Hyderabad student emerges national winner

A class 9 student from the city has emerged national winner in the Creative and Innovation category at the eighth edition of TCS iON IntelliGem national-level contest.

Samskriti Konduru of Hyderabad Public School had earlier reached the National Grand Finale for four years consecutively, a first by a student from Hyderabad in the IntelliGem competition.

In the 2026 edition of the competition, Samskriti reached the semi-finals in two categories, ‘Universal Values’ and ‘Creativity & Innovation’. Demonstrating exceptional originality and problem-solving ability, she emerged one of the Top 2 students nationwide from Class 9 in the ‘Creativity & Innovation’ category, before going on to secure the national winner title in the grand finale.

TCS iON IntelliGem is a flagship national-level competition designed to evaluate key 21st-century competencies among students from Classes 5 to 9.