When are the events:

• Saturday, 28th November 2026
• Saturday, 5th December 2026
• Saturday, 19th December 2026

Students’ registration through school only: Till 23rd November 2026

Please refer Topics and Rules on website https://kaveri.edu.in/khsg/cyber-genius-26-27/

Note:

• Coordinator teacher joining WhatsApp group till 23^rd Nov 2026
• Shortlisting of students and registration for various events till 23^rd Nov 2026
• Payment of fees till 23^rd Nov 2026

Registration includes 3 steps

Step 1: Join WhatsApp group for teachers.

Step 2: Students registration (To be done by the coordinator Teacher) :
a. Fill up the attached form
b. Submit it in our School office by hand Or Visit https://kaveri.edu.in/khsg/cyber-genius-26-27/ 

Step 3: Payment details: Fees is Rs 200/- per student per event. Students should not pay individually to us. School should collect the money and send the payment for participating students to us.

The last date for Submission of form and fees is Monday, 23^rd Nov 2026

• Students should visit https://kaveri.edu.in/khsg/cyber-genius-26-27/ for Topics of each event.
• Students should not wear school uniform on the event day.
• Reporting time 30 mins before the event timings.

Only teacher coordinator should register students’ names for the events.

Std 5 to 7 Junior Group

Std 8 to 10 Junior Group

1. Scratch Programming

(First round : Submission on 25^th Nov, Final Round at KHS on19th December 2026, 10 am)

• Students can participate individually or in a team of 2 max 6 teams
• Students can choose any one topic from the given list and complete the program using Scratch
• Completed program code (.sb3 file type) needs to be submitted at scheduled dates through Google form submission up to 25^th Nov 2026 upto 8 pm. Students can even upload the video recording of outputs along with program code
• Based on the outputs and program codes, candidates will be shortlisted for Viva Round using online platform on 19^th December 2026 at 10 am, where Domain experts can ask Questions regarding the completed program .

Topics:

1. Save Water – Every Drop Counts
   Create an interactive game or story that teaches children about saving water and avoiding wastage.
2. My Smart School
   Design an interactive Scratch project showing a smart school with classrooms, activities, rules, and helpful features for students.
3. Clean and Green City
   Create a game where the player collects garbage, separates waste, plants trees, or completes cleanliness challenges.
4. Road Safety Adventure
   Develop an interactive game/story that teaches traffic rules, pedestrian safety, traffic signals, helmet/seat-belt usage, and safe road crossing.
5. Wildlife Rescue Adventure – Save the Animals
   Create an interactive Scratch game or story where the player helps rescue animals from situations such as forest fires, plastic pollution, habitat destruction, or illegal hunting. Students can include multiple levels, scoring, challenges, and messages about wildlife conservation.

Judging Criteria:

1. Relevance to theme & apt title
2. Thoroughness & Completeness
3. Usage of SCRATCH Tools
4. Creativity & Imagination
5. Idea Organization

2. M.S. Paint

(At KHS on 5^th December 2026 at 8.30 am / 10 am batch to be selected in advance)

• Students will participate individually; max 4 students
• Students can choose only one topic from the topics given at the event
• No prepared images can be used
• Students need to complete the Paint drawings of the chosen topic in the allotted time at KHS.

Topics:

1. The Museum of Lost Things – Imagine a magical museum where all the things people have ever lost are kept. What would you find there, and who might be searching for them?
2. The Market Where Dreams Are Sold – Imagine a magical marketplace where people can buy dreams instead of ordinary Some dreams may bring adventure, some may reveal memories, and some may show the future. What would your dream shop sell?
3. The City Where It Always Rains Upward– Create a city where raindrops rise from the ground into the sky instead of falling down.
4. Future Without Plastic – Illustrate a future world where people have successfully reduced or eliminated their dependence on plastic. Show how homes, cities, transportation, shopping, and everyday life have changed.
5. The Library Where Books Come Alive – Imagine a magical library where every book you open brings its world to Characters step out of the pages, stories unfold around you, and you can actually enter the worlds inside the books.

