Opportunity brief
SARCathon 2026 | Presented by SARC, IIT Bombay
Sell the impossible. Make weird irresistible.
Think you can sell anything?
Bizzaro 2026 is a Pan-IIT sales and creativity competition where the strangest objects become your biggest selling opportunity. Turn something ordinary, bizarre, or completely useless into a product people actually want.
Your weapon? Creativity, persuasion, storytelling, and confidence.
What is Bizzaro?
Bizzaro challenges you to step into the shoes of a salesperson and convince your audience that even the weirdest object has a reason to be bought.
You will be tested on:
- Creativity and originality
- Persuasion and salesmanship
- Storytelling
- Communication skills
- Thinking on your feet
- Confidence and presentation
The weirder the object, the better your pitch.
Competition Structure
Round 1 | The Video Pitch
Online
Choose a weird object from the given list and create a 1–2 minute sales pitch video convincing your audience to buy it.
Make your pitch creative, persuasive, entertaining, and memorable. The strongest pitches will advance to the finale.
Round 2 | The Live Pitch
Offline | IIT Bombay
Finalists will take the challenge to the IIT Bombay stage and deliver a live selling pitch for a new object.
There's just one catch: your final-round object must be different from the one used in Round 1.
Think fast. Sell harder. And make the impossible sound irresistible.
Why Participate?
- Compete with talented students from IITs across India
- Put your creativity and communication skills to the test
- Develop real-world sales and persuasion skills
- Showcase your personality and ability to think on your feet
- Take your pitch to the IIT Bombay stage
- Learn to turn unconventional ideas into compelling stories
- Represent your institute on a Pan-IIT platform
Who Can Participate?
Open to undergraduate and postgraduate students across disciplines.
Team Size: As per competition guidelines
Whether you're a salesperson, entrepreneur, storyteller, performer, marketer, or simply someone who loves thinking differently, Bizzaro is your stage.
Important Dates
Registrations Open: 25 August 2026
Registration Deadline: 3 September 2026
Round 1: September 2026
Grand Finale: October 2026 at IIT Bombay
Join the official WhatsApp group for announcements and competition updates:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/EY20XQ86htR8LmPfASNalo?mode=gi_t
Ready to Sell the Unthinkable?
Pick the weird. Build the pitch. Sell the impossible.
Register for Bizzaro 2026 and prove that with the right pitch, anything can be sold.