FIRST® DIVE presented by Qualcomm
Bring STEM inspiration, holistic skill building, and fun to your classroom or after-school learning environment with collaborative problem solving during our arts-themed 2024-2025 robotics season.
FIRST ® Tech Challenge India Championship
Highly competitive, tech-focused FIRST ® Tech Challenge Championship.
FIRST Tech Challenge students (3 to 15 participants & eligibility is from grade 7 to grade 10+2) learn to think like engineers. Teams design, build, and code robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams.
Robots are built from a reusable platform, powered by Android technology, and can be coded using a variety of levels of Java-based programming.
FIRST ® Are the World’s Leading Youth-Serving Nonprofit Advancing STEM Education
FIRST® Tech Challenge inspires young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
Steps
Register and Buy FTC Kit
Form your team of 3-15 students and register with us.
Learn, Build and Practice
Build your bot from FTC Kit. Building and learning resources will be provided to all
Regional Competition
Compete and participate in the Regional Competition.
India Championship
Compete and participate in the India Championship
World Championship
Top 2 Teams from India Championship will represent India at World Championship
JOIN OUR OCEAN-INSPIRED ROBOTICS SEASON
Beneath the ocean’s surface lies our planet’s most complex ecosystems, full of life and potential for exploration and learning, where each inhabitant has a role to play in building a thriving environment. During the 2024-2025 FIRST season, FIRST® IN DIVESM presented by Qualcomm, teams will use their STEM and collaboration skills to explore life beneath the surface of the ocean. Along the way, we’ll uncover the potential in each of us to strengthen our community and innovate for a better world with healthy oceans.
Inspiring Generations of Global Citizens
3.2 million youth participated in the 2023-2024 season participants since 1989
There are FIRST® teams in ~100+ countries.
81% of FIRST® Alumni Declare Majors in STEM by their fourth year of college
83% of FIRST® Alumni have Confidence to Take Leadership Roles in School
