Presidency School of Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Computing (PSAIAC), under the AI CoE Accelerated by NVIDIA initiative, successfully conducted Design Competition 2026 to foster creativity, innovation, originality and interdisciplinary engagement among students and faculty. The competition featured four categories - Logo Design, Tagline, Interior Design and Poster Design — providing participants with a platform to showcase their creative and visual communication skills.

 

The competition received 126 registrations, comprising 104 students and 22 faculty members, with 246 category-level entries recorded across the various competitions. Participants explored creative concepts ranging from developing a distinctive identity for PSAIAC and meaningful taglines to designing innovative AI/NVIDIA Lab spaces and creating visually engaging posters centred on AI and emerging technologies.

 

The winners were recognised during the Winners Prize Distribution Ceremony held on 31 August 2026 at E Block, Seminar Hall – 4. A total of 10 winners were recognised across the four categories. The competition offered a combined prize pool of ₹1,00,000, celebrating excellence in creativity, originality, relevance, visual quality and presentation.

 

The Design Competition 2026 successfully encouraged participants to transform ideas into meaningful visual concepts while strengthening engagement with PSAIAC and its AI Centre of Excellence initiatives. The event highlighted the value of creativity and innovation alongside technological learning, and provided an enriching platform for interdisciplinary participation and student engagement. Congratulations to all the winners and participants for their creativity and outstanding contributions!