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<p><b>Acharya Bangalore B-School’s MBA </b>will host Biz-O-Mania 2026, a national-level Management fest.</p>
<p><b>When:</b> January 9 and 10</p>
<p><b>Eligibility:</b> Open to MBA, PGDM, and M.Com students, with unlimited team participation from any college.</p>
<p><b>Deadline:</b> January 3</p>
<p>Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://tinyurl.com/43sbnfr8" target="_self">https://tinyurl.com/43sbnfr8</a></p>
<p><b>NICMAR</b> launched the Bharat Nav-Nirmaan Challenge to encourage UG students to solve real-world challenges related to India’s built environment.</p>
<p><b>Eligibility:</b> Open to<b></b>students in final and pre-final year of Civil Engineering, Architecture, Planning and allied disciplines across Indian colleges and universities.</p>
<p>Visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="" target="_self"></a> for details. </p>
<p><b>STEMROBO Technologies</b> launched STEAM Innovation League. SIL 2.0, where 5,000 schools from 8 &#8211; 10 countries will participate. The theme is<b></b><i>Building Sustainable Futures Through Innovation</i>. Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://tinyurl.com/245t2nzx" target="_self">https://tinyurl.com/245t2nzx</a></p>
<p><b>The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers</b>, under its <i>Safe Journey</i> initiative, launched the National Road Accident Reduction Challenge 2026.</p>
<p><b>Eligibility: </b>Open to UG students from recognised institutions across India, with teams of two-to-four students, supported by faculty or institutional endorsement.</p>
<p><b>Nomination deadline:</b> January 15</p>
<p><b>Final project:</b> March 1</p>
<p>Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://tinyurl.com/59ye2cau" target="_self">https://tinyurl.com/59ye2cau</a></p>
<p><b>Admissions and scholarships</b></p>
<p><b>IIT Kharagpur</b> invites online applications for the LL.B. (Honours in Intellectual Property Law), LL.M., and the Master’s in Public Policy, Law and Governance (MPPLG) programmes for 2026. The application deadline is February 20. For details on eligibility and more, visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="" target="_self"></a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/mpplg" target="_self">https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/mpplg</a></p>
<p><b>FORE School of Management </b>invites applications for its Full-Time Fellow Programme in Management.</p>
<p><b>Eligibility: </b>CAT score, GATE, GRE, GMAT, UGC-NET/JRF, CSIR, or the FORE Entrance Test; Master’s degree with first class; final-year PG students may apply provisionally, with final marksheets</p>
<p><b>Deadline:</b> January 31</p>
<p>Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.fsm.ac.in/" target="_self">https://www.fsm.ac.in/</a></p>
<p><b>The University of Leeds</b> invites applications for its three-year BSc Computer Science (AI) degree.</p>
<p><b>Eligibility: </b>Indian applicants should have an overall average of 75% and 80% in the two most relevant subjects (including Maths) if applying from CBSE, CISCE, or the West Bengal Board; for state boards, applicants should have an overall average of 80% and 85% in the two most relevant subjects (including Maths). Students will need class 12 English at 70% or 75% depending on the state board, or IELTS 6.5 overall.</p>
<p><b>Commences:</b> September 2026</p>
<p><b>Deadline:</b> January 14</p>
<p>Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://tinyurl.com/yfkcwe3n" target="_self">https://tinyurl.com/yfkcwe3n</a></p>
<p><b>IIIT Hyderabad</b> through its Division of Flexible Learning launched a 12-week online certificate programme, <i>Engineering Agentic AI Systems: Agentic AI from Concepts to Practice.</i></p>
<p><b>Eligibility: </b>Those who are 18 years old and above can apply</p>
<p><b>Deadline:</b> December 29</p>
<p>Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://tinyurl.com/5n6x7chs" target="_self">https://tinyurl.com/5n6x7chs</a></p>
<p><b>The Anant Design Entrance and Proficiency Test (ADEPT) by Anant National University </b>will be conducted online on January 4.</p>
<p><b>Eligibility: </b>Students completing class 12 in 2026 or earlier, with 50% marks in any stream.</p>
<p><b>Deadline: </b>January 1</p>
