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Young minds. Local challenges. Practical solutions.
My City.
My Vision.
A student-led civic learning and action campaign for a better Aurangabad. Initiated by Minds in Motion Foundation under Education Expo 2026.
About the campaign
Go beyond the classroom.
Begin with your city.
Young people experience the city’s challenges every day. Their observations and ideas deserve a platform.
Every city faces challenges related to environment, mobility, public spaces, heritage, social inclusion, employment, technology, civic participation, and quality of life.
My City My Vision invites students to study Aurangabad through research, field activities, interviews, surveys, experiments, documentation, and community engagement. Select an issue or opportunity, study its context, and create an outcome that presents your understanding and proposed response.
Selected projects and activities will become part of the Education Expo 2026 showcase.
What we want students to do
Look closer. Then take action.
Identify
Select a problem, overlooked story, local opportunity, or subject that deserves attention.
Research
Collect information through surveys, interviews, field visits, observation, experiments, photographs, local records, and other relevant sources.
Create
Turn your findings into a model, prototype, campaign, business idea, documentary, performance, publication, exhibition, or other project.
Act
Where possible, test your idea or conduct an activity within your school, neighbourhood, or community.
Present
Share your work with students, educators, citizens, experts, institutions, and visitors through Education Expo 2026.
Five thematic activity tracks
Different talents.
A shared purpose.
TRACK 01
Science & Innovation
Solve local problems through science and technology
Students study civic challenges and develop science, technology, and innovation-based responses. Projects might address pollution, traffic, water conservation, waste management, energy consumption, public safety, urban planning, or resource management. The track encourages scientific inquiry, interdisciplinary learning, experimentation, and collaborative problem-solving.
Activity formats
Model-making · Technology prototypes · Science expos · Innovation sprints · Robotics demonstrations · Environmental experiments · Data-based studies · Smart city simulations
TRACK 02
Social Impact & Justice
Understand society. Strengthen civic responsibility.
Study social inequalities, civic rights, peace, accessibility, environmental justice, public participation, and the experiences of communities whose voices often receive limited attention. Engage with real community concerns and develop awareness or action-oriented responses rooted in democratic and civic values.
Activity formats
Street plays · Awareness campaigns · Youth parliaments · Community surveys · Human rights exhibitions · Civic debates · Public information initiatives · Social action projects
TRACK 03
Literature & Media
Document the soul of the city
Every street, neighbourhood, institution, monument, market, family, and community carries stories. Become young writers, journalists, photographers, filmmakers, interviewers, and community narrators. Document Aurangabad through its people, memories, experiences, changing neighbourhoods, local issues, achievements, and untold stories.
Activity formats
Story contests · Short films · Photography · Student newspapers · Podcasts · Oral histories · Interviews · Fanzines · Documentaries · Creative writing · Digital storytelling
TRACK 04
Entrepreneurship & Local Economy
Ideas that strengthen the local economy
Explore entrepreneurship as a response to local economic needs. Study neighbourhood markets, tourism, traditional businesses, artisans, local products, employment challenges, consumer needs, and opportunities for small enterprises. Develop practical financial understanding, product development, branding, problem-solving, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship.
Activity formats
Student bazaars · Startup pitch contests · Product design · Branding challenges · Pop-up stores · Tourism concepts · Sustainability ventures · Local business solutions
TRACK 05
Cultural & Heritage Preservation
Know Aurangabad. Preserve Aurangabad.
Aurangabad has a rich cultural, linguistic, architectural, artistic, and social history. Study and document its monuments, neighbourhoods, crafts, traditions, languages, food, architecture, folk culture, personalities, and oral histories. Build awareness and responsibility toward cultural conservation while understanding the city you inherit.
Activity formats
Heritage walks · Mini-museums · Folk performances · Poster exhibitions · Archival projects · Oral-history documentation · Photography projects · Traditional art showcases · Heritage research
Who should participate?
Grade 6 to
UG & PG.
All boards. All affiliations. All mediums.
CBSE schools, State Board schools, ICSE and other boards; Urdu, Marathi, Hindi and English medium institutions; junior colleges, colleges, universities, professional institutions, and other recognised educational institutions.
Participate individually or through school and college teams, according to the selected activity format.
Your city becomes your classroom
A good question is
a place to start.
A project does not need to begin with an expensive laboratory or sophisticated equipment. Everyday observations become the starting point for research and action.
- Water wastage in your neighbourhood
- Traffic outside your school
- Waste segregation in a local market
- Accessibility of a public space
- The history of an old neighbourhood
- Stories of local artisans
- A forgotten heritage structure
- A solution for a small local business
- Air or noise pollution around a busy road
- Public awareness about civic responsibilities
- Changes in the city’s traditional markets
- The experiences of senior citizens
- Local tourism opportunities
- Energy consumption inside a school
From idea to citywide showcase
Research. Act. Share.
Idea & Research
Identify your subject, form teams where required, conduct research, collect evidence, interact with communities, and define the outcome you want to create.
Action & Execution
Turn research into action: build models, conduct campaigns, record films, test prototypes, organise activities, interview citizens, develop products, prepare exhibitions, or implement small-scale solutions.
Final Submission
Document your work and submit your final project, findings, outcomes, photographs, videos, or supporting material according to the selected category.
Education Expo 2026 Showcase
Selected projects bring student ideas before educators, experts, institutions, community leaders, parents, citizens, and fellow students.
Why participate?
Learning that
lives beyond a textbook.
Connect academic learning with real civic experience. Understand your city through evidence, participation, and direct experience.
- Research and observation
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Scientific thinking
- Creativity
- Leadership
- Entrepreneurship
- Media literacy
- Civic awareness
- Community engagement
- Presentation
For schools & colleges
Build a culture
of civic learning.
The entire city becomes an opportunity for interdisciplinary learning.
Nominate students, form teams, appoint faculty mentors, conduct campus-level activities, organise research visits, and submit selected projects for the citywide platform. Institutions may participate across one or several thematic tracks.
A science teacher might mentor a water conservation project. A history teacher might lead an oral-history project. A commerce department might develop a local entrepreneurship study. A media team might produce a neighbourhood documentary.
A vision for Aurangabad, created by its students
Young people should have a meaningful role in understanding and improving the city they will inherit.
The campaign brings education, civic participation, innovation, culture, entrepreneurship, and community life onto one platform. Students do more than describe the city as it exists today: they present evidence, ideas, actions, and proposals for the city they want to see tomorrow.
Bring your idea to Education Expo 2026
My city.
My responsibility.
My vision.
See a problem?Study it.
Have an idea?Develop it.
Know a story?Document it.
Want change?Start with your community.
An initiative of Minds in Motion Foundation · Under Education Expo 2026
Focus city: Aurangabad, Maharashtra