IndiaAI Innovation Challenge for Transforming Governance (Department of School Education)

About the Challenge

IndiaAI has partnered with the Real Time Governance Society and line departments under the Government of Andhra Pradesh to develop AI solutions across six domains, including for empowering rural entrepreneurs, optimising supply chains for essential goods for public service delivery, streamlining renewable energy land allocation, urban infrastructure planning, land-use monitoring and predictive infrastructure management for government schools. These interventions focus on leveraging AI for increasing transparency and operational efficiency in Government processes and driving inclusive growth

Challenge Objective and Problem Statements

The Challenge aims to identify and deploy high-potential AI solutions that enhance transparency, operational efficiency and inclusive growth.

This problem statement, in collaboration with Real Time Governance Society, and Department of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, aims to develop an AI-powered planning and validation system to create and maintain a Baseline Assessment and Validation (BAV) model for schools in Andhra Pradesh, enabling data-driven forecasting of infrastructure requirements and automated validation of school level demand plans under Samagra Shiksha to support timely and prioritised infrastructure decision making at block, district and state levels with outputs that clearly indicate how infrastructure needs to be estimated and how proposals are validated and prioritised.

Indicative Capabilities

The solution may leverage AI/ML technologies to:

(1) analyse historical and near real‑time data on enrolment, attendance, demographics and infrastructure capacity to forecast requirements for classrooms, sanitation facilities and repair and maintenance;

(2) validate school‑level infrastructure proposals against historical trends, Samagra Shiksha norms, unit costs and predefined rules (for example, duplicate or inflated requests, mismatches with enrolment, or infrastructure already existing), and detect inconsistencies, over‑reporting and non‑compliance with scheme guidelines at scale indicating whether proposals are accepted, flagged or rejected along with the reasons for each outcome and confidence scores;

(3) support continuous planning, monitoring and prioritisation of infrastructure investments through integration with departmental dashboards and governance systems, operating across thousands of schools and providing a scalable foundation for long‑term planning, timely creation, repair and maintenance of school infrastructure.

Who Can Apply?

• Indian Company: Indian company registered under the Companies Act, 2013. An Indian company must have 51% or more shareholding by Indian citizens or persons of Indian origin.
• Start-up: Start-up as defined in the latest notification by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), accessible at Startup India.
• Autonomous Bodies: Autonomous bodies, including public sector organisations, non-profit organisations, research institutions and universities, are eligible to participate.

Applicants must submit existing solutions only with established AI-enabled product, service, or business model that addresses any one of the problem statements and has been deployed/piloted, seeking to achieve scale.

Major Milestones

• Stage 1: Registration and Submission of Solutions via AIKosh
• Stage 2: Evaluation Process
• Stage 3: Up to 3 shortlisted teams for each problem statement may receive INR 5 Lakhs to refine and test their solutions on a shared dataset.
• Stage 4: Up to 1 team per problem statement may secure a one-year work order up to INR 50 Lakhs to deploy their solution.

Queries

All pre-submission queries must be emailed to fellow3.gpai-india@meity.gov.in using the subject line:"Query- IndiaAI Transforming Governance Challenge 2026–Applicant Name"