<p>Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://anu.edu.in/" target="_self">https://anu.edu.in/</a></p>
<p><b>The University of Sheffield,</b> the U.K., invites applications for its MSc in Digital Marketing course starting in September 2026. </p>
<p><b>Eligibility:</b> Holders of a three-or-four-year Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 60% from a recognised university in any subject. IELTS 6.5 (with 6 in each component) or university equivalent.</p>
<p><b>Scholarship</b>: The university is offering International Postgraduate Scholarship 2026 scholarships worth £3,000 to international fee-paying students starting their studies in September 2026. It will be awarded automatically as a tuition fee discount to eligible students who accept their offer from the university by July 7.</p>
<p>Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://tinyurl.com/4dmw2rxu" target="_self">https://tinyurl.com/4dmw2rxu</a></p>
<p>Applications are open for the <b>Bhumi Fellowship – Cohort 2026</b>. It is a two-year, paid programme. Graduates can apply. The application deadline is April 30. Details at https://tinyurl.com/3yv48a74</p>
<p><b>JIMS Rohini</b> invites applications for PGDM, PGDM (Retail Management), PGDM (International Business) programmes.</p>
<p><b>Eligibility: </b>Minimum 60 percentile in CAT/XAT/CMAT/MAT/ATMA; 50% marks in graduation in any discipline. Students appearing in their final-year exams can also apply.</p>
<p><b>Admission dates:</b><b>Early Mover Round – </b>Till January 2; <b>Elevate round –</b> From January 9 to March 1</p>
<p>Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.jimsrohini.org/" target="_self">https://www.jimsrohini.org/</a></p>
<p><b>IIT Mandi </b>invites applications for the 2026–28 batch of its MBA in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence programme.</p>
<p><b>Eligibility:</b> Candidates who have appeared for CAT 2025 may apply using their CAT 2025 scores. Else, candidates holding a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from Centrally Funded Technical Institutions or from institutions ranked within the Top 100 of NIRF 2025 (Overall or Engineering), subject to the minimum required CGPA.</p>
<p><b>Deadline:</b> January 27</p>
<p>Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://som.iitmandi.ac.in/" target="_self">https://som.iitmandi.ac.in/</a></p>
<p>The admission process for the third session of the <b>Allen Shiksha Sambal Abhiyan free NEET coaching programme</b>, jointly run by <b>the LN Maheshwari Parmarth Trust and Allen Career Institute Private Limited,</b> has commenced. Under this scheme, 126 selected students from government schools in Hindi-speaking states of North India will be provided free coaching for NEET-UG, along with free accommodation and food. Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://lnmpnyas.org/" target="_self">https://lnmpnyas.org/</a></p>
<p><b>The British Council, </b>in partnership with the <b>UK government’s GREAT Britain</b> campaign announced 12 GREAT Scholarships 2026–27 for postgraduate students across Finance, Marketing, Business, Psychology, STEM, Design and Humanities, and Arts, Music and Dance programmes. Each scholarship provides a minimum of £10,000 towards tuition fees for a one-year taught postgraduate course. Visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="" target="_self"></a> for details.</p>
<p><b>The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow,</b> is offering the Dean’s International Excellence Awards for Master’s students.</p>
<p><b>Value: </b>Between £9,000 and £12,000 to applicants joining a postgraduate taught programme in September 2026</p>
<p><b>Eligibility: </b>Students must demonstrate academic excellence (usually a UK first-class UG degree or international equivalent), and the potential to make a significant contribution to the Strathclyde community during their studies and in their chosen profession upon graduation. </p>
<p><b>Deadline: </b>July 31 </p>
<p>For list of subjects that are eligible and other details, visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://tinyurl.com/2xbsuj4w" target="_self">https://tinyurl.com/2xbsuj4w</a></p>
<p><b>Events</b></p>
