About IAC

Image Art Challenge (IAC), regarded as India’s Biggest Art Contest

IAC is an incredible platform for school and college (UG only) students to showcase their artistic abilities and compete with thousands and thousands of talented students like them from all over India.

Since IAC is a massive platform for students who love art, schools and colleges across the nation can register their interested students, as it.

  • Ignites Creativity

    inspires them to express themselves through art.

  • Rewards Their Talent

    provides an opportunity to win exciting prizes, gifts, certificates, and recognition.

  • Shapes Their Artistic Acumen

    cultivates innovation and problem-solving skills that they can express through art.

Win Exciting Prizes Beyond Imagination

Cash Prizes, Special Prizes, Bonus Prizes, Trophies & More Worth Up to Rs. 25 Lakh

Cash Prizes

  • 1st Prize

    Rs. 1,00,000

  • 2nd Prize

    Rs. 50,000

  • 3rd Prize

    Rs. 25,000

Special Prizes

Creative Learning Kit/Surprise Prizes for 100 Best Entries in Each Category

  • Sub Junior
    Arty Math
    Farm Toys
    Design Guru
  • Junior
    Cart & Construct
    Pro Filmmakers
    Classy Prints
  • Senior
    Image Based AI
    Digital Farming
    VR Experience
  • Super Senior
    Rs. 1500 Worth

    surprise goodies for each winner

Seize the opportunity to win exciting prizes.

Ensure to register all interested students by August 26.

Categories

Sub Junior Classes 1 - 5
  • Sub Junior
    Classes 1 - 5

    Theme: My Favourite Cartoon

  • Junior
    Classes 6 - 8

    Theme: Green India

  • Senior
    Classes 9 - 12

    Theme: A World Without War

  • Super Senior
    College students (UG only)

    Theme: AI in India - 2050

How to Participate?

IAC is open to schools and college students (UG only). However, they can be registered only through their institutions. Here’s how:

Image Group’s representatives are spread across south India, and actively promote Image Art Challenge at schools and colleges like yours. Once they visit your school, they'll guide you further.

If Image Group’s representative hasn't visited your institution yet, call 7825835148, and our representative will reach out to guide you.

To Register Your Instituition and Students:
  • Designate a staff member to collaborate with Image Group's representative.
  • Let the staff get a list of interested students from your institution and collect the entry fee from each of them.
  • Register your institution on the website by creating a login.
  • Upload the details of interested students (name and class only) using the login and complete all their payments by August 26.

Note: Image Group’s policy is not to collect personal information such as the contact number or email address of participants.

  • After the registrations close, a single and cumulative bill for all your registrations will be sent to your registered email.

Got more queries? Look into our Frequently Asked Questions to get them addressed.

Join the Movement

  • As Jury

    Validate thousands of visual stories in India's biggest art contest to help us find India’s best artists.

  • As Education Partners

    Encourage your students seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase their talents to the nation.

  • IAC is not yet another art competition. It is a digital canvas for collaboration and innovation.
  • As Sponsors

    Join with us to awaken our nation's artists and encourage them to keep creating.

  • As Media Partners

    Take our message across nooks and corners of the nation.

Register 250+ Students & ...

  • Win a trophy for your institution.

  • Make your institution an IAC Venue.

  • Have Image Group's 1 free grade-wise Art-Integrated Creative Engagement Workshop for students. (Eligible grades: 1 to 8; Date: Any day between September 15 and November 30).

  • Receive a bonus gift for your institution's finest entry in each eligible category.

Who We Are?

The Core Essence of All Image Group Units is 'CREATIVITY'

Image Group, a pioneer in Indian creative education since 1996, empowers diverse demographics through four core units:

Image Creative Education
Image Creative Education

Image Creative Education: Operates 30 centres nationwide, and partners with the National Skill Development Council (NSDC) to develop creative and design skills among Indian youth for creative jobs.

ICAT Design and Media College
ICAT Design and Media College

ICAT Design and Media College: Pioneered full-time digital media and design degrees and postgraduate programmes in Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.

Imageminds
Imageminds

Imageminds: Partners with 19 schools to deliver the nation's first STEAM co-curriculum for its K-10 students, and prepares them for the future creative economy.

Creative Learning Kit
Creative Learning Kit

Creative Learning Kit: Launched in 2022, this self-paced toolkit fosters art-integrated experiential learning even beyond the classrooms of the school-going children.

Jury panel

Our jury consists of highly prolific national and international art influencers and creatives with large social followings and accolades.