**TFI Fellowship **
Teach For India invites applications for its 2027 Fellowship. The two-year, full-time, paid fellowship involves teaching in schools in across nine cities to teach, mentor and develop students.
Applications open: August 1 onwards
Eligibility: Indian citizen or OCI card holder who will complete graduation by June or July 2027
For more details, visit https://www.teachforindia.org/fellowship
Placement
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is organising the 65th Campus Placement Programme for Newly Qualified Chartered Accountants for those who qualified the CA Final Examination held in May. Interviews will be conducted at 29 centres across India during August and September. Details available at https://tinyurl.com/3t7xnsr4
Admission
iHub-Data, IIIT Hyderabad, has opened admissions for a six-month training programme in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, which begins on September 3.
Eligibility: B.Tech students from AICTE-affiliated institutions in and around Hyderabad
Deadline: August 15
Details at ihub-data.ai
Codingal has launched Maths and Public Speaking programmes focused on strengthening problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication through concept-based learning, storytelling, debates and presentations. Details at www.codingal.com
Kraftshala School of Business has launched 8X Impact, a merit-access track to make its outcome-led programmes accessible to high-potential students from low-income backgrounds. Under this initiative, selected students pay 20% of the programme fee upfront, while Kraftshala supports the remaining 80%, which is repaid only after the student secures a job a minimum CTC. Applicants will be assessed on communication skills, evidence of past achievement, and financial need. For details, visit https://www.kraftshala.com/8x-impact/
Math Bee
Bhanzu has partnered with NODWIN Gaming and Rusk Media to launch Math Bee, a reality-show-style Maths championship.
Eligibility: Students from Classes 7-9 across India
Details at https://tinyurl.com/3e2vz2yd
Events
SAI International Education Group concluded SAIMUN 2026, on the theme One World, One Family, with over 650 students from India and abroad. Andrew Flemin, British Deputy High Commissioner to East and Northeast India, was chief guest.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, in partnership with the British High Commission, launched the fourth edition of the UK-India HealthTech Accelerator. Of the 25 Indian start-ups selected, six are set to receive a fully-funded immersion programme in the U.K.
Atypical Advantage has expanded its Written English Communication initiative through Atypical Academy, offering deaf and hard-of-hearing learners inclusive, visual-first, ISL-supported English training. In partnership with C.R. Rangnathan and Sheila Kothavala Institute for the Deaf, it is developing English learning content for KG to class 5 students and training teachers in content delivery.
The Department of Computer Science and Applications, Sharda School of Computing Science and Engineering, Sharda University, in technical co-sponsorship with IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section, hosted the two-day IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence Systems and Devices (ICCISD 2026). Prof. S. N. Singh, Director, ABV-IIITM Gwalior, delivered the valedictory address.
Researchers from NIT Rourkela — Asst. Prof. Prof. Arun Kumar, Prof. Bibhudatta Sahoo, and research graduates Lopamudra Hota and Biraja Prasad Nayak from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering — have developed and patented an AI-powered autonomous system to monitor and clean solar plants, enabling efficient power generation with minimal human intervention.
Researchers from Central University of Tamil Nadu — John Prakash along with researchers Anupama Vijayan and Anjali Rajesh from the Department of Chemistry — have developed a rapid, cost-effective method using fluorescence spectroscopy and AI-based analysis to detect multiple adulterants in cow ghee to help combat food fraud.
The Hotel School, New Delhi, hosted Chef Competition 2026: The Art of Gravies, where students demonstrated culinary creativity and expertise. Chef Vikas Deep Rathour of The Imperia by Dhaba, New Jersey, was a jury member.
JD Institute of Fashion Technology hosted the Mumbai edition of JD Design Awards 2026, featuring a fashion showcase by 37 finalist student designers.
A team of researchers from IIT Roorkee and G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Almora, have warned that climate change could threaten long-term water security in Uttarakhand’s Kosi River Basin. The study was published in the journal Theoretical and Applied Climatology.
Researchers led by Prof. Swastika Banerjee from the Department of Chemistry at IIT Roorkee published a study advancing understanding of lithium-ion movement in solid materials for next-generation energy storage technologies in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Researchers from Nagaland University; ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), New Delhi; University of California, San Francisco, the U.S.; University of Kansas Medical Center, the U.S.; Tea Research Association, Kolkata, West Bengal; Tocklai Tea Research Institute, Jorhat, Assam; Dibrugarh University, Assam; Diphu Medical College and Hospital, Assam, studied how seasonal climate changes influence soil microbial communities and enzyme activity across five tea estates in Jorhat, Assam. The findings were published in the journal Environments.
Researchers from IIIT Hyderabad — Prof. Bapi Raju and Vijay Rowtula — presented findings from their work, Linguistic Properties and Model Scale in Brain Encoding: From Small to Compressed Language Models, at the International Conference on Machine Learning in Seoul.
IIM Kashipur hosted Sangam 2026: The Executive Forum, bringing industry and academia together to discuss leadership, technology, talent, innovation and the future of work through two panel discussions.
The Wall of Tomorrow initiative at Birla Open Minds School, Bhopal, turned a wall into a space for students to share their aspirations and visions for the future.
The Development Cell of Vivekanand Education Society’s College of Arts, Science and Commerce and the Inner Wheel Club of Chembur Tiara District 314 organised a Cervical Cancer Awareness programme on the theme Prevent. Screen. Protect. Students and faculty attended the programme led by Dr. Meenakshi Rao, senior obstetrician and gynaecologist.
Justice V. Ramasubramanian, National Human Rights Commission Chairman, inaugurated the Centre for Human Rights Studies and the Centre for International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law at SRM School of Law.