<p><b>ITM IDM </b>concluded its December Scholarship Entrance Test and awarded over 50 students with scholarships. The next Scholarship Entrance Test will be conducted in January. Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://idmadmissions.itm.edu/" target="_self">https://idmadmissions.itm.edu/</a></p>
<p>Placements are ongoing at <b>JU FET</b> (Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jadavpur University). Recruiters included MotorQ, Microsoft, Apeing Labs Inc., among others. </p>
<p><b>Plaksha University </b>completed placements for its BTech 2025 batch, with recruiters including <i>Arcesium, BCG, D.E. Shaw, Flipkart; </i>27% of students opted for higher studies and research at leading global universities.</p>
<p><b>ITM Vocational University</b> concluded placements for 2025–26. Recruiters included Global Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.; Keshav Encon Pvt. Ltd.; Axalta Coating System Pvt. Ltd., and so on.</p>
<p><b>Bharatiya Engineering Science and Technology Innovation University </b>and<b> India Foundation,</b> launched the School of Global Leadership<b>. </b>Policymakers, former diplomats, academic leaders, and more, participated.</p>
<p><b>IIM Lucknow</b> hosted <i>Nostalgia 2025</i>, its alumni reunion event, themed <i>Roots and Wings</i>, which brought together alumni from the batches of 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015.</p>
<p><b>Chitkara University, Punjab, </b>marked Constitution Week with a keynote by Justice Gyan Sudha Misra on 75 years of justice and women’s evolving role in India. Also, <b>Chitkara Design School</b> concluded the second edition of the Never Ending Story, its storytelling festival.</p>
<p><b>The School of Law, Galgotias University </b>concluded its Constitution Day and Human Rights Week celebrations with Supreme Court Judge Rajesh Bindal as chief guest. The university and also hosted a <b>Galgotias Dialogue Series</b> session featuring Vineeta Singh, Founder, SUGAR Cosmetics.</p>
<p><b>NxtWave Disruptive Technologies </b>launched an AI Bootcamp for Class 12 students, attracting 2,000 registrations and over 800 AI project submissions from cities across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.</p>
<p><b>ilmAI Academy </b>hosted a webinar on a six-year roadmap to help teens prepare for the AI job market, with over 60 parents and learners attending and a keynote titled <i>The 12th Grade Trap</i> by founder K. R. Tyagi.</p>
<p><b>The Automotive Skills Development Council</b> hosted the National Automobile Olympiad 2025 at Toyota Kirloskar Motor’s Bidadi facility, with 175 students from classes 6 to 12 exploring careers in the automotive and mobility sector.</p>
<p><b>Gyaananda School, Sector 109, Dwarka Expressway, </b>celebrated its annual day SRIJAN 2025: <i>Evoking Your Ikigai</i>, with Vijendra Gupta, former Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker, as the chief guest.</p>
<p><b>Birla Open Minds </b>held a book donation drive at Devireddy Sarada Reddy High School, Nellore, to promote reading among students of classes 5–10.</p>
<p>Innovators at <b>NIT Rourkela</b> developed a human-like interactive robotic system using AI and Large Language Model and have secured a patent for it. The findings were published in Elsevier’s <i>Computers and Electrical Engineering</i> journal.</p>
<p><b>Vivekanand Education Society (VES),</b> through its <b>H.A.B.I.T (Hashu Advani Business Incubation and Technology) Foundation</b>, organised HABITia’ 25, its entrepreneurship and startup event; 256 people participated.</p>
<p><b>Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai</b>, hosted the International Conference on <i>Quantum Horizons 2025: Materials, Intelligent Technologies and Sustainable Futures</i>, featuring Nobel laureate Moungi G. Bawendi from MIT, the U.S., addressing students, scientists, and industry experts.</p>
<p><b>Mumbai Educational Trust &#8211; Institute of Mass Media</b> inaugurated <i>Metamorphosis 2025</i>, its creative festival themed <i>MediaVerse</i>, celebrating storytelling, innovation, and the world of multimedia creation.</p>
<p><b>Satyam School of Journalism and Mass Communication </b>held its annual media fest IGNITE 2K25, themed <i>Heritage Rising: Reviving Our Legacy</i>, featuring events like RJ Hunt, fashion walk, photography, and group dance competitions.</p>