Judging criteria:

• Drawing skills
• Tips and tricks used while creating artwork
• Use of brush techniques/variation
• Colour combinations/schemes
• Graphic art creation
• Picture editing skills
• Relevance to the context
• Number of objects covered in the

3. Design an audio Visual Poster using MS PowerPoint

(At KHS on 5th December 2026, 11.30 am / 1.30 pm batch to be selected in advance)

• Students will participate individually, max 4 students
• No pre-existing or ready-made images may be
• Image repository & Template , Sound repository will be provided by
• Students can choose only one topic from the pool of chits available at the competition desk
• Student will be working on MS PowerPoint 2021 in our school

Topics: On the Spot

Judging criteria:

• Creativity and Imagination
• Usage of designs and images
• Thoroughness and Completeness
• Selection of Templates/Animated Templates

4. Cyber Security & AI Awareness Quiz

(At KHS on 19Th December 2026 at 9 am )

• Each school shall send only one team of 2
• The contest will last for 1 hour 30 mins and will consist of three rounds
• Round 1: All participating teams will compete in this round
• Round 2 & 3: The top 4 teams with the highest scores from Round 1 will advance to the final two rounds
• The winner will be the team with the highest combined score from Round 2 and Round 3.

1. Python programming

(At KHS on 28th November 2026, 8 am .)

Notes:

• Students can participate individually; max 6 students
• Students can choose only one topic from the pool of chits available at the competition desk
• Student can use any of the python programming platform g. IDLE / V S Code
• IDLE 6.2 is available at KHS
• Students need to complete the program in the allotted time at KHS

2. AI Based digital story booklet creation

(At KHS on 28th Nov 2026, 10 am)

• Students needs to participate individually, max6 students
• Students can choose only one topic from the topics
• Students can bring their own devices (Laptops with charger) and internet for the competition
• Laptops carried by students should have the respective software / applications / Tool installed for AI Image generation with already logged in Account
• Students need to complete the booklet in the allotted time at KHS which is 1hr
• Students can compose final output for booklet in PPT, Photoshop, paint, Canva or any other software they want to choose and prompts in M.S.Word file.

Topics: On the spot

Guidelines for Final Output:

• Output should be in the form of Digital
• Digital story booklet must consist of minimum 5 AI images, you can generate as much as you want for better clarity of the story.
• You can use any Ai image generation tool either free or Such as Midjourney, Leonardo.ai, ideogram, adobe firefly etc. There’s no tool compulsion.
• While submitting the final output the participant must copy paste the final prompts used for image generations in below format in M.S.Word.
  • 1st Image- Prompt:
  • 2nd Image- Prompt:
  • 3rd Image- Prompt:
  • 4th Image- Prompt:
  • 5th Image- Prompt:

Judging Criteria:

1. Creativity & Imagination
2. Idea Organization
3. Ai Images relevant to the story
4. Clarity of the story
5. Consistency in AI Image style
6. Style, medium, camera angle, mood, light, artistic skills
7. Count of the generated Ai images
8. Dialogue box used or not
9. Image prompt submitted as per the given guidelines

3. Create your own ICT based Innovations & Start-up idea

(Submission on 25th November 2026, up to 8 pm, Final round on 19th December , 9 am at KHS)

• Students can participate in 2 teams of max 3 students
• Students can choose any one topic from the given list and need to prepare a Descriptive Presentation (PPT) explaining the complete concept.
• Candidates are requested to carry PPT in a pen drive for Viva Round at KHS on 19th December , 9 am where IT Professionals and IT industry Experts can ask Questions regarding the selected Start-ups
• It is recommended to bring your products /models (if designed and created) for actual demonstrations to experts

Topics: 

