This YOUTH IDEATHON has become a nationally recognised rewards and recognition platform for students, teachers and institutions. The awards are designed to incentivize students as they move to higher level of competition. Further, there are awards for Teachers, Mentors and Colleges who are engaged in the furtherance of cause of innovation and entrepreneurship.

The awards are as follows:

• Certificates: All participants in Top 1500, Top 500, Top 100, and Top 3 will receive certificates.
• Cash Grant of Rs. 10,000 to Top 100 Teams for Rs. 10,000 Challenge
• Entrepreneurship Projects shall also be eligible for soft awards such as cloud credits, prototyping tools, and software licenses from our partners.
• Incubation Grant: The top 2 teams in each theme will receive a progress-based incubation grant of upto Rs. 100,000 each.
• Recognition for Teachers/Mentors: Teachers and mentors who guide students throughout the competition will be recognized at each stage
• College / Institute Recognition: Colleges and Institutes with high participation will be awarded trophies based on the number of participating teams (750, 500, and 300 teams).
• Mentor Recognition: Mentors who guide a significant number of students (500+, 300-500, 150-300) will receive recognition.