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On 16 May 2026, the most selective schools in Delhi NCR sent their sharpest minds to the Grand Ballroom, Shangri-La Hotel, New Delhi. Two hours of critical thinking. One genuinely hard question.
From 36 of Delhi NCR’s most selective schools, 140+ nominated candidates from Grade 11 and 12 sat down across five rooms with a case that required real thinking, no shortcuts, and a position they could defend.
A question with no ready-made answer.
The brief asked a real question with no easy answer. Autonomous electric vehicles are set to change how India moves. That shift puts entire industries under pressure. Teams had two hours to pick one, decide what it should do, and argue that position in front of a panel of judges.
Four students. A real problem. A clock on the wall.
“By 2050, autonomous electric vehicles dominate transportation across India. As transportation changes, many industries built around traditional driving and vehicle ownership are struggling to survive.”
The teams that answered best.
Six UBC alumni judges and one industry expert from Mahindra Electric.
What the best walked away with.
The children surprised us. We’re in good hands with these kids for the future. They made us proud.
Dr. Rajesh VijayaraghavanUBC Sauder School of BusinessI had expected sort of high school students horsing around. Instead I found young adults who were ambassadors for the future.
Dr. Stephen O’LearyUBC Faculty of Applied ScienceIf everyone had access to artificial intelligence, you wouldn’t be seeing their intelligence. You would be seeing ChatGPT or Claude.
Vyan AggarwalModern School, Barakhamba Road · First PlaceThe thirty-six schools that competed.
Among the most selective in Delhi NCR. Each sent the strongest students it had.
- GD Goenka Flagship School
- Heritage Xperiential Learning School
- Manava Bharati India International School
- Modern School Barakhamba Road
- Pathways School Gurgaon
- Pathways World School
- Scottish High International School
- Shiv Nadar School Faridabad
- Shiv Nadar School Noida
- Step by Step School Noida
- The Shri Ram School Moulsari
- DPS Ballabgarh
- DPS Bulandshahr
- DPS Dwarka
- DPS Dwarka Expressway
- DPS Faridabad
- DPS Gautam Buddha Nagar
- DPS Greater Faridabad
- DPS NTPC Vidyut Nagar
- DPS Raj Nagar
- DPS Rewari
- DPS Rohini
- DPS Sector-30 Noida
- DPS Sector-45 Gurgaon
- DPS Sushant Lok
- DPS Vasant Kunj
- DPS International School Saket
- Amity Global School Gurugram
- Amity International School Gurugram (Sector 43)
- Amity International School Gurugram (Sector 46)
- Amity International School Mayur Vihar
- Amity International School Noida
- Amity International School Pushp Vihar
- Amity International School Saket
- Amity International School Vasundhara (Sector 1)
- Amity International School Vasundhara (Sector 6)
Five milestones. Six weeks.
Competition day was the finish line. Getting there was its own education.
