New Delhi (thestates.news)| The Robotics for Good Youth Challenge India 2026–2027, organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, Government of India with the support of the I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of IIT Delhi, was held today on the sidelines of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2026 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi.
The Challenge, a flagship initiative under ITU’s AI for Good programme, brought together 57 teams – 28 in the Junior Category and 29 in the Senior Category – with around 300 students and mentors from 14 States across India. Students aged 10 to 18 designed, built and programmed autonomous robots to address this year’s mission on public health emergency response, linked to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3 – Good Health and Well-being, through tasks such as sample extraction and delivery, construction of a quarantine zone, medical-kit distribution and medical triage.
The Challenge was inaugurated by Mr. Atul Sinha, Director General, National Communications Academy-Technology (NCA-T), DoT, who delivered the inaugural keynote address, preceded by Dr Bilel Jamoussi, Deputy Director and Chief, Study Groups and Policy Department, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU, who delivered the welcome address.(s-pib)
