Choose France Tour 2026
The Embassy of France in India, along with the French Institute in India and Campus France, is organising the Choose France Tour 2026 in four cities across India in October. Students can meet representatives from more than 50 French universities, B-schools, engineering colleges and specialised schools in Design, the creative arts, and hospitality. For details of cities and dates, visit www.choosefrance.in
Tech challenges
Schneider Electric has launched Yuva Yodha, a national tech hackathon to create innovative solutions for India’s growing energy and sustainability needs.
Eligibility: Indian citizens or residents who are full-time students of UG or PG STEM programmes. Participants can compete individually or in teams of up to four members.
Deadline: October 4
Details at yuvayodhatech.com
The University of Sheffield, the U.K., invites entries for Hackcessible India, an online assistive technology innovation challenge for young engineering enthusiasts across India. The challenge will run from September 7 to December 12.
Eligibility: Students in Classes 11 and 12 from across India
Deadline: September 6.
Visit https://tinyurl.com/427jcbc4 for more details.
AI for students
Google is offering college students in India a year of Google AI Plus at no cost, with access to Gemini, 400 GB of storage, and enhanced learning tools. Students can also get Google AI Pro and YouTube Premium at discounted rates. Visit https://tinyurl.com/3ymrmdcp for details.
UNIVO Education has launched an AI Readiness Initiative offering free, self-paced courses in AI fundamentals, prompting, responsible AI use, and everyday productivity, followed by advanced, role-based certifications. For more details, visit https://univoeducation.com/
Public lecture
Azim Premji University will host a public lecture by sociologist and demographer Sonalde Desai on the topic A Tale of Two Middle Classes on August 24, from 6:30 p.m. at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Bengaluru. Visit https://tinyurl.com/bdwunxax for more details.
Admissions
Illinois Tech Mumbai invites applications for the inaugural fall 2026 intake. The institute offers UG programmes in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Business and Information Technology, and Business Administration; PG programmes in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science and Business Administration and Accelerated Master’s Programme (AMP) that allows students to earn a UG and PG degree in five years. For more details, visit https://www.iit.edu/mumbai
Jagadguru Kripalu University has opened admissions for its UG and PG programmes in Technology, Management, Commerce, Finance, Healthcare and Life Sciences across its constituent institutes: JK Institute of Technology, JK Institute of Management Studies, and the JK Institute of Healthcare and Life Science. For more information, visit https://www.jku.edu.in/
ITM Skills University has opened admissions for its AI-first Master of Computer Applications (MCA) programme with specialisations in Generative AI, Data Science, or Cybersecurity. The application deadline is August 25. For details, visit https://isu.ac.in/mca/
Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, in collaboration with British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), invites applications for the upcoming batches of its three-year UK MRCOG and MRCPCH Sponsorship Programme.
Eligibility: Medical doctors with MBBS or higher qualifications; MRCOG/MRCPCH aspirants
Details at https://tinyurl.com/2w4nw6t9
The University of Sheffield, the U.K., invites applications for the MEng Aerospace Engineering course, starting in September 2027. Scholarships are available.
Eligibility: 90 % in class 12 with Maths and a Science subject and overall IELTS score of 6.5 with minimum 6.0 in each component.
Deadline: January 13
Visit https://tinyurl.com/56yxn8ew for details
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has opened registrations for its NMAT testing cycle. The exam will be held at 64 centres across 59 Indian cities from November 2 to December 10. The deadline to register is October 10. Details at www.mba.com/nmat
Scholarships
The Valliappa Foundation has announced three Doctoral Research Fellowships to support full-time Ph.D. scholars who are registered and are pursuing research at institutions ranked among the Top 100 in the National Institutional Ranking Framework. The deadline to apply is September 15. Details at https://surl.li/rxhbnm
Workday has introduced a Ph.D. Fellowship offering selected doctoral researchers $50,000 a year, mentorship, and opportunities to collaborate with its AI research team. More details at workday.com/ai-research
The Faculty of Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, the U.K., is offering scholarships worth £6,000 to all eligible postgraduate taught, self-funded, international (non-EU) fee-paying students, joining a full-time on-campus course in January 2027. It is also offering the Dean’s International Excellence Awards for exceptional applicants.
Deadline: November 30
Visit https://tinyurl.com/26zppayk for details.
PhysicsWallah (PW) has announced the fourth edition of the PhysicsWallah National Scholarship-cum-Admission Test 2026. Students from Class 5 to 12, as well as class 12 pass-outs, across PCM and PCB streams can register for free. The online exam will be held from October 1 to 15 and offline on October 3, 4, 10, and 11. Rewards include scholarships and other prizes. For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/4wn8an2h
Aakash Educational Services Ltd. invites students from Classes 5 to 12 to register for the Aakash National Talent Hunt Exam (ANTHE) are open. The online exam will be held from October 27 to November 1 and offline on October 11, 25, and November 1. Rewards include scholarships and other prizes. More information at https://tinyurl.com/zc5uutx5
Events
Researchers Sumit Murab, Ankita Negi, Aakash Verma, K.M. Mohammed Sufiyan and Vedante Mishra from IIT Mandi have developed a bio-inspired coating for 3D-printed bone implants that can mechanically disrupt bacteria while promoting faster bone integration. A paper was published in the Chemical Engineering Journal.
