Information on colleges, admissions, scholarships, events, MoUs, and more
IndiVerse Comics Challenge
The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies launched the IndieVerse Comics Challenge for young creators to reimagine Indian folklore and heritage through comic storytelling. Selected works will be showcased at Animela 2026.
Eligibility: Individual participants aged 18 to 25 years
Deadline: February 15
Admissions
Coursera has partnered with IndiaAI Mission, Government of India, to offer the free YUVA AI for ALL course, featuring six modules on applying AI in classrooms and creative industries. Details at https://tinyurl.com/2ztdr24v
The University of Sheffield, the U.K., invites applications for its M.Sc. Sustainability and Energy Engineering programme beginning in September. Scholarships are available.
Eligibility: Minimum 55% in a three- or four-year Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering, Science or Technology discipline from a recognised university. Overall IELTS score of 6.5 with 6 in each component.
Deadline: September 1
IIT Delhi invites applications for its online Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Product Development and Management.
Eligibility: B.Sc. MBBS, BDS, B.Pharm, B.E., B.Tech., BCA, or BIT or equivalent
The University of Birmingham Dubai has opened applications for its three-year Bachelor of Commercial Law programme starting this September. Scholarships are available.
Eligibility: 75% overall for CBSE, ISC, Maharashtra or West Bengal Boards; 80% overall for other state boards with 75% in English or overall IELTS score of 6.5.
For more details on the course, visit https://tinyurl.com/2ahr2afy
Ashoka University has opened applications for the Young India Fellowship 2026–27. Scholarships are available.
Eligibility: A recognised UG degree in any discipline by July 2026 or earlier
Deadline: February 23 (priority); March 23 (final)
Details at www.ashoka.edu.in
SBI Foundation has opened applications for its SBI Youth for India Fellowship.
Eligibility: Indian citizens or OCI holders who are graduates and aged between 21 and 32 years and are keen to collaborate with rural communities and NGOs across India to drive meaningful social change
More details at apply.youthforindia.org
Vishwa Vishwani Institute of Systems and Management (VVISM) has launched an Apprenticeship-Embedded B.S. Computer Science programme.
Eligibility: Minimum 50% in 10+2 from a Central or State board, valid score in JEE, NEET, CLAT, IPMAT, UGAT, or any state-level entrance exam. Must clear the VVISM–TalentSprint Joint Entrance Exam.
For course details, visit https://tinyurl.com/mufnb6vd
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, has opened admissions for its MBA programme for 2026–28.
Eligibility: Minimum 50% in Bachelor’s degree or equivalent CGPA.
Deadline: March 14
More information at https://tinyurl.com/swdctdzb
Scholarships
Institute of Bakery and Culinary Arts has announced scholarships worth ₹1,00,000 to support students pursuing various diploma and certification courses in bakery and culinary arts. Application deadline is March 15. Details at https://www.chefibpa.com/
UCSC Silicon Valley is offering the International Student Merit Scholarship to international students.
Eligibility: Must be a new F-1 international student (in the initial process for visa) to a certificate programme at the institute.
Deadlines: April 1 (Summer); June 15 (Fall); October 15 (Winter); January 15 (Spring)
For details, visit https://tinyurl.com/4fr3scf4
King’s College London has announced the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards 2026-27.
Eligibility: India-domiciled students who have received an offer to study their first on-campus PG degree at King’s College.
Deadline: May 31
YES Italy has launched a Pune centre to support students planning to study in Italy in 2026. It will provide end-to-end guidance, including counselling, university applications, scholarships, financial planning, and visa support. Details at https://tinyurl.com/mufz9nvx
Events
The Design Village has partnered with the British Council to participate in Creative Convergence: Innovate, Include, Inspire. The institute contributed a series of exhibitions and participatory learning activities including Char by Char, an immersive pop-up exhibition.
IIM Kashipur hosted Samanvaya 2026, its annual HR conclave on the theme, From Employment to Enablement. Speakers included Supriya Ahuja, Vice President – Talent Acquisition, Campus Relations and Management Trainee Program, Sony Pictures Networks India; Mohit Sharma, Associate Director of HR, Synergy Consulting; Nitesh Kumar, Talent Acquisition, Adobe; Swarnpreet Singh, AVP and Campus Head, ICICI Lombard; Vishakha Vaibhavi, Manager of HR, L&T Finance, among others.
Marwadi University celebrated Emulate 2026, its cultural fest. Over 15,000 students participated in over 70 events such as fireside chats, stand-up comedy sessions, and more.
Shiv Nadar University Chennai hosted Parichay: Connecting Minds, Shaping the Future of Workforce, its HR Conclave. Ashwin Ravindranath, Partner at Ernst&Young, delivered the keynote address. Participating firms included Jio, Welspun, Tietoevry, Volvo, and others.
HCLTech engaged over 1,000 engineering students from SRMIST, Saveetha Engineering College, and Panimalar Engineering College as part of its Campus Connect programme. Maheswari V.S., Head, Software Engineering Consulting and Solutions; Sathish Kumar M., Chief Architect, and Hema Venkata Phanindra Garimella, AVP, participated.
NIMS College of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, NIMS University Rajasthan, hosted the International Conference of Allied and Healthcare Professionals 2026 on the theme Emerging Health Professionals for a Healthy Future. The event featured Dr. Seri Brits from the U.S., Dr. K. Pearlson, Dr. Sanjay Parmar, Dr. Vivek Vajratkar, Dr. Suraj Kumar, Dr. Sajeevan T. and Dr. Jaspreet Singh Vij.
