AI Story Book | National Champion | Shivika Rajvanshi | Khaitan Public School |
| AI Story Book | National Runner-up | Divit Singh | Khaitan Public School |
| AI Story Book | National 2nd Runner-up | No winners declared | — |
| AI Animated Video | National Champion | Avani Shukla | Isaac Newton Global School |
| AI Animated Video | National Runner-up | Pranali Samadhan Pokalekar | Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha High School |
| AI Animated Video | National 2nd Runner-up | Othniel Organ Mathos | Isaac Newton Global School |
| AI Digital Art | National Champion | Ovi Ramesh Phadtare | Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha High School |
| AI Digital Art | National Runner-up | Aadye Kakkar | Khaitan Public School |
| AI Digital Art | National 2nd Runner-up | No winners declared | — |
| AI Innovation Challenge | National Champion | Krishiv Gossain | Delhi Public School Noida |
| AI Innovation Challenge | National Runner-up | Akshit Jan | Khaitan Public School |
| AI Innovation Challenge | National 2nd Runner-up | No winners declared | — |
| AI Short Film | National Champion | Dhruvin Jigar Parikh | Isaac Newton Global School |
The journey continues
Teachers’ Day Edition is coming next.
After celebrating these Category C creators, IBA EDU is opening the next opportunity for students to learn, create and compete. Encourage your students to take part in the AI Creators Championship 2026 – Teachers’ Day Edition.