ABBS School of Management has achieved 94% overall placements for the PGDM 2024-26 students receiving offers from organisations across banking, consulting, technology, FMCG, manufacturing, analytics, e-commerce, and emerging start-ups. Recruiters included South Indian Bank, ANZ, Asian Paints, Bajaj Housing Finance, Mother Dairy, Zydus Wellness, Jaro Education among others.
Illinois Tech Mumbai has appointed Professor Kevin W. Cassel as vice provost. A faculty member at Illinois Tech for over 25 years, he has taught Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied Maths.
VES College of Architecture, Mumbai, concluded the eighth edition of SHUNYA 8.0 bringing students together for workshops, expert sessions, competitions and creative activities spanning 3D printing, digital art, traditional crafts and more.
The Ma Foi Foundation and CIEL HR, in collaboration with the Madras School of Social Work (MSSW), have opened a Skill Development Centre in Chennai to mark MSSW’s 75th anniversary. The centre will provide industry-focused training to help young people build employability and access emerging career opportunities.
MIT World Peace University, Pune hosted the fifth edition of R.I.D.E. 2026 (Research, Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship). Shrikant Patil, CEO, Maharashtra State Innovation Society; Dilip Chenoy, Chairman, Bharat Web3 Association and Former Secretary General, FICCI; Deeksha Malik, VP and Head, AI Centre of Excellence, Jio-bp; and Poonam Kochhar, Chairperson, FICCI FLO Pune, spoke at the event.
Techno India Group held the 10th edition of Unwind – BoiKothaKow. Open-water swimmer Sayani Das spoke about endurance, resilience, and pushing personal limits.
The Anti-Drug Club of Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, Chennai, organised an awareness drive featuring a street walk, human chain, and mass pledge to promote a drug-free society.
A Vikalp India survey found that 72% of overseas students pursuing online schooling in India are from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, with the UAE accounting for the largest share at 27.4%, with Kuwait and Qatar accounting for 10.1% and 9.2%, respectively.
Prof. Enu Anand, Assistant Professor, Centre for Social Sensitivity and Action, Goa Institute of Management, in collaboration with Prof. Naresh Bhodke and Prof. Santosh Phad, Assistant Professors, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, conducted a study on how parents understand and respond to technology-facilitated gender-based violence in the generative AI era. Kapil Gaikwad, Haardhi Palrecha, Ashish Sharma, Akshay Shinde, Rumela Pani, Shreya Dikshit, and Prathamesh Parulekar were also members of the research team.
A joint study by Dr D. Y. Patil Medical College, Johns Hopkins University, and India’s National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, across six urban and rural government TB clinics in Pune and Maharashtra, found that TB survivors and their household contacts remain at significant risk of developing the disease even after completing treatment. The study was published in The Lancet Global Health,
WeSchool and the Chinese Consulate in Mumbai hosted a China-India BRICS dialogue and film screening on the theme Bridges Built by Light: Mutual Learning Between Civilisations. His Excellency Qin Jie, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Mumbai engaged with students and faculty. The institute also hosted We4Tech 6.0. Over 600 students showcased tech solutions to real-world challenges. Aarogya WeChaar, a biannual e-newsletter by WeSchool’s PGDM Healthcare Programme was launched to facilitate informed conversations around emerging developments in healthcare and encourage evidence-based thinking, innovative practices and stronger industry-academia collaboration.
IIT Roorkee and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) hosted a workshop, an open house session, and a quiz on the National Building Construction Standard NBCS 2026, bringing together experts to discuss its key provisions, implementation, and role in promoting safer, more resilient and quality-driven construction.
Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao, Prof. Manoj Kumar Mishra, and research scholar Subhasrita Chodhury from the Department of Mining Engineering, NIT Rourkela, have patented a high-strength composite made from coal-mining and industrial waste, with potential applications in road construction for heavy-traffic routes.
Researchers at VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Indian Institute of Millets Research have secured an industrial design patent for an automated machine that makes millet-based rotis.
EY India and Shri Ram College of Commerce have launched AI VIBE, a 12-month programme designed to prepare students for careers in an AI-driven economy through a selective admission process. It will be open to SRCC students from the third semester onwards,
Premia Academy hosted the third YOLO Student Summit, bringing together over 800 students, educators, and industry leaders for masterclasses and panel discussions.
Researchers at IISc’s SPIRE Lab, with ARTPARK and Google support, have developed SraVaani, a speech-recognition model covering 65 Indian languages and dialects, including more than 40 that are largely absent from existing speech technologies.
ETS hosted a TOEFL Experience Day in New Delhi, bringing together 119 students from the education and study-abroad community to learn about the TOEFL iBT and available preparation resources.
DPS International School held the fourth edition of its CAS Summit and Techathlon, its tech and innovation festival, on the theme Imagining an Impactful Future. Around 250 students from more than 20 schools participated.
