start your changemaker journey, today!

Are you a 6th-12th grade student in India excited to create a change in your surroundings? Join the movement to start your Changemaker Journey!

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Get Started

Starting your Changemaker Journey with ICO is as easy as 1, 2, 3

Form A Team of 2-4 Students

Form a team of minimum 2 and maximum 4 members! Make sure you have your parents’ consent.

Fill The Registration Form and Pay The Registration Fee

Quickly fill a short registration form for your team and pay the registration fee. The registration fee is subsidised differently for teams from Regular Schools and Budget Schools. Check the Registration Fee Details sections on the Registration Page to know which category your team falls under.

Get Ready

That’s all. You’ll be assigned a mentor and you can start with your journey with ICO

Changemaking In Action!

Get inspired by the Change Initiatives started by our students in the past.

Meet Team "Sippin' Green"

Winners of All Rounded Performance Award

They are reducing the usage of plastic straws in their city. Till now, they have made 25+ cafes, juice shops and vendors switch to paper and steel straws and reduced the usage of 1,200+ plastic straws every day.

Meet Team "Waste Nought"

Winners of All Rounded Performance Award

They are taking the extra food from their hostel mess and using it to feed the children in an NGO. Till now, they have saved 800+ Kg of food and provided for 1600+ meals.

Meet Team "Happy Bags"

Winners of Social Impact Award

They are collecting old clothes from their community and reusing them to make cloth carry bags. Till now, they have made and sold 150+ bags and reduced the usage of plastic bags.

Tips during COVID-19

While COVID-19 has disrupted many areas of life, changemaking is the need of the hour. We have compiled a list of few initiative ideas that you may choose to implement safely as part of ICO. This is not an exhaustive list, but meant to get your creative juices flowing. You can choose from the list or tackle any other problem you like.

What Our Participants Have To Say

Participating in ICO has positively impacted me. This experience has helped change my mindset and now, I have started thinking from other people's perspective, identifying problems faced by them, and coming up with creative ways to solve them. It was also a fun experience and I learnt the importance of working in a team.

Mohd. Ashhar Mehdi

Team "Blue Brigade", Social Innovation Award Winner,
International Changemaker Olympiad, 2018-19

ICO helps young students like us to come together and solve the world problems we care about. It made me realize that no problem is small and that making a smallest change can make a big difference. I feel a lot more confident in life to take on any challenge after this experience.

Divyanshi Kaul

Team "Preventing Body Shaming", ICO Finalist,
International Changemaker Olympiad, 2018-19

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start your changemaker journey, today!