1. Water Wise India – Smart Water Conservation
   • Develop an ICT solution to monitor and reduce water wastage in homes, schools or
   • Ideas could include water-use tracking, leakage alerts, tank-level monitoring, or rainwater-harvesting planning.
   • This is particularly relevant in 2026, with India’s major reservoirs reported at a 10-year low and renewed national focus on rainwater harvesting and groundwater
2. Cool City – Beat the Urban Heat
   • Design a technology-based solution to help people deal with rising urban temperatures and heat islands.
   • Students could propose a heat-alert app, smart shade system, cool-roof planner, temperature mapping system, or tree-cover monitoring solution.
   • Urban heat-island mitigation is currently an active focus in India’s urban-planning
3. Air Watch – Know Your Air
   • Create an ICT solution that helps citizens understand and respond to local air
   • Possible ideas: school-level air-quality monitoring, pollution maps, alerts, pollution-source reporting, or recommendations for outdoor activities.
   • India’s current clean-air efforts include city-specific monitoring and tracking of pollution sources.
4. Smart Noise Control – Technology for a Quieter Community
   • Focus on developing an ICT-based solution to monitor, identify, and reduce noise pollution in schools, residential areas, hospitals, traffic zones, and other public
   • Students could design a noise-level monitoring system, mobile app, noise hotspot map, real-time alert system, or community noise-reporting platform.
   • The solution can use technology to identify excessive noise from traffic, construction, loudspeakers, festivals, or other sources and suggest suitable actions to reduce its impact.
5. Climate-Smart Community – Prepare for Extreme Weather
   • Design an ICT solution to help a local community prepare for heatwaves, floods, heavy rainfall, drought or other climate-related risks.
   • Ideas could include an emergency-alert system, vulnerable-area mapping, shelter locator, local preparedness dashboard, or community response app.

Note:

1. Students need to prepare a presentation (Detailed PPT) explaining the complete concept
2. It can be both web app and mobile app or any other tools and technology-based offering
3. It can be a service or information portal which can show and connect with stakeholders
4. Presentation can have screenshots of Point 2 and 3
5. Students may showcase their products /models (if designed and created) for actual demonstrations to experts in the final round

4. Data analysis using MS Excel dashboards

(At KHS on 28th November , 12 noon )

• Students need to participate individually, max 6
• Actual assignment statement and data required for analysis will be provided at the
• Students can use Pie charts / Bar Graphs / any other supported reporting format available in excel for data analysis
• Students need to complete the task in the allotted time at KHS

5. Robotics

(At KHS on 19th Dec, 9am)

• Students need to participate in a team of 2, only 1
• Robot – Fully autonomous · open platforms (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, custom builds) max 25 × 25 × 25cm · 1–1.2 kg
• Arena -22 ft × 6 ft white Star Flex surface with a 16 mm black line
• Lap limit – 3 minutes per lap start within 10 seconds of the signal
• Touches – Max 4 touches per lap -5 POINTS penalty per touch
• For more details, please click here

1. Web Based Solutions using Python

Bring Your Own Device- (At Kaveri Jr College on 12th December 2026 at 8 am)

Topics:

1. Smart College Attendance & Leave Management System
   A web application to manage student attendance, leave requests, attendance percentage, and alerts for low attendance.
2. Student Study Planner & Exam Preparation Portal
   A web-based solution where students can create study schedules, set subject-wise targets, track progress, and get reminders for upcoming exams.
3. Campus Lost & Found Portal
   A website for students to report lost items and register found items, with search and matching functionality to help return belongings to their owners.
4. College Event & Registration Management System
   A web application for publishing college events, student registration, participant management, event schedules, and basic result/certificate information.
5. Local Problem Reporting & Tracking System
   A web-based platform where students can report issues such as garbage, damaged roads, water leakage, or streetlight problems, with status tracking from Reported → In Progress → Resolved.

Judging Criteria:

Focus: The project should demonstrate a working web application, problem-solving ability, usability, and innovative thinking.

