About the competition
Birdspiracy AI Competition 2026
Deadline extended to 1 November 2026.
Birdspiracy AI Competition 2026 is a free national AI competition for students in Classes 9–12.
Participants identify a real problem in their community, design an AI-based solution, and present it in 4–6 content slides. No coding is required.
Students from 300+ institutions across 14 countries, including 26 states and UTs in India, have registered.
Eligibility
Open to students in Classes 9–12, or the equivalent (such as PU college or junior college). The competition is designed primarily for Indian students but is open internationally. Prizes are paid in INR.
Students may participate individually or in teams of up to 4 members. A school may enter any number of teams, and each student may be on one team only. Schools may register and submit on behalf of their students.
Entry Fee
Free
Submission
4–6 content slides exported as a PDF (max 10 MB), in English, plus a title slide and a sources slide. The title and sources slides don't count toward the 4–6.
File name: TeamName - SchoolName.pdf
Register first, then submit, using the same team name on both forms. Submissions can be edited until the deadline.
Use of AI
Students may use AI tools for research, background reading and analysis. The writing, structure and design of the slides must be the team's own work, and every team confirms this on the submission form.
Prize Pool — ₹50,000
- 1st Place: ₹25,000
- 2nd Place: ₹15,000
- 3rd Place: ₹10,000
Judge
Entries will be judged by Dr. M.H. Balakrishnaiah, former ISRO scientist (ME and PhD, IISc Bengaluru), former Special Director, Forest, Ecology and Environment Department, Government of Karnataka, and former Member Secretary of the Karnataka State Coastal Zone Management Authority.
Certificates
Every team that submits a complete entry receives a personalised Certificate of AI Innovation, co-signed by Dr. M.H. Balakrishnaiah and the founders, Sam Irfan and Ishat Gangatkar
The top three teams receive 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place certificates.
Important Dates
Registration & submission deadline: 1 November 2026, 11:59 PM IST
Judging: from 2 November 2026
Results announced: 15 November 2026
Rules, Resources, Template & Registration
Visit: https://birdspiracy.com
The website includes the full rules, judging criteria, a marked example entry, the official slide template, and the registration and submission forms.
Questions
WhatsApp group: https://birdspiracy.com/whatsapp
Email: birdspiracy.competition@gmail.com
Deadline extended to 1 November 2026.
Birdspiracy AI Competition 2026 is a free national AI competition for students in Classes 9–12.
Participants identify a real problem in their community, design an AI-based solution, and present it in 4–6 content slides. No coding is required.
Students from 300+ institutions across 14 countries, including 26 states and UTs in India, have registered.
Eligibility
Open to students in Classes 9–12, or the equivalent (such as PU college or junior college). The competition is designed primarily for Indian students but is open internationally. Prizes are paid in INR.
Students may participate individually or in teams of up to 4 members. A school may enter any number of teams, and each student may be on one team only. Schools may register and submit on behalf of their students.
Entry Fee
Free
Submission
4–6 content slides exported as a PDF (max 10 MB), in English, plus a title slide and a sources slide. The title and sources slides don't count toward the 4–6.
File name: TeamName - SchoolName.pdf
Register first, then submit, using the same team name on both forms. Submissions can be edited until the deadline.
Use of AI
Students may use AI tools for research, background reading and analysis. The writing, structure and design of the slides must be the team's own work, and every team confirms this on the submission form.
Prize Pool — ₹50,000
- 1st Place: ₹25,000
- 2nd Place: ₹15,000
- 3rd Place: ₹10,000
Judge
Entries will be judged by Dr. M.H. Balakrishnaiah, former ISRO scientist (ME and PhD, IISc Bengaluru), former Special Director, Forest, Ecology and Environment Department, Government of Karnataka, and former Member Secretary of the Karnataka State Coastal Zone Management Authority.
Certificates
Every team that submits a complete entry receives a personalised Certificate of AI Innovation, co-signed by Dr. M.H. Balakrishnaiah and the founders, Sam Irfan and Ishat Gangatkar
The top three teams receive 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place certificates.
Important Dates
Registration & submission deadline: 1 November 2026, 11:59 PM IST
Judging: from 2 November 2026
Results announced: 15 November 2026
Rules, Resources, Template & Registration
Visit: https://birdspiracy.com
The website includes the full rules, judging criteria, a marked example entry, the official slide template, and the registration and submission forms.
Questions
WhatsApp group: https://birdspiracy.com/whatsapp
Email: birdspiracy.competition@gmail.com
Prize
Internship
₹50,000
Deadline
November 01, 2026
1 week from now
Eligibility
High school Students
Open worldwide unless noted.
