Telangana’s IDE Movement Gains Momentum — Transforming Teachers into Designers and Students into Inventors
Hyderabad, November 5, 2025: When teachers stop teaching answers and start nurturing curiosity, classrooms evolve into creative spaces where students become problem-solvers. Telangana has ignited such a transformation through its Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship (IDE) Movement) — a nationwide initiative under AICTE and the Ministry of Education, now turning classrooms into centers of creativity, design thinking, and entrepreneurship.
The movement began at Vardhaman College of Engineering, where 91 District Education Officers (DEOs), District Science Officers (DSOs), and DIET faculty members were trained to think like innovators, not just instructors.
Lighting the Spark of Innovation
Telangana’s IDE initiative aims to make every school a startup lab, where teachers create and students innovate. The IDE Bootcamp, launched by the AICTE’s Innovation Cell in collaboration with DoSEL, NCERT, School Innovation Council (SIC), PM SHRI Schools, and the Wadhwani Foundation, has positioned Telangana as a trailblazer in implementing NEP 2020’s vision of experiential learning.
“The Bootcamp was only the beginning,” said Prof. Ravindra, Principal of Vardhaman College of Engineering. “Our teachers have returned to their districts as catalysts of change. Within days, innovation clubs are taking root across schools.”
From Chalkboards to Circuit Boards
The IDE Bootcamp, virtually inaugurated by AICTE Chairman Prof. T. G. Sitharam across 26 locations, redefined classroom learning. “Education officers are the new change agents,” Prof. Sitharam said. “Through IDE, we are moving from rote memorization to creative problem-solving.”
At the Hyderabad node, Dr. Rajesh Kandula and Mr. Shaik Waseem from the Wadhwani Foundation led hands-on sessions featuring live problem-solving, design challenges, and student startup showcases such as GetFund, InsirraForge, and Team Nivaran—inspiring educators to see how ideas evolve into real-world solutions.
Innovation Meets Assessment
Dr. Indrani Bhaduri, Head of PARAKH (NCERT), presented the PARAKH Dashboard, demonstrating how creativity and measurable outcomes can align—connecting innovation directly with assessment.
Meanwhile, Mr. Aditya Ravi Shankar from T-Works, Telangana’s state-of-the-art prototyping hub, encouraged educators to utilize its facilities: “T-Works is where ideas meet the tools to become reality.”
A Statewide Movement Rooted in NEP 2020
The Hyderabad Bootcamp has positioned Telangana as one of the most proactive states in the national NEP 2020 implementation—turning policy into classroom action. The upcoming Phase 2 IDE workshops across other Indian states aim to build upon Telangana’s pioneering example.
“Teachers are becoming creators, not conveyors of knowledge,” said Dr. Rajesh Kandula. “Innovation isn’t an add-on anymore—it’s the DNA of modern education.”
India’s Classrooms — Incubators of Tomorrow’s Innovators
Envisioned by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the IDE Movement seeks to transform every school into a micro-lab of creativity and entrepreneurship. With Telangana leading from the front, the future of Indian education is being redesigned — one innovative classroom at a time.
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