The Big Idea competition for the year 2022-2023 was organized to encourage innovative talent amongst young minds. Students were encouraged to come up with original and creative ideas. The students put forth various problems faced by them on the theme given to them – Sustainable Innovation with Transport, Renewable Energy, Clean Water, Recycling, Single use plastic and organic food.

The projects were judged on the originality and usability of innovation. The competition was open in three categories:
Category 1: Students studying in classes V & VI
Category 2: Students studying in classes VII & VIII
Category 3: Students studying in classes IX to XI

The students performed extremely well and the results are as follows:

Category 1: Students studying in classes V & VI
1st Place – Team Alka 27223

1. Mr. Arjun Naik
2. Mr. Aragya Goyal
   3. Mr. Keith Fernando Sa
   4. Mr. Liam Jaques
   5. Mr. Earl Dillan Gonsalves
   6. Ms. Isaac Pereira2nd Place – MVS Transport
3. Keya Divkar
4. Nicol Saldana

3rd Place – Recycling & Pollution

1. Ms. Ishika Dhaked
2. Ms. Khushi Naik
3. Ms. Ayra Makandar
4. Shruti Patil
5. Ms. Avni  Kalpak Arware
   
   Category 2: Students studying in classes VII & VIII
   1st Place – Shadow the sustainable e-trike
   1 .Mr.Devansh Volvotakar
6. Mr. Achyut Deshpande
7. Mr. Viano Aaron Fernandes
8. Mr. Ansh Naik2nd Place – SolarCharging
9. Guruprasad Rampura
10. Ved Shenvi Lotlikar
11. Omkar Siddesh Shetty
12. Vedant Lomte
    
    3rd Place – Solar Powered Train

Ms . Abigail Jaques

Category 3: Students studying in classes IX to XI
1st Place – Throw to Grow

1. Ms. Nidhi Hegde
2. Mr. Slade Pinto
3. Ms. Manasi Nesarikar
4. Mr. Aayan Faniband

2nd Place- Recycling Overvoltage Circuit Breaker

1. Ms. Saloni Utagi
2. Mr. Siddharth Bhandari
3. Mr. Saravanan Kathirvelu
4. Ms. Sancia Angelica Prabhakaran

3rd Place – Production of agro bricks
1. Mr. Adrian Santimano

2. Ms. Anika Kumar
3. Ms. Madhura Gawali
4. Ms. Marissa Pereira
5. Ms. Rebecca Isabella Barretto3rd Place –Waste, let’s use it to climb!!
6. Mr. Ruben Hugo Pinheiro
7. Mr. Jess Ciriaco Dias
8. Mr. Samuel Costa
9. Ms. Edlyn Cardozo
10. Ms. Sakshi Ramesh Mishra
11. Ms. Kiera Dias
12. Ms. Manasi Udupa
13. Ms. Shalom Gomes

Judges for the finals were : Somakash Dessai ,Vasant, Mayuri Bhate, Sudip Faldesai, Richa Goyal and Larson Saldanha

Students volunteers for the finals were Piyush Dessai, Sarika Satish, Anishka Bhosale, Maria Macy Rebello , Joshua Da Costa, Shenoy Bandodker, Micaiah Martins, Daksh Rajpurohit, Sneha Mishra, Tom Jose, Sanvi Shirodkar, Leah Pereira, Maria Alvares, Rudra Hede, Vilston Abranches,Ved Lotlikar and  Rivia Raikar.