Note:

• Students can participate in a team of 2 students, max 6 teams
• Students can choose any one topic from the given list and need to prepare a Descriptive Presentation (PPT) explaining the complete concept.
• The PPT and Web Application must be prepared before the competition day. On the day of the competition, students will only demonstrate their working Web Application and explain the concept and work completed.
• Candidates are requested to carry PPT and working Web Application for Viva Round where IT Professionals and IT industry Experts can ask Questions regarding the selected Application.
• It is recommended to bring your own laptops and internet for the

2. Mobile App designing using MIT App or Android studio

Bring Your Own Device (At Kaveri Jr College on 12th December 2026 at 10 am)

Topics:

1. Smart Student Companion App
   An app for managing timetable, homework, study goals, exam dates, and important reminders.
2. College Campus Help App
   An app providing information about college departments, notices, events, important contacts, and FAQs for students.
3. Health & Fitness Tracker for Students
   An app to track daily water intake, physical activity, sleep, healthy habits, and personal fitness goals.
4. Emergency & Safety Assistance App
   An app providing quick access to emergency contacts, location sharing, safety instructions, and nearby essential services.
5. Local Tourism & Heritage Guide App
   An app showcasing tourist places, historical locations, local attractions, directions, important information, and suggested itineraries

Judging Criteria:

Focus: Working mobile application, user-friendly design, practical usefulness, creativity, and implementation.

Note:

• Students can participate individually, max 3 students
• Students can choose any one topic from the given list and need to prepare a Descriptive Presentation (PPT) explaining the complete concept.
• The PPT and Mobile Application must be prepared before the competition day. On the day of the competition, students will only demonstrate their working Mobile Application and explain the concept and work completed.
• Candidates are requested to carry PPT and working Mobile Application for Viva Round, where IT Professionals and IT industry Experts can ask Questions regarding the selected Application.
• It is recommended to bring your own laptops with Mobile Application (designed and created) and internet for actual demonstrations to experts.

3. Social Media Campaign and Digital Marketing using AI

Bring Your Own Device – (At Kaveri Jr College on 12th December 2026 at 10 noon)

Topics:

1. AI for a Safer Internet – “Think Before You Click”
   Create a social media awareness campaign on online scams, phishing, digital fraud, deepfakes, and responsible use of AI. This is particularly current because India’s 2026 Safer Internet Day campaign focused on safe and responsible AI use.
2. Nasha Mukt Yuva – Youth Against Substance Abuse
   Design a youth-focused digital campaign promoting a healthy, drug-free lifestyle, using reels, posters, AI-generated creatives, hashtags, and influencer-style content. The Government launched a 100-week nationwide Nasha Mukt Yuva campaign in August 2026.
3. Swachhata 2026 – “My Clean India, My Responsibility”
   Develop a digital campaign encouraging students and citizens to participate in cleanliness, waste management, plastic reduction, and responsible public behaviour. This connects directly with Swachhata Hi Seva 2026, whose theme is “Swachhata Mein Sahbhag; Swachh Bharat, Viksit Bharat.”
4. Digital India for Everyone – “Technology for Every Citizen”
   Create a campaign showing how UPI, DigiLocker, Aadhaar, BharatNet, digital services and digital literacy can improve everyday life, particularly for rural and underserved communities.
5. Green India, Smart India – Youth for a Sustainable Future
   Create an AI-powered social media campaign on renewable energy, climate awareness, water conservation, sustainable lifestyles and green technology. This can also connect with the recently approved Green Energy Corridor Phase-III initiative.

Judging Criteria:

• Focus: Students should use AI creatively for content creation, campaign planning, posters, reels/video concepts, captions, hashtags, audience targeting and digital marketing strategy.
• For judging, you could consider Creativity & Innovation, Effective Use of AI, Social Impact, Digital Marketing Strategy, Content Quality, and Overall Campaign Presentation.

Note:

• Students can participate in 1 team of 3 students
• Students can choose any one topic from the given list and need to prepare a Descriptive Presentation (PPT) explaining the complete concept.
• The Campaign and PPT should be prepared before the competition On the day of the competition, students will only demonstrate the prepared campaign and explain the work done.
• Candidates are requested to carry PPT for Viva Round, where IT Professionals and IT industry Experts can ask Questions regarding the selected campaign.
• It is recommended to bring your own laptops with campaign (designed and created) and internet for actual demonstrations to experts.