International Participations invited for 22 exciting ‘Create in India Challenges’ Winners to get excusive opportunity to participate in WAVES 2025 at Mumbai, India from May 1-4, 2025
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India has announced opening of 22 competitions for International participation under Create in India Challenge – Season-1, the cornerstone of the World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES), scheduled to be held in Mumbai, India from 1st to 4th May, 2025. Winners of these challenges will get an exclusive opportunity to visit India and participate in this unique Global Summit.These challenges span a wide range of creative domains including but not limited to Music, Advertising, Gaming, Esports, Animation, VFX, Filmmaking, Trailer Making, Poster Making, Comics, Community Radio, Reel Making (list with links below).
The ‘Create in India’ Challenges have been designed to showcase India’s robust creative infrastructure while fostering collaboration between domestic and international talent. The initiative aligns with the Government’s commitment to foster an environment of cross-border innovation and creativity.
The challenges are open to creative professionals, students, and enthusiasts from around the world including Uzbekistan. Interested participants may visit WAVES website https://wavesindia.org/challenges-2025 
to register and access detailed information about the challenges. Alternatively, they may scan the QR code below to register directly.
Tashkent
February 13, 2025
List of ‘Create in India’ Challenges open for International Participation
- WAVES Promo Video Challenge by Indian Broadcasting & Digital Foundation
- Truth Tell Hackathon by India Cellular & Electronics Association
- Community Radio Content Challenge by Community Radio Association
- WAVES Hackathon: Adspend Optimizer by Advertising Agencies Association of India
- Make the World Wear Khadi by Advertising Agencies Association of India
- Wah Ustad by Dilli Gharana
- Battle of the Bands by Prasar Bharati
- Resonate: The EDM Challenge by Indian Music Industry
- WAVES Anime & Manga Contest by Media and Entertainment Association of India
- City Quest: Shades of Bharat by E-gaming Federation
- Innovate2Educate- Handheld Device Challenge by Indian Digital Gaming Society
- A.I. Avatar Creator Challenge by AVTR Metalabs
- WAVES Awards of Excellence by ASIFA India
- Tech Triumph Program by Interactive Entertainment and Innovation Council
- WAVES Comic Chronicles by Internet and Mobile Association of India
- WAVES AI Art Installation Challenge by Internet and Mobile Association of India
- WAVES Explorer by Internet and Mobile Association of India
- Reel Making Competition by Internet and Mobile Association of India
- Young Filmmakers Challenge by Whistling Woods International and FICCI
- Film Poster Making Competition NFAI- NFDC and ImageNation Street Art
- Trailer Making Competition by FICCI
- WAVES VFX Competition by ABAI