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MINDZI Future-Ready Challenge | India | 2026

A national challenge in AI, critical thinking, and future readiness for students in Classes 6-9.

YOUR CHILD'S
FUTURE

YOUR CHILD'S FUTURE deserves a future-ready mind.

Mindzi is built around a simple question: will your child be ready for a world where AI is everywhere? Mindzi gives students guided study material to learn how AI really works, then tests whether they can question what AI produces, catch where it goes wrong, and use it with judgment - skills that matter in every career.

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The Future

AI is changing the rules. It is the new environment in which your child's future will unfold.

01
The Surgeonwill work with AI diagnostics every single day.
02
The Journalistwill rely on AI research tools, and must know when they're wrong.
03
The Farmerwill use AI to predict yield, weather, and market prices.
04
The Architectwill collaborate with generative AI on every design.
05
The Filmmakerwill direct AI creative tools; the vision must stay human.
06
The Policymakerwill shape the laws that govern AI systems.
The question is not whether AI will affect your child's chosen field.The question is whether your child will be ready when it does.
Mindzi builds the thinking skills that matter in every field - tested through scenarios drawn from real careers, recognised on a national stage. Your child's ambitions don't need to change. Whether they become a doctor, designer, entrepreneur, engineer, artist, athlete, or teacher, the skills they need to thrive in an AI-shaped world are the same.
The Learning Journey

The learning platform is where students prepare. It opens with a Foundation module that explains how AI actually works, then moves through six dimensions - from giving AI clear instructions, to spotting when it's wrong, to using it creatively and responsibly. Each one is self-paced and built around real situations rather than definitions, guided by AIRA, an AI character who deliberately makes mistakes so students learn to catch them. Most students complete it over a few sittings.

Foundation and dimensions

Students begin with a Foundation module, then move through six future-readiness dimensions: prompting clearly, spotting errors, using AI creatively, and applying judgment in real situations.

00 Start Here
Foundation - Before You Begin

Before any dimension unlocks, every student builds the mental model the rest depends on: what AI actually is, how it learns from data, and why it gets things wrong. It is mandatory, it is assessed, and it is the reason the six dimensions make sense.

Dimension 01
Prompt Engineering
Can the student communicate precisely with AI to get the best output? The sharper the instruction, the more useful the result - and this skill transfers to every job.
A journalist prompting AI to research a breaking story under deadline pressure.
Dimension 02
Spotting Hallucinations & Bias
Can the student tell when AI is wrong, misleading, or systematically unfair? Confidence in an AI's output is not the same as accuracy, and the difference matters enormously.
A doctor questioning an AI diagnostic before it becomes a treatment decision.
Dimension 03
AI in the Real World
Does the student see how AI is already reshaping industries and jobs - and which type is changing their chosen field right now?
A farmer using AI for crop prediction, pest detection, and market timing.
Dimension 04
Creative Use of AI
Can the student use AI as a genuine creative partner, not just a shortcut? The vision, the cultural knowledge, and the judgment must stay human.
A designer collaborating with generative AI on a culturally authentic campaign.
Dimension 05
AI Safety & Ethics
Does the student understand responsibility, privacy, and the limits of ethical AI use? When AI causes harm, someone must be accountable - and knowing where responsibility lies matters in every field.
A lawyer deciding whether to trust AI-generated evidence before presenting it in court.
Dimension 06
AI & The Future
AI is moving fast, and this is where it's heading: agentic AI that takes actions on its own, RAG systems that ground their answers in real sources instead of guessing, and the shift coming to every profession. Can the student picture the landscape beyond today's chatbots - and judge any new AI system they meet?
A policymaker shaping the regulations that govern increasingly powerful AI systems.
The Challenge

From your school
to the national stage.

Only the strongest move forward. The bar rises with every round.

01
School Round
Every registered student takes part, online, at school. Sixty minutes, six dimensions, six hundred points. Questions are built around real scenarios, so a strong score reflects how a student thinks rather than what they have memorised.
Top performers advance
02
City Round
The students who come through the School Round compete against the rest of their city. The questions are harder, and a live leaderboard shows where each student stands locally.
Best from each school
03
National Round
The strongest students from across the country meet in a fully proctored final. Students compete for national rankings, national recognition, and the opportunity to be recognised among the country's top young AI thinkers.
National finalists
The Ranked Certificate
More than a score. A specific record of how your child thinks.
Every student receives a personalised digital certificate. Rather than a generic "participant," it records their national percentile, their score across all six dimensions, and the one dimension where they were strongest - for example, "Top 8% nationally, strongest in spotting AI errors." A percentile shows where a student stands among everyone who competed: top 8% means they scored higher than 92 out of every 100 students nationally.
What the percentile means
Top 8% means a student scored higher than 92 out of every 100 students nationally.
Mindzi Future-Ready Challenge · 2026
Aryan Sharma
St Xavier's High School · Class 8
National rank #312 · Top 8%
Strongest dimension: Spotting Hallucinations & Bias
D1
78
D2
91
D3
74
D4
79
D5
82
D6
83
Top 8% means this student scored higher than 92 of every 100 who competed nationally.
The Journey

From registration to your ranked certificate - here is how the year unfolds.

