Ministry of Education organised Toycathon 2021

Prime Minister interacted with participants of Toycathon-2021. This was the grand finale of the toy-making hackathon organised by the government of India.

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Toycathon 2021 was jointly launched by the Ministry of Education, WCD Ministry, MSME Ministry, DPIIT, Textile Ministry, I&B Ministry, and AICTE on 5th January 2021 to crowd-source innovative toys and games ideas.

Around 1.2 lakh participants from across India registered and submitted more than 17000 ideas for the Toycathon 2021. Of these, 1567 ideas have been shortlisted for the three-day online Toycathon grand finale.

Toycathon-2021 is aimed at boosting the toy industry in India. It also aimed to conceptualize innovative toys-based on the Indian value system which will inculcate the positive behaviour and good value among the children.

Toycathone is a unique hackathon where students and teachers from schools and colleges, design experts, toy experts, and startups got together to crowdsource ideas for developing toys and games that are based on Indian culture and ethos, local folklore and heroes, and Indian value systems.

The Toycathon has three variants of tracks of junior level, senior level, and startup level. Participants include students and teachers from schools, colleges, and universities as well as startups and toy experts.