KRAFTON India launched BGMI Campus MVP, a 90-day student leadership programme enabling Engineering students to build Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) communities through tournaments, content creation, campus events and peer engagement.
Australian cricketer and global hearing advocate Brett Lee visited Training and Educational Centre for Hearing Impaired (TEACH), Mumbai, and joined student athletes for a sporting session.
A study by Professor Sumeet Kumar, Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the Indian School of Business (ISB), along with Mallikarjuna Tupakula and Ashiqur R. KhudaBukhsh of the Rochester Institute of Technology, the U.S. found that the popularity of children’s videos does not necessarily translate into learning outcomes, highlighting a critical gap between what children watch and what they actually learn. The study was published in the INFORMS Journal on Computing.
IIIT Delhi hosted the second edition of its Design Science Café with Naresh Kumar Kumawat, sculptor and Director of Matu Ram Art Centres. The Design Science Café is an informal gathering where designers, researchers, and creative minds come together and is a space for storytelling, dialogue, and learning from real-world design journeys.
Convocations and more
IIM Lucknow celebrated its 42nd Foundation Day with Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Advisor to the Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh, as the chief guest.
VIT Bhopal University held an orientation programme for its UG cohort of 2026-27. Amit Chaudhry, Director, Microsoft CSS, was the chief guest.
World University of Design held its fifth convocation for 240 students. Raseel Gujral Ansal, interior designer, participated in the event.
The Indian School of Public Policy hosted a convocation for 59 scholars from the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy, Design and Management class of 2026. Nadir Godrej, chairperson of the Godrej Industries Group, was the chief guest.
BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, held its convocation for over 1,500 students. Hari Menon, co-founder, BigBasket, was the chief guest.
East Point College of Engineering held a convocation for 527 students. G. Parameshwara, Deputy Chief Minister and Revenue Minister of Karnataka, was the chief guest. K. Govindaraj, Member of Legislative Council, Government of Karnataka, was the guest of honour.
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, hosted its 14th convocation for 482 students. Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIM-Calcutta, was the chief guest.
SRM School of Law welcomed around 350 new students in its various B.A. LLB B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), B.Com. LL.B. (Hons.), B.B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), LL.B. (Hons.), and LL.M. programmes
**Awards **
Ashok Hall Girls Higher Secondary School, Kolkata, won the fifth National Inter-School Moot Court Competition, organised by BML Munjal University and hosted by The Future Foundation School, Kolkata. BSS School, Kolkata, was the first-runner up. Delhi Public School, Howrah, and Asansol North Point School, Asansol were the second and third runners-up respectively.
Amrita Vidyalayam was the zonal champion of the Changemaker Challenge: Lead with Purpose initiative hosted by the School of Management, BML Munjal University. Delhi Public School (DPS), RK Puram, and DPS, Sector 45, Gurugram, were the first and second runners-up respectively.
Ansh Kumar, Class 8 student of Birla Open Minds International School, Daltonganj, secured an International Rank of 118 in the LogiQids Olympiad 2025–26.
Anuja Krishna, Shivaani Arunprasad, and Vanya Hegde, students of B.Sc. (Honours) in Environmental Science and Sustainability from Azim Premji University, were selected as the Avery Dennison Foundation EnviroChamp Fellows for 2026.
Professor Seema Alavi, Professor of History, Ashoka University, has been elected as an International Fellow of the British Academy for 2026, to its section on Early Modern History to 1850.
Prof. Man Mohan Sharma, Fellow of the Royal Society, the U.K., and former director, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, was conferred the Vigyan Maharshi Award 2026 at MIT World Peace University, Pune, during the National Scientists Round Table Conference 2026.
Sayan Basu Roy, faculty at the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering at IIIT Delhi, was conferred the INAE Young Engineer Award 2026 in the Electrical Engineering category by the Indian National Academy of Engineering
Collaborations
UPES has, in collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, inaugurated an AI-driven Networking Centre of Excellence to equip students with skills in AI networking, cloud, cybersecurity and enterprise technologies. The Centre will offer curriculum integration, faculty development initiatives, hands-on laboratory experiences, live demonstrations, project-based learning, HPE-led bootcamps, certification pathways and opportunities for interdisciplinary innovation and research. Students will also gain access to HPE Networking training at Associate and Specialist level, potential internships and hiring pathways across HPE, its partners and customers.
The Indian School of Business signed an MoU with J.C. Flowers Asset Reconstruction to provide full tuition fee scholarships to 30 students across its Post Graduate Programme in Management and the Post Graduate Programme in Management for Young Leaders.
Saint-Gobain and CEPT University partnered to establish a climate-resilient Tech Commons Centre focused on sustainable construction research, innovation, skill-development and knowledge exchange in the built environment.
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, signed an MoU with Tata Elxsi, to collaborate on the development of next-generation healthcare solutions.
Adamas University partnered with Salesforce to establish a Centre of Excellence in West Bengal, providing students and faculty hands-on exposure to Salesforce technologies including Agentforce, Tableau, and Data 360.
L’Oréal signed an MoU with BITS Pilani-Hyderabad Campus, to collaborate on joint hackathons and innovation challenges, guest lectures and seminars, and curriculum development.
SHM Shipcare partnered with Medhavi Skills University to enhance maritime skill development through training programmes in operations, marine safety and technical competencies.
The Government of Jharkhand’s SC/ST/OBC/PT Welfare Department and the University Polytechnic, BIT-Mesra, Ranchi, signed an MoU to offer high-quality professional education to meritorious but financially underprivileged students from the state.
Published - July 29, 2026 10:44 pm IST