<p><b>Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Chennai, </b>hosted V-VIBE’25, a student club festival for its silver jubilee, featuring cultural performances, stalls, and student-led activities.</p>
<p><b>IIT Roorkee</b> hosted the <b><i>Design for Bharat – Youth Innovation Challenge</i></b> with an exhibition at its Tinkering Lab organised by its Design Innovation Center. It inaugurated the <b>69th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium</b> with keynote by S. L. Chaplot, and concluded the <b>International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology, Bioprocessing, and Structural Biology 2025</b>, , jointly organised with the Biotech Research Society of India, featuring thematic sessions and a platform for school students to showcase research.</p>
<p><b>Inductions and convocations</b></p>
<p><b>VELS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, </b>held the White Coat Ceremony for the MBBS 2025–26 batch, inducting 250 students, with Dr. C. Palanivelu as chief guest.</p>
<p><b>Parul University</b> held its ninth convocation, awarding degrees to over 16,000 students, with dignitaries including Harsh Sanghvi, , Minister of State for Home Affairs and Deputy CM of Gujarat; sportspersons like Mary Kom and Sania Mirza, and more.</p>
<p><b>Masters’ Union</b> held its convocation for the class of 2025, where over 350 students received their degrees. Rohit Sharma, ODI cricket captain, was the chief guest. </p>
<p><b>ABBS School of Management</b> conducted its 15<sup>th</sup> convocation for the class of 2025. Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode, was the chief guest. </p>
<p><b>The New Delhi Institute of Management</b> celebrated its 30<sup>th</sup> convocation for the BBA Batch of 2021–24 where 300 students received their degrees. Ashish Sood, Minister of Education, Government of NCT of Delhi, was the chief guest.</p>
<p><b>Navrachana University</b> hosted its 13<sup>th</sup> convocation where 844 students received their degrees. Radhakant Padhi, HAG Professor and HAL Chair Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, was the chief guest.</p>
<p><b>Awards and laurels</b></p>
<p><b>Gopi Birla Memorial School</b> won first place at <i>We Are The World</i>, the 23rd annual cultural inter-school competition organised by the Rotaract Club of H.R. College. </p>
<p><b>BITS Pilani </b>was honoured at the CII Global Innovation and IP Summit 2025 for its achievements in IP creation, management, technology commercialisation, and also received the CII Women in STEM Award.</p>
<p><b>Maharana Mewar Public School, Udaipur, </b>won the second edition of JK Lakshmipat University’s My City, My Lab ideathon 2025, with <b>Lakshmipat Singhania Academy</b>, Kolkata, and <b>DPS Indore</b> as runners-up.</p>
<p><b>Easwari Engineering College, Chennai’s team <i>Photonics Odyssey</i></b>was among the top 10 global winners of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2025.</p>
<p><b>The IEEE Student Branch at Mohan Babu University </b>was conferred the Outstanding Student Branch Award 2025 at the IEEE India Council Award.</p>
<p><b>Team NIT Raipur won </b>Season 2 of WongaWits, YES Securities’ investor education initiative, with<b> Team Jawaharlal Nehru School, Bhopal, and Team IIT Guwahati</b> as runners-up.</p>
<p><b>Lovely Professional University </b>hosted the five-day Smart India Hackathon 2025–26 finale (Hardware edition), with its Architecture team<b><i>Kanyarasi</i></b>winning nationally at the Chennai nodal centre in the Software edition.</p>
<p><b>NIT Rourkela </b>hosted the the <i>30th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River, and Coastal Engineering, HYDRO International 2025</i>, where Prof. Kanhu Charan Patra and Prof. Subhasish Dey were honoured with the Indian Society for Hydraulics Awards 2025.</p>
<p><b>VES </b>was conferred the Narsee Monjee Award for Best Overall Performance – Polytechnic (Maharashtra State) by the Indian Society for Technical Education.</p>
<p><b>Rithika S K,</b> a student of <b>KCG College of Technology, </b>won the ninth edition of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India Scholarship Award. <b>Vansika Jhawar, from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology</b>, was first runner-up, followed by<b> Khushi Malhotra from SRM University AP.</b></p>
