12/09/2026
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠?"
Calling all student innovators across top colleges in India!
Every skyway, clean energy grid, and autonomous machine driving human progress started as a blank slate in the mind of a student just like you.
The evolving crises of our times aren’t waiting for tomorrow. They need solutions now. And the world isn’t waiting for established giants to solve them - it is waiting for you!
The 𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐃 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐂𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐂) 2026 is about to take off. It is the ultimate proving ground for student brilliance.
We are gifting you the full engineering power of our technology partner, Dassault Systèmes' 3DExperience Platform. And the collective expertise of our knowledge partner PALS - IIT Alumni initiative.
Add to this the vigour, enthusiasm and mentorship of our trailblazing anchors, The ePlane Company, Amber Wings Co, VDUT-AI, and 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 across four frontier domains:
⚙️ Industrial Equipment
⚡ New Energy for Data Centres
🛸 eVTOL / Drones
🛵 Last-Mile Mobility
The 𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐃 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐂𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐂) 2026 is a movement to raise our flag and declare 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝!
Industry titans are watching!
Watch the official lift off! Pick your battleground. Engineer your legacy.