A Google-Kantar report from earlier this year found that 95% of Gemini student users in India felt more confident and used it for a variety of purposes, including academic support and early career preparation. We are constantly inspired by how Google Gemini is becoming a creative and productive thought partner for this generation.

Fund My Crazy, a campus innovation campaign in which students presented solutions to real-world campus issues, demonstrated this self-assurance in action. Over 29,000 submissions from students who used Gemini as a thinking partner to architect technology stacks, pressure-test assumptions, visualize complex solutions, and so on were received in just nine days. More details about the program here.

Meet the top three winners. Feko Pay: Hardik Sachan (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Evening College, Delhi)

Hardik dealt with the annoyance of splitting cafe bills and chasing payments from friends. His chat-first app uses AI to itemize bills via photo scan. Hardik refined his product vision and created high-fidelity mockups for his pitch with the help of Gemini as a creative and ideation partner. He mentioned, “Gemini, especially Canvas and Nano Banana, helped me a lot while making my presentation and ideation stage.” Everything, including the mockups, was perfect. Garvit Dudeja, a Swappr user from Malaviya National Institute of Technology in Jaipur Garvit identified locked value in dorm rooms—expensive gear like guitars and textbooks gathering dust. He developed a gamified bartering platform on which students could swipe to trade items on campus. Gemini served as the structural architect for Garvit. He noted: “Google Gemini helped me organize my thoughts, structure my thought process, and get me on a structured path.”

Rest In Pieces: Bhavana L (Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu)

Bhavana concentrated on the “Project Graveyard,” in which graduating seniors dispose of usable sensors and robots. Her marketplace auto-identifies hardware components from scrap projects, turning e-waste into affordable resources for juniors. She mentioned that her research and presentation were greatly aided by Gemini.