01 / 06Chief Community Officer, CCOJan 2026 — now

ProjectGRID: Where ideas meet opportunities.

School students building real projects, together.

2,013 participants across our programmes

363 young innovators at AAROH
13 teams recognised at AAROH
1,500 participants at Aurora
27+ countries reached by Aurora

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3 programmes

Tiered auditorium at AAROH filled with students on laptops, some standing and talking between the rows

A speaker with a microphone on stage under a screen reading AAROH, Ideas that rise, with students seated in front

Three students at AAROH lean over a laptop while one writes notes in a spiral notebook

Aurora overall winner Jerovin Floyd Vincent Joseph smiling and holding his prize laptop

Metamorphosis cohort group photo: a large group of students fills the front rows of a lecture hall at IIT Delhi

School students building real projects, together.AAROH · IIIT Delhi · 1–2 August 2026

Think, build, launch.AAROH · IIIT Delhi · 1–2 August 2026

Age is not a barrier to innovation.AAROH · IIIT Delhi · 1–2 August 2026

A global hackathon, run by students.Aurora · Online, 27+ countries · overall winner Jerovin Floyd Vincent Joseph

What 2,013 participants look like.Metamorphosis · IIT Delhi · 18 to 23 May 2026 · GRID: Outreach

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03 / 06Three programmes

Three rooms. Each says who ran it.

1–2 August 2026IIIT DelhiGRID: Organiser

AAROH

363 young innovators from across India

young innovators from across India

13 top teams recognised

363 minds. One AAROH.

Two days at IIIT Delhi, on 1 and 2 August 2026. Young innovators from across India, some as young as 15. A festival led and run mainly by school students. Every team picked one of four tracks (AI / ML, Game development, Cybersecurity, Hardware). The festival followed GRID's approach of Think → Build → Launch. 13 teams were recognised. Maj Gen (Retd.) P. K. Sehgal felicitated the top teams; Prof. Anuj Grover, IIIT Delhi supported and encouraged participants.

Open the AAROH page

aarohindia.com (opens in a new tab) The full album on Google Photos (opens in a new tab) projectgrid.org/programmes/aaroh (source, opens in a new tab)

A student team and guests on stage at AAROH holding a small gold trophy together, partner logos on the screen behind

From January 2026Online, 27+ countriesGRID: Organiser

Aurora

1,500 participants

participants

27+ countries

A global hackathon, run by students.

Aurora was an online hackathon organised by Project GRID. Teams moved from an idea round to prototypes and live pitches, and the Top 20 entered incubation. It was built so students with limited resources and slow internet could still take part. Who could join: Students aged 14 and above. Prizes: ₹1 lakh in prizes, given as HP laptops to the winners. Overall winner: Jerovin Floyd Vincent Joseph (ChillGui, an Edge-AI layer that simplifies everyday app interfaces for older users). Best Innovation: Gantavya Rohilla (a personal handwriting model).

Open the Aurora page

See it on Devpost (opens in a new tab) aurora.projectgrid.org (opens in a new tab) projectgrid.org/programmes/aurora (source, opens in a new tab)

18 to 23 May 2026IIT DelhiGRID: Outreach

Metamorphosis

150 students

students

36 products built

Led by Tale of Humankind Foundation and IIT Delhi.

Metamorphosis brought high-school students to IIT Delhi to find real problems and build early responses. GRID's part was outreach: helping students find the programme and take part. One week at IIT Delhi, 18 to 23 May 2026: workshops, machine shop visits, talks and a project showcase. 150 students from 18 states spent one week at IIT Delhi and built 36 products. What GRID did not do: own, organise or run Metamorphosis.

Open the Metamorphosis page

Visit Metamorphosis (opens in a new tab) Tale of Humankind Foundation (opens in a new tab) IIT Delhi, Office of Academic Outreach & New Initiatives (opens in a new tab) projectgrid.org/programmes/metamorphosis (source, opens in a new tab)