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Look around
Walk your street, your school route, your beach, your market. Notice one problem that is real, local and specific.
Andhra Pradesh Space Tech Conclave 2026 & International Conference presents
Space Technology for Societal Challenges
Space for Social Good — a student challenge on how space technology can help solve the problems we live with every day.
School students · Classes 8–1221 September 2026 · Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
Students look around their own city, notice a real problem, discover how satellites and space technology already help with problems like it, and present the connection in their own words. No coding, no lab, no prototype — only observation, curiosity and clear thinking.
Organised byICORG
Grand finale21 September 2026
VenueAndhra University, Visakhapatnam
Teams of3–4 students
About the challenge
Space technology is already solving problems on the ground — students find out how.
Satellites watch our coastline, warn us about cyclones, guide fishing boats, map floods and track the health of crops. Most of it happens quietly, far above us, while the problems it helps with are right outside our doors.
This challenge asks school students of Classes 8–12 to close that gap. Look around your own neighbourhood, pick one problem that genuinely bothers you, and find out how space technology is — or could be — part of the answer.
No coding. No prototype. No laboratory. Only observation, curiosity, honest research and the ability to explain what you found.
What students will do
From your street to orbit
Four steps — only curiosity, research and clear thinking.
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Discover the space connection
Find out which satellite or space technology already deals with a problem like yours — Bhuvan, INSAT, NavIC, INCOIS and more.
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Connect the dots
Explain in your own words how that technology could help in your city, and what would have to change for it to work.
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Present your idea
Write it up clearly in two to three pages — the problem, the technology, the connection and what you would do next.
Look up. Look around. Connect the two.
Founder's Message
A word from the visionary
Founder ICORG
Prof. Muralikrishna Iyyanki
ceo@icorg.in"An opportunity for school children to see how space technology touches everyday life — and to bring their own ideas to the space community."View Profile
Space technologies
Nine places to start exploring
These are starting points, not boundaries. If your team finds another way space technology touches your city, bring it — as long as the problem is real and local.
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Earth Observation & Satellite Imagery
Tracking changes on the ground from above
02Weather & Climate Monitoring
Forecasting, cyclone tracking and early warning
03Remote Sensing for Agriculture
Crop health, soil moisture and drought prediction
04Coastal & Ocean Monitoring
Erosion, sea level, fishing zones and marine pollution
05Navigation & Location Services
GPS for transport, logistics and emergency response
06Satellite Communication
Connectivity where cables cannot reach
07Disaster Management
Flood mapping and damage assessment from space
08Urban Planning & Infrastructure
Mapping growth, congestion and green spaces
09Environmental Monitoring
Air, water, forests and waste, watched from orbit
Who can participate
Built for young people who notice things
School students, Classes 8–12
Teams of 3–4 students from the same school. Students from different classes can team up. Curiosity matters more than marks.
Two categories
Junior (Classes 8–9) and Senior (Classes 10–12) are judged separately, with their own set of winners.
Teachers & mentors
A teacher coordinator is optional. Their role is to help with registration and permissions and to encourage — never to do the work.
What we are looking for
There is no rubric. There is thinking.
Entries are not scored against a points table. The organising team reads every submission and looks for four things.
Genuine observation
A problem you actually saw, in a place you actually know — not one picked off the internet.
Curiosity and research
Evidence that you went and found out how the technology works, and understood enough to explain it.
A meaningful connection
A link between the technology and the problem that makes sense in your own city.
Clarity of expression
Written simply and honestly. Your own voice counts for far more than borrowed language.
The submission
Two to three pages. Five simple parts.
Written in English or Telugu, submitted by 19 September 2026, 11:59 PM. Length is not what impresses us — clarity is.
The problem you noticed
Where you saw it, who it affects and why it matters. Photographs and your own observations are welcome.
The space technology
Which satellite technology relates to it — Earth observation, weather, navigation, communication and so on — and what it does.
How it works, in your words
A plain-language explanation of the technology. Show that you understood it, not that you copied it.
The connection
How this technology could realistically help with the problem in your own city or town.
What you would do next
Who would need to be involved, what data would be needed and what your first step would be.
Timeline
From launch to grand finale
Four phases, five dates. Everything closes on 21 September 2026.
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Launch
August 2026
26 AUG 2026
Competition launch & registration opens
The challenge is announced, the registration form goes live and schools across Visakhapatnam are invited.
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Register
September 2026
10 SEP 2026
Registration deadline
All teams must be registered by this date, with their category and school details.
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Submit
September 2026
19 SEP 2026
Submission deadline
Written submissions received by 11:59 PM.
19 – 20 SEP
Screening & selection
The organising team reads every entry and selects the finalists for each category.
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Finale
September 2026
21 SEP 2026 Grand finale
Finalists present their ideas at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and winners are announced.
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Registrations
Register your team
Team registration opens on 22 August 2026 and closes on 10 September 2026. Each team has 3–4 students from the same school, with one teacher or mentor as the point of contact.
Registration link coming soon