July 2026
Registration Opens
Register your child. Learning platform access begins in September 2026.
September 2026
Learning Platform Live
Students begin with the Foundation module, which builds the mental model needed for everything that follows. They then progress through six dimensions of future readiness, guided by AIRA through interactive lessons and real-world challenges.
October 2026
Study Material Goes Live
Structured study material launches alongside the platform - a deeper reference students can use to strengthen their understanding ahead of the Practice Challenge and the School Round.
November 2026
Practice Challenge Unlocks
Scenario-based practice questions open ahead of the School Round. Unlimited attempts, with AIRA explaining every answer - building confidence before competition day.
December 2026
School Round
Sixty minutes, online, at school. All registered students compete for 600 points across six dimensions. The strongest performers advance to the City Round, and every participant receives a ranked certificate.
All registered students
January 2027
City Round
The best from each school compete at the city level. Harder questions, with a live leaderboard showing where each student stands locally.
Top performers from the School Round
March / April 2027
National Round
The country's strongest students compete for the highest national rankings. Fully proctored, with a live national leaderboard and final national results.
Top performers from the City Round
Within 14 days of each round
Digital Ranked Certificates Issued
Every participant receives their personalised digital ranked certificate - national percentile, dimension-by-dimension scores, and the one dimension where they were strongest - within 14 days of the round closing.
Parents

Register
your child.

Open to students currently studying in Classes 6-9. Registration fee: ₹649 (inclusive of all applicable taxes).

The registration fee covers everything a student needs for the School Round: full access to the learning platform, the Practice Challenge, School Round entry, and a nationally ranked digital certificate. Students who qualify for the City and National Rounds pay a separate, smaller fee for each of those exams.

600
POINTS
60
MINUTES
6
DIMENSIONS
Register your child
01
Learn at your own pace
Students work through the Foundation and all six dimensions in their own time. No coaching class, no fixed schedule. AIRA guides them, and deliberately makes mistakes they learn to catch.
02
Compete on the day
A single 60-minute round, taken online at school. Every question is a real scenario - a journalist on deadline, a farmer in Vidarbha, a doctor in rural Odisha - so students apply judgment rather than recall facts.
03
A certificate that reflects how your child thinks
Every student receives a personalised digital certificate showing their rank and percentile for the competition round they completed, performance across all six dimensions, and the area where they demonstrated their greatest strength. It offers something rare: a clear picture of how a child thinks, evaluates, and solves problems.
Schools

Bring Mindzi to your school.

Mindzi is open to every school in India - CBSE, ICSE, IB, Cambridge, and State Boards. The challenge is designed for students currently studying in Classes 6-9.

For CBSE schools rolling out the CT&AI curriculum, Mindzi is the competition layer that takes students from knowledge to applied judgment. For schools where AI is taught more technically, it tests the thinking side the technical subject leaves out. For every other school, it is a structured national AI challenge.

One coordinator. Minimal administration. Your students compete on a national stage, and your school is recognised alongside them.

Register your school
School Dashboard
One place for your coordinator to manage registrations, see the student roster, track who has completed the journey, and download the parent communications we provide.
School Insights
An aggregate report of how your students performed across the six dimensions, compared to city and national benchmarks. Each student's individual result stays with them.
Recognition & co-branding
Your school's name appears on its students' certificates. Optional co-branding on the learning platform is available at additional cost.
Student platform access
Every registered student gets full access to the Mindzi learning platform, from the Foundation module through all six dimensions.
The national stage
If your students reach the National Round, your school is named in the national results and announcements.
What partnering involves.
Partnering with Mindzi asks very little of a school: one coordinator, a few hours across the year, the parent communications we prepare for the coordinator to circulate to parents, and a computer lab for sixty minutes on competition day. In return, your students gain access to a unique learning and a nationally benchmarked challenge, you receive a school-level insights report, and your school is recognised on every certificate earned by your students.
What the school receives
Students gain access to a unique learning journey and nationally benchmarked challenge; your school receives school-level insights and recognition on every student certificate.
Free Year 1 for your school - no cost at all.
Designate one coordinator
Help spread the word - we prepare the communication material, reminders, and parent messages; the coordinator simply shares them with families through the school's usual communication channels
Provide a computer lab on competition day
Why Mindzi

Built for every school. Every board.

Students today are beginning to learn about AI in school. MINDZI takes the next step: giving them a chance to apply that knowledge through real-world scenarios, national rankings, live leaderboards, and meaningful performance insights. Whether a student studies under CBSE, ICSE, IB, Cambridge, or a State Board, the future-ready skills being tested are the same.

Goes beyond recall
Knowing the definition of bias is not the same as catching it in a live scenario. Mindzi is built around the second kind of thinking - applying ideas under pressure: questioning a biased output, deciding what to do with a risky one, directing AI precisely.
Applied judgment, not technical knowledge
A student can learn what AI is and still not know what to do with it. Should they trust the answer? Question it? Ask a better question? Look for evidence? Mindzi focuses on those decisions - the judgment that turns knowledge into action.
A national stage to apply it
Schools help students learn. Learning becomes meaningful when it is applied. MINDZI gives them a chance to apply those skills in a national challenge alongside their peers. Through rankings, leaderboards, and personalised performance insights, students see how their future-ready thinking compares at a national level.

Ready to begin?

Registration for 2026 is open. Register your child, or bring Mindzi to your school.

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