AAKRUTI Innovation Competition empowers 10,000+ students across 37 countries to design, simulate, and innovate on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform—building future-ready engineers through real-world learning.
AAKRUTI Innovation Competition is the only student-led, end-to-end design and innovation contest powered on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.
It has transformed from an India-only initiative in 2011 to a global innovation movement spanning 37 countries — making the future workforce ready today.
AAKRUTI embodies Dassault Systèmes’ transformation into an Experience-as-a-Service organization, proving that our ecosystem can educate, empower, and evolve future engineers through the power of platform-driven learning.
Recently on November 13th & 14th, we concluded the India & China Geo Finale of AAKRUTI International Competition 2025, and this year 3DEXCITE played a key role in shaping how student innovation was experienced.
AAKRUTI is Dassault Systèmes’ flagship annual student innovation contest where student teams across the world conceptualize, design, simulate, and prototype solutions using Dassault Systèmes' platforms, enabling early industry exposure and future talent building. This year marks AAKRUTI's 15th edition!
Students, mentors, and partners collaborate through cloud-powered roles like xDesign, xShape, and SIMULIA, building a deep professional ecosystem that positions 3DS as the go-to platform for design-led innovation education worldwide.
More than 28 Channel partners across 11+ countries co-organize finales, sponsor events, and onboard universities. This model transforms AAKRUTI into a scalable, low-cost, high-impact global program that accelerates adoption, certification revenue, and institutional sales for 3DEXPERIENCE Edu. Refer the 3DStory above to get a glimpse of finales.
How 3DEXCITE Empowered AAKRUTI 2025
This year’s breakthrough was Experience-led Storytelling.
3DEXCITE became the marketing power house for the student teams and enabled them to showcase the real power of their products with immersive & engaging experiences.
3DEXCITE experts worldwide trained & mentored the teams to communicate with story, purpose and impact of their products through 3DEXCITE Creative Experience.
3DEXCITE empowers students to convert their 3D design data into lightweight, interactive, shareable product experiences. It shifts the focus from “Here is my model” to “Here is the story, purpose, and impact of my product.”
And the results were amazing, student teams made immersive Creative Experiences, realistic product renderings, AR experiences via simple QR scans, product demos & animations.
Can't believe? Look for yourself!
A Step Further with Apple Vision Pro Experience
To explore the next frontier in immersive experiences, we selected one student project, the UAV Rescue Ambulance and built an Apple Vision Pro immersive experience using Sense Computing + 3DEXCITE workflows.
Users could step inside the scenario, relive the rescue mission at true scale, and understand the concept with emotion and presence.
A glimpse into Experience-as-a-Service for product storytelling.
What’s ahead?
The winning teams will now compete in the International Finale at 3DEXPERIENCE World, February 1-4, 2026, in Houston, TX.
And with 3DEXCITE behind them, we’re confident they will make an unforgettable mark on the global stage.
Additionally, there will be a 3DEXCITE contest for the AAKRUTI Finale Students and the SWUGN experts onsite using the Product Communicator. The students and experts will compete to create best visual content and will also have a unique opportunity to get certified!
THANKS to the team behind!
None of this was possible without our DS experts, mentors , volunteers who supported global teams, trained & mentored them, and helped them go beyond design, into experience-driven communication.
The impact is directly shaping the workforce of the future.
