A 5-Day Residential Bootcamp

Build the
Future.

You arrive as individuals. You leave as a team that built something. Tech. Design. Entrepreneurship — all three, every day. Real users. A real problem. A real pitch on Demo Day.

SUMMER 2026 · COHORT
"The point was never the prototype. The point is that you now know you can start."
WHEN
First Week of June
WHERE
Rishihood Campus,
Sonipat
WHO
Grades 9–12 +
early college
FORMAT
Residential
5
Days
3
Disciplines
1
Real Problem
1
Demo Day
The Programme

Three Phases. Five Days. One Pitch.

Every workshop, every session, every late-night conversation feeds one outcome: a pitch-ready product by Demo Day.

Phase 01

Understand.

Days 1 & 2

See clearly. Know your user. Map the space.

  • Team Formation & Charter
  • Grand Challenges Briefing
  • Empathy Lab — user interviews
  • Problem Statement Clinic
  • AI and the World
  • Decoding Data
  • Market Safari
  • Ideation Sprint — SCAMPER & Crazy 8s
DELIVERABLEProblem statement, market map, tech stack sketch
Phase 02

Make.

Days 3 & 4

Build something real. Design, prototype, iterate.

  • Design Fundamentals Sprint
  • Lo-Fi Prototype Lab
  • Test & Tear Down — user testing
  • Tech Build Block — no-code, AI, web
  • Business Model Clinic
  • Blueprint: Open Studio
  • Pitch Science
  • Fireside: Founder Stories
DELIVERABLETested prototype, Business Model Canvas, draft deck
Phase 03

Launch.

Day 5

Ship it. Show it. Own it.

  • Final Sprint & Rehearsal
  • Demo Day — 5-min pitches
  • 3-min Q&A with guest judges
  • Category awards & recognition
  • Personal mentor notes
  • Reflection Circle
  • Three-sentence sealed letter to future self
DELIVERABLEFull submission pack + live pitch to practitioners
"
Learning isn't a destination.
It's a journey.
— BUILD THE FUTURE, RISHIHOOD UNIVERSITY
A Day in the Life

The body before the brain.

Every day starts with movement. Every night ends with something that has nothing to do with building.

6:30 AM

Sunrise Stretch

Yoga, Zumba, or a nature walk. Optional — but infectious.

9:00 AM

Deep Work Block

Empathy Lab, AI hands-on, design sprints, prototype sessions — the real work of the week.

1:00 PM

Lunch & Mentor Chai

Conversations that don't happen in classrooms. Mentors at every table.

2:00 PM

Studio Time

Test & Tear Down, Open Studio, Pitch Science. Where ideas get broken and rebuilt.

7:30 PM

Something Unrelated

Treasure hunts. Founder firesides. Movie nights. A talent show. The best ideas don't come at desks.

9:30 PM

Wind Down

Acoustic jams. Quiet reflection. Tomorrow again, and better.

Three Lenses, All at Once

Not tracks. Tools.

Real builders don't switch between tech, design, and entrepreneurship — they use all three every day. So will you.

01

Tech

Prompt engineering, generative AI, no-code tools, APIs, data visualisation. Not as theory — as ingredients for the thing you're building. By Day 3, something works.

02

Design

Hierarchy, clarity, consistency as thinking tools. Paper prototypes, Figma wireframes, usability testing. Design is how it works — not how it looks after the fact.

03

Entrepreneurship

Business Model Canvas filled live. Unit economics. Who pays, and why now. Pitch structure as an argument, not a summary. A five-act deck you can use for life.

Ready to build?

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR SUMMER 2026
WHEN
First week of June
WHERE
Rishihood University
WHO
Grades 9–12 + early college
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