Innovation programme · All-India

INSPIRE Awards — MANAK

Usually called INSPIRE MANAK

Students submit an original idea for a problem they have seen; selected ideas receive support to build a prototype and progress to district, state and national exhibitions.

What kind of thing this is

Building and making — tinkering labs, maker challenges, innovation awards. Open across India.

Who can apply

Nominated through the school. Aimed at the middle and early secondary years.

Where it leads

Entrance examAll-India
Joint Entrance Examination (Main)
The national entrance test for NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded technical institutions, and the qualifying route to JEE Advanced.
Run by
National Testing Agency
Open to
Class 11–12
Entrance examAll-India
Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced)
The entrance test for the Indian Institutes of Technology.
Run by
Joint Admission Board, Indian Institutes of Technology
Open to
Class 12
Entrance examState
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
The state entrance test for engineering and technology courses in West Bengal institutions.
Run by
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board
Open to
Class 12

INSPIRE Awards — MANAK

What kind of thing this is

Who can apply

Where it leads

Other routes into the same fields

Joint Entrance Examination (Main)

Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced)

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination