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Young Innovator Internship Challenge

Young Innovator Internship Challenge

Project-based sessions in AI, web development, game building and product thinking taught by expert tech professionals through a learn by building approach

Project-based sessions in AI, web development, game building and product thinking taught by expert tech professionals through a learn by building approach

No cost · Online · No coding experience required · Class 11 - 12, with maths

No cost · Online · No coding experience required · Class 11 - 12, with maths

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Last date to register: 4 Sept | Program starts: 6 Sept

Last date to register: 4 Sept | Program starts: 6 Sept

  • SHARK TANK INDIA

  • EBAY

  • ORACLE

  • 7 EDITIONS COMPLETED

  • 1,00,000+ REGISTRATIONS

  • 200+ SCHOOLS

About YIIC

About YIIC

Young Innovator Internship Challenge

Young Innovator Internship Challenge

A one-of-a-kind challenge designed to help you start your computer science journey with clarity & confidence. Across these sessions, you'll explore the basics of Data Structures & Algorithms, Web Development, and Al, while learning how to identify problems, think like a builder and develop your own solution or application under the guidance of expert mentors.

A one-of-a-kind challenge designed to help you start your computer science journey with clarity & confidence. Across these sessions, you'll explore the basics of Data Structures & Algorithms, Web Development, and Al, while learning how to identify problems, think like a builder and develop your own solution or application under the guidance of expert mentors.

05

05

Weekends

Weekends

100000+

100000+

Registrations

Registrations

7th

7th

Edition completed

Edition completed

200+

200+

Schools from 100+ Cities

Schools from 100+ Cities

Who teaches you

Who teaches you

Learn from people building AI, products, and startups.

Learn from people building AI, products, and startups.

Mentors from past sessions of YIIC

Mentors from past sessions of YIIC

Lucky Soni

Co-Founder · Everaw Nutrition

Akangsha Goswami

Data Scientist · eBay

Aditya Gupta

Senior SDE · Oracle

Yash Dandavate

Building startup ecosytem · EY

B. Swaroop

Founder · MentiBy

Sumeet Malik

Founder · Pepcoding

Recognition

Recognition

What you leave with

What you leave with

Every student who completes five weeks is recognised.

Every student who completes five weeks is recognised.

Certificate of completion

Certificate of completion

Issued by Scaler School of Technology to every student who attends all four sessions.

Issued by Scaler School of Technology to every student who attends all four sessions.

Letter of Recommendation

Letter of Recommendation

For top performers, signed by the mentor who reviewed their work.

For top performers, signed by the mentor who reviewed their work.

MERCH

SST merchandise

SST merchandise

For top performers.

For top performers.

GRAND PRIZE

PlayStation 5

PlayStation 5

For the highest-scoring participant.

For the highest-scoring participant.

3 DAYS • BANGALORE

SST Campus Experience

SST Campus Experience

For top performers. Build alongside current SST students on campus.

For top performers. Build alongside current SST students on campus.

How it works

How it works

One weekend is all it takes to understand the journey

One weekend is all it takes to understand the journey

Live session, 90 minutes

Live session, 90 minutes

Learn alongside technical experts.

Learn alongside technical experts.

Five-minute quiz.

Five-minute quiz.

At the end of session.

At the end of session.

Your turn.

Your turn.

Build your own version, at your own pace.

Build your own version, at your own pace.

Mentor review.

Mentor review.

Feedback on what you built.

Feedback on what you built.

Final project and assessment.

Final project and assessment.

Get your prizes and certificates

Get your prizes and certificates

Program Structure

Program Structure

Five sessions, one per week, each anchored to a specific skill in the arc from problem-framing to shipping something real

Five sessions, one per week, each anchored to a specific skill in the arc from problem-framing to shipping something real

LIVE

LIVE

Registrations open

Registrations open

Last date to register: 4 Sept | Program starts: 6 Sept

Last date to register: 4 Sept | Program starts: 6 Sept

Join YIIC - 8th Edition

Fill in the form details and if you qualify you will receive a confirmation email. Make sure you fill in all details correctly.

Join YIIC - 8th Edition

Fill in the form details and if you qualify you will receive a confirmation email. Make sure you fill in all details correctly.

Register Now

Register Now

6th Sept 2026

6th Sept 2026

Session 01

Session 01

Zero to Idea

Zero to Idea

Critical thinking and problem identification - learning to spot real-world problems and frame them clearly.

Critical thinking and problem identification - learning to spot real-world problems and frame them clearly.

13th Sept 2026

13th Sept 2026

Session 02

Session 02

Prompt to Product

Prompt to Product

Learning to use AI effectively through better prompting, context and level of detail to turn ideas into tangible outcomes.

Learning to use AI effectively through better prompting, context and level of detail to turn ideas into tangible outcomes.

20th Sept 2026

20th Sept 2026

Session 03

Session 03

From Idea to Product

From Idea to Product

Understanding how ideas become working products, covering scale, high-level system design and deployment without requiring coding experience.

Understanding how ideas become working products, covering scale, high-level system design and deployment without requiring coding experience.

27th Sept 2026

27th Sept 2026

Session 04

Session 04

How Products Are Built

How Products Are Built

Understanding how different technical components come together to build, deploy and improve a real product.

Understanding how different technical components come together to build, deploy and improve a real product.

4th Oct 2026

4th Oct 2026

Session 05

Session 05

Ship It, Grow It

Ship It, Grow It

Learning how to launch a product, onboard first users, gather feedback and use it to grow.

Learning how to launch a product, onboard first users, gather feedback and use it to grow.

From past editions

From past editions

What students had to say

What students had to say

Participants from 200+ Schools Across India

Participants from 200+ Schools Across India

About SST

About SST

YIIC is built and run by Scaler School of Technology

YIIC is built and run by Scaler School of Technology

Scaler School of Technology, in Bangalore, offers a four-year residential undergraduate programme in Computer Science and AI, built and taught by 100+ tech leaders from Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and more. Through practitioner-led learning, hands-on projects, startup incubation, and advanced Al and robotics labs, students gain real-world experience alongside academic training.

Scaler School of Technology, in Bangalore, offers a four-year residential undergraduate programme in Computer Science and AI, built and taught by 100+ tech leaders from Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and more. Through practitioner-led learning, hands-on projects, startup incubation, and advanced Al and robotics labs, students gain real-world experience alongside academic training.

Explore our programmes

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FAQs

FAQs

Still got questions?

Still got questions?

1. Who can join?

2. Do I need to know how to code?

3. Is it really free?

4. Will it clash with my board exams?

5. What will I build during YIIC?

6. What happens after I register?

7. What do I get after completing YIIC?

8. Is this an actual internship? Do I get paid?

9. How is the grand prize decided?

10. How are the Top 100 students selected?

11. Is YIIC part of the SST admission process?