BIMTECH launched a Centre of Excellence on AI with over 400 participants exploring key problem areas in MedTech, FinTech, EdTech and Open Innovation and identifying real-world challenges where AI and emerging technologies could create meaningful impact.
Orientations and convocations
IIHMR University held an orientation programme for over 450 students of its 2026-28 MBA programmes. Vijayarathna Venkatraman, Chief Executive Officer, Motherhood Hospitals; Deepak Venugopalan, Regional Chief Operating Officer, Manipal Health Enterprises; Nilesh Maheshwari, Partner – Health Transformation, Grant Thornton Bharat; Neha Lal, Associate Vice President, Adani Healthcare; and Dr. Rajat Jain, President, Doctors For You, participated.
The Wadhwani School of AI and Intelligent Systems at IIT Kanpur organised an orientation programme for its newly launched batches of Bachelor of Cybersecurity (B.Cyber), B.Tech. in Intelligent Systems (BTIS), M.Tech., MS, and Ph.D. programmes. Prof. Manindra Agrawal, Director, IIT Kanpur, spoke at the event.
The University of Design, Innovation and Technology held an orientation programme for the batch of 2026. Ankit Gupta, CEO and co-founder, ideaForge Technology Ltd, delivered the keynote address.
IIM Lucknow welcomed the first cohort of 60 students to its BS in Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics programme. Dignitaries included Sandeep Saini, Business Head, Sovereign AI Business, HCLTech; Sheena Rani R., DS & DG (MCC), DRDO; Manish Gupta, Senior Director, Google DeepMind, and Alok Kumar (IAS), Principal Secretary, IT and Electronics, Planning and Programme Implementation.
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Ghaziabad, held Shubarambh, its orientation programme for students of the batch of 2026. Kishore Chatnani, Joint Managing Director and CFO, Isgec Heavy Engineering; Nidhi Sethi, Senior Director, Strategy and Transformation, NatWest Group; Agniwesh Thakur, Business and Technology Leader, HXM, Accenture; and Reetika Sood, Director Talent Acquisition, APAC, AML RightSource, spoke at the event.
SRM Institute of Science and Technology held its 22nd convocation for 11,864 students from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. C. P. Radhakrishnan, Vice President of India, delivered the convocation address.
Awards
The University of Glasgow, the U.K, was awarded the United Nations Environment Programme accreditation.
Team FinZe won the Best Elevator Pitch Award and Team Nudge won the award for the Best Business Plan Pitch at the sixth edition of HPSR Youngpreneurs 2026, the annual intra-school Business Plan Pitch Competition in Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur.
India Invitationals 2026, the second edition of the Harvard College Debating Union World Schools organised by the Indian Debating League, in partnership with the Harvard College Debating Union, concluded in Jaipur. Debating teams from Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai; Jayshree Periwal International School, Jaipur; The Shri Ram School, Gurugram; Vasant Valley School, New Delhi; and Mallya Aditi International School, Bengaluru, will represent India at the international Harvard debating platform in April 2027.
Abeer Dubey from Indirapuram Public School won the elocution competition while Anaya Trivedi from Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, came first prize in the poster-making contest at the eighth edition of FICCI CASCADE’s inter-school competition Zero-evasion: Youth Driving Change Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting
EuroSchool HSR was conferred the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Excellence in Humanitarian Services.
Collaborations
Chitkara University and Paramotor Digital Technology Limited have signed an MoU to set up the Sonia Asher Centre of Excellence in Future Technologies and Innovation to prepare students for the fintech sector through emerging technologies, industry exposure, and interdisciplinary learning.
C3iHub at IIT Kanpur has partnered with Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, and the Vivekanand Incubation Foundation to launch an online cybersecurity programme for students in Hindi.
BITS Pilani and Daimler Truck Innovation Center India have partnered to set up the SPARK Lab at the BITS-Pilani Goa campus to focus on joint research in AI, software, digital validation, propulsion and vehicle engineering.
Bentley Systems and Tata Projects have signed an MoU to strengthen industry-academia ties and equip students with practical experience in infrastructure engineering, bridging the gap between classroom learning and real-world project needs.
AISTS India and Young India Physical Education and Sports University have partnered to expand sports education and global academic opportunities and offer AISTS India’s PG Certificate Programme. The initiative includes student exchanges, internships, industry exposure and placements.
Tata Power and IIT Bombay have signed a master research agreement to accelerate the development and commercialisation of lab-based innovations in next-generation energy technologies and advanced clean-energy solutions.
Galgotias University signed an MoU with the government of Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture to strengthen academic, research, and workforce ties and a Letter of Intent with the University of Yamanashi to collaborate on talent mobility and clean-energy research.
Skills Development Network Trust, supported by Wadhwani Foundation, has partnered with Knimbus to make employability and job-readiness resources more accessible to students across Indian campuses. Through Knimbus digital libraries, students can access Wadhwani JobRise and JobConnect.
Published - August 21, 2026 11:50 pm IST