Five school students from Goa have been selected to represent India at the FIRST Global Challenge 2026 robotics competition in South Korea. Team Tech Infinity earned the honour after winning the Vikram Sarabhai Award for National Excellence at Bharatiya Yantra Khel Mahotsav 2026. They will compete against teams from nearly 195 countries in October.

Panaji, Jul 8: Five school students from Goa have been selected to represent India at the ‘FIRST Global Challenge 2026’, an international robotics competition to be held in Incheon, South Korea, in October, organisers said on Wednesday.

Goa team earns national honour

The five-member team, Tech Infinity, earned the honour after winning the Vikram Sarabhai Award for National Excellence at the Bharatiya Yantra Khel Mahotsav 2026, organised by the STEM Education Trust.

The team comprises Sparsh Swapnesh Verlekar, Dhruv Samir Salgaonkar and Soham Mahesh Redkar of Saraswat Vidyalaya, Mapusa, Avaneesh Devendra Phadte of Mushtifund High School, Cujira, and Anam Raza of Poddar International School, Old Goa.