<p><b>Teams Gingers, Chatpata Vada Paav, and Daalbaatichurm from IIT Roorkee </b>secured first, second, and third places in the finale of IIT Bombay Trust Lab’s national cybersecurity competition,<i> Capture The Flag</i>.</p>
<p><b>Preksha Baid,</b> a second year B.Design student at <b>Rishihood University</b>, was shortlisted as one of the top five finalists at DesignUp 2025, a design and tech conference.</p>
<p><b>MoUs and partnerships</b></p>
<p><b>SRM Institute of Science and Technology </b>signed an MoU with <b>Pon Pure Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, </b>to set up a lab for developing and testing oil-field chemical products, focusing on drilling fluids and related formulations.</p>
<p><b>The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies </b>partnered with the <b>Game Developers Association of India</b> to strengthen India’s game development education, industry engagement, and ecosystem development.</p>
<p><b>IIM Nagpur </b>signed an MoU with<b> ONGC Green Limited</b> to collaborate on research, capacity building, and policy-driven initiatives in the green and future energy.</p>
<p><b>Bentley Systems </b>signed MoUs with<b> Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune, and COEP Technological University </b>to enhance digital engineering education and research through Centres of Infrastructure Innovation on both campuses.</p>
<p><b>Goa Institute of Management </b>partnered with<b> STPINEXT </b>to develop a multidisciplinary innovation ecosystem integrating technology with law, finance, social sciences, health, sustainability, and global collaborations.</p>
<p><b>Zuppa Geo Navigation Technologies</b> partnered with <b>IISc, Bengaluru</b>, to establish a Drone Centre of Excellence at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. </p>
<p><b>Jaro Education </b>partnered with <b>J.K. Shah Classes</b>, to expand nationwide access and deliver structured and online commerce education across the country. </p>
<p><b>BITS Pilani </b>partnered with<b> Skillplot </b>to advance research and training in GenAI. It will also establish a GAIR Lab at its Department of Computer Science and Information Systems.</p>
<p><b>Mahindra University</b> signed an MoU with <b>Goonj</b> to promote community development, environmental sustainability, and civic engagement for students and society.</p>
<p><b>UST</b> partnered with the<b> IIT Madras Incubation Cell</b> to promote deep tech startups in healthcare and life sciences through joint programmes, incubator engagement, and industry collaborations.</p>
<p><b>Vertiv</b> has partnered with<b> IIT Bombay</b> to develop advanced cooling solutions for AI-driven data centers, while also addressing India’s escalating AI cooling challenge.</p>
<p><b>NSDC</b><b>International</b> partnered with <b>Manipur University</b> to set up a Japanese Language Training Center, to enhance Japanese language skills among the youth in Manipur and the Northeast, for global opportunities.</p>
<p><b>Masai </b>partnered with<b> MIT’s IDSS </b>to launch a six-month <i>Machine Learning with Python</i> certification and with the <b>University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management</b> for a five-month executive programme in Data-Driven Decision Making with Generative AI for Indian learners.</p>
<p><b>Macmillan Education India </b>partnered with<b> Microsoft India </b>to promote AI literacy and digital skills among educators and secondary students, and released AI books for classes 9 and 10, aligned with CBSE’s Skill Course curriculum.</p>
<p><b>ITM Skills University </b>signed MoUs with <b>Zilwa Attitude and Paradise Cove Boutique Hotel in Mauritius, and JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai,</b> to provide students with international training and exposure, and is now accepting 2026 admissions. Details at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://tinyurl.com/4ezxvepn" target="_self">https://tinyurl.com/4ezxvepn</a>.</p>
<p><b>Yotta Data Services</b> partnered with <b>Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University</b> to develop an AI-enabled education delivery model for India’s higher education ecosystem. </p>
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News from the world of Education: December 27, 2025
