The VeerGatha project was started in 2021 under the Gallantry Award Portal. The main focus of VeerGatha is to spread the bravery of our gallantry award winners among children. With this project, they will know how brave our soldiers and offers with their remarkable stories and their hard work. How they are dedicated to their nation, do their duty, and show courage and pride.
This will generate patriotism in students. All India school students participate in this program and show their creative work/Projects/Activities based on gallantry award winners. Like every year this year the Veergatha 6.0 Project is started and was announced on 9th October 2026. The last date for registration for this is 19th October 2026. All interested students can participate in this project and register through school.
Veergatha 6.0 Registration
Veergatha 6.0 is a National Project under the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Education. Started in 2021 and dedicated to gallantry award winners. For Veergatha 6.0 Registration 2026-27, students can submit their entries on the myGov portal. Every years students participation is this program in a Huge number. In 2021-22 in the 1st edition, 8 lakh students participated. After that 2.0 edition, 19.5 lakh, for 3.0 edition 1.37 Crore, 4.0 Edition 1.76 crore and for 5.0 edition 1.92 crore students participated in this program.
This is a collaboration of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Education, and now they have come up with Veer Gatha 6.0 for the year 2026-27. Participants. Students can participate in activities like paragraph writing, Essay writing, poems, Painting, multimedia presentations like short videos (Anchoring/Storytelling/Reporting of war), etc. This will be created by individual students as a project recreating the achievements of Indian warriors, Gallantry award winners/Military strategies etc. with creativity and inspire others.
| Project | Veergatha 6.0 |
| Department | Ministry of Education and Ministry of Defence |
| Dedicated to | Gallantry Award Winners, Indian brave soldiers |
| Activaties | Poem, Paragraph, Essay, Drawing, Painting, Presentation and short videos |
| Dates | 9th to 19th October 2026 |
| Classes | 3rd to 12th |
VeerGatha 6.0 Participation Categories
| Participation Categories | Type of Activities | Topic (Suggestive) |
| Preparatory Stage (Grade 3rd to 5th) | Painting or Drawing or Poem or Paragraph (150 Words) | My Role Model is (Gallantry Award Winner) ________ The Value witch |
| Middle Stage (Grade 6th to 8th) | Painting or Drawing or Multimedia Presentation or Short Video Anchoring or Storytelling or Reporting of War or Poem or Paragraph (300 Words) | I Have learnt form his/her Life _______ Or _____ Gallantry Award Winner Give His sacrifice for our nation. What would I do to keep his memories alive? Tell what you do ______ Or Discuses about the Indian Worriers Like Prithviraj Chauhan, King Kharavel, Shivaji, etc. You can write about anyone who inspires you the most |
| Secondary Stage (Grade 9th to 12th) | Painting or Drawing or Multimedia Presentation or Short Video Anchoring or Storytelling or Reporting of War or Poem or Essay (750 Words) | Same as Above |
Veergatha 6.0 Registration Online
- For step-by-step registration, you have to visit the Innovate India mygov Veer Gatha 6 page.
- You can directly visit: innovateindia.mygov.in/veer-gatha-6
- On this page, you will see complete information about this project and a link to “Submit your Entry”.
- You will reach on the Login page of the MYGOV Account. You can log in with a mobile number or social media account.
- If you don’t have an account with the MYGOV Portal, then click on the Register Now button on this page. Sign up for a new ID and then confirm with your details.
- After confirmation, log in to the portal. Start filling details like Personal Details, Type of school board, Principal name, Email ID of Principal, Mobile number of Principal.
- Select Class Category (Maximum 4 Entries), then type of Activity (Like Poem, Essay, etc.), Topic name, Topic Length.
- Now there is an option to upload the activity (Up to 4 MB). With this, you have to submit the topic name, language, Name of the students, APAAR ID, name of the guardian, gender, class, and total number of students who participated in a particular section.
- After cross-checking all the details and entering multiple entries, click on the submit button.
Important Dates
| Activities of School and Interaction with Gallantry award winners | 12th September to 4th October 2026 |
| School Upload Entries | 9th to 19th October 2026 |
| Evaluations (District Level) | 21st October to 14th November 2026 |
| Evaluations (State/UT Level) | 16th November to 4th December 2026 |
| Evaluations (National Level) | 8th to 26th December 2026 |
| Result (Sent to Minister of Education) | By 28th December 2026 |
| Result (Sent to Minister of Défense) | By 30th December 2026 |
How many entries can one school submit?
| 1 Entry | Classes 3rd to 5th |
| 1 Entry | Classes 6th to 8th |
| 1 Entry | Classes 9th to 10th |
| 1 Entry | Classes 11th to 12th |
Schools that do not have all these classes: different rules are given below
| Upto class 10 | 1 in each of 3 stages, plus 1 extra in any one stage |
| Upto class 8 | 1 in each of 2 stages, plus 2 extra |
| Upto class 5 | All 4 entries from classes 3 to 5 |
Selection Of Winners
| Level | No. of Winners |
| National Level | 100 (Super 100) |
| State/UT Level | 8 (2 from each category) |
| District Level | 4 (1 from each category) |
Prizes and Certificates
| National Level Winners (Super 100) | Rs 10,000 Cash prize from the Ministry of Defence and Certificate from Both Ministries |
| State / UT Winner | Certificate and Prize decided by the State or UT |
| District Level Winner | Certificate from the District Collector and District Education Officer, and prize decided by the district. |
How are entries checked and marked?
All entries are checked in 4 areas and have 4 marks each.
| Essay or paragraph | Based on Originality, Presentation, support, and relevance to the topic. |
| Poem | Originality, Presentation, Poetic devices and relevance to the topic. |
| Painting | Technique, Originality, Presentation, relevance to the topic. |
| Multimedia (Presentation or Video) | Dialogue delivery Originality, Presentation, relevance to the topic. |
FAQ
You can register through the myGov portal: innovateindia.mygov.in/veer-gatha-6
In this program, students from 3rd to 12th participate in separate categories.
For Veergatha 6.0 regisrration last date os 19th October 2026.
No. Schools do these activities and upload the best entries. Contact your school for participation.
No. This is totally free, and there is no charge to participate.
Each of the 100 students get Rs 10,000 as nation prize.
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