Open competition

Birdspiracy AI Competition

A national AI competition for students in classes 9 to 12.

₹50,000 prize pool · Classes 9–12 · Entries close 22 October

Take part

Read the documents

The judging criteria, a marked example, the presentation template and the competition packet are all below, under Before you start.

Register your team

Teams of 2 to 4 students in classes 9 to 12. One form per team. Register before you submit.

Register your team

Submit your presentation

Upload your finished slides as a PDF. Use the same team name you registered with. One submission per team.

Submit your presentation

Before you start

Judging criteria

How entries are scored, band by band. Read this before you start.

Download (PDF)

A marked example

A complete entry scored against the criteria, with every point explained.

Download (PDF)

Presentation template

A suggested slide layout with example charts. Recommended, not required.

Download (PPTX)

Competition packet

Everything about the competition on one page.

Download (PDF)

Prize

A total prize pool of ₹50,000, split three ways.

₹25,000
FIRST PLACE
₹15,000
SECOND PLACE
₹10,000
THIRD PLACE

What this is

Pick a problem you can see where you live. Work out how AI could help solve it. Put it in 4 to 6 slides.

Who can enter

  • Students in classes 9-12 at any school in India.
  • Teams of 2 to 4 students. One entry per team.
  • A school may enter as many teams as it likes.
  • Any subject background. No coding experience required.
  • Free to enter.

What you submit

Your entry is 4 to 6 content slides, exported as PDF, maximum 10MB.

A title slide and a sources slide are both required. Neither counts toward the 4 to 6. So the shortest valid entry is 6 pages in total and the longest is 8.

Name your file TeamName - SchoolName.pdf

The issue

A real problem you can see and describe.

Solution & AI impact

Your solution and what the AI does, what already exists and why yours is different, what it needs and where it would fail, and how it gets built.

Timeline

  1. Registration and submissions open
    1 September 2026

    Register your team and submit your presentation through the online forms.

  2. Registration and submissions close
    22 October 2026 · 23:59 IST

    Final deadline for both forms. No late entries.

  3. Judging
    23 October 2026

    Entries are reviewed and scored.

  4. Results announced
    1 November 2026

    Winners are notified and published on this site.

 

Ready to enter?

Register your team, then read the rules.