Vivekanand Education Society’s College of Arts, Science and Commerce hosted a national conference on Transforming India through Research and Innovation. Prof. Varadraj Bapat of IIT Bombay delivered the keynote address.
IIIT Delhi hosted the Digital Delhi Conclave, on the theme Equal by Design. Speakers included Paromita Vohra, filmmaker and journalist; Ravi Verma, Executive Director and Board Member, ICRW Asia; Shahrukh Alam, lawyer, Supreme Court of India; Ram Gopal Rao, VC BITS Pilani; Saumya Kalia, Associate Editor of Behanbox; Ishita Chatterjee, Associate Professor, OP Jindal University; Navneet Kaur, Founder of FemTech India; Nileena Suresh from Data for India; and Sreerupa, Research Fellow and Programme Lead, Institute of Social Studies Trust.
TCG CREST Deemed University launched its School of Health, Environment and Sustainability Studies, to offer Ph.D. and Postgraduate programmes in Health Data Science, Public Health, and Health and Environment Sciences; Diploma in Critical Care Technology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Management, and Integrated PG-PhD pathways.
IIM Nagpur and Ivey Publishing hosted the second Case and Research Conference 2026 to advance case writing and teaching practices. Participants were from the IITs and IIMs and institutions from the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Germany among others.
A 30-member delegation from the Technical University of Leoben, Austria, visited New Delhi under the Focus India initiative, to enhance Indo-Austrian collaboration in higher education and research.
As part of the 150th anniversary of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Stella Maris College and the Tamil Nadu Fact-Check Unit, launched Mei, a student fact-check club, to build skills against digital misinformation.
Somaiya Vidyavihar University hosted Afsana 2026: The Somaiya Storytelling Festival on the theme Bindu: Centred Metaphor. The event featured over 30 artists and more than 10 workshops. K J Somaiya Institute of Management hosted a marketing conclave on the theme Marketing in the Age of Intelligent Influence. Mainak Dhar, MD of McCain Foods India; Ameya Kapnadak, Chief Growth Officer of Interbrand; Samir Srivastav, CEO of Looks Salon; Radhika Joshi, Assistant General Manager, L’Oréal; and Sagnik Ghosh, Head of Creative Strategy, Innovation and Trade Marketing at Bennett Coleman were among the speakers.
TEDxMahindraUniversity concluded its latest edition on the theme Unwritten Futures: Imagining Tomorrow, Together. Speakers included Aaboo Varghese, Founder and Executive Director, Purnata; Bhulakshmi V., Founder, GapSkills Learning Solutions; G. Madhavi Latha, Professor, IISc; Sarita Subramaniam, Director and Co-founder, Earth Brigade Foundation; andSqn Ldr. Neeraj Sharma (retd.).
BIMTECH hosted TEDxBIMTECH on the theme Decoding Tomorrow. Speakers included Deepa Krishnan, Head of Marketing-Real Estate, Edelweiss Alternate Asset Advisors; Sarika Malik, Professional Indian Wrestler, and Annu Grover, Founder and CEO, Nurturing Green, among others.
Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, Gurugram, through its Scholars’ Council, organised the scholarship distribution ceremony to meritorious students. Prof. Deepti Dharmani, Vice Chancellor, Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani, was the chief guest.
Universal Ai University has launched an Entrepreneurship Center of Excellence to foster innovation and venture creation, in collaboration with Florida State University and Southern Methodist University.
Radcliffe School held the finale of its The Radcliffians: The Shining Sparks in Society, on the theme Spark of Wonder. Over 1,300 students participated in skits, dance, and other events.
Dharav High School hosted Culture-Ability | AYL Youth Fest 2025–26 on the theme From Roots to Revolutions. The event included interactive sessions and showcased how showcased how art, music, dance, and shared experiences help shape students.
Researchers from IIT Guwahati have developed a low-cost electrocoagulation system that removes 99% of arsenic from water. A paper by Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, Department of Chemical Engineering, and research scholar Mukesh Bharti was published in Separation and Purification Technology.
Research from IIT Roorkee has revealed a fundamental shift in the behaviour of Western Disturbances (WDs), a critical weather system governing rainfall and snowfall across the Himalayan region, raising fresh concerns over climate resilience, disaster preparedness, and water security in northern India. Research led by Prof. Sanjeev Kumar Prajapati, Principal Investigator from the Environment and Biofuel Research Laboratory, Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, on microalgal photogranules for water treatment and resource recovery advanced energy-efficient, nature-based, and circular approaches to environmental management.
Researchers from Nagaland University and Asian International University conducted a GIS-based study on how geo-ecological factors and human activities affect runoff and river flow in the North Eastern Himalayan region. The findings were published in the International Journal of Geographic Information System Research and Development.
Rabindranath Tagore University concluded Shodh Shikhar 2026. Dr. Aparna N., Group Director, NRSC (ISRO) inaugurated the event. The institute also signed an MoU with PI-RAHI for collaborative research, skill development, and industry-academia initiatives.
VIT Bhopal University and Johns Hopkins University inaugurated Health-Hack 2026, featuring workshops, competitions, and sessions on healthcare technology. with Arun Balakrishnan, Advisor to CEO, Chief Innovation Officer at OmniActives Health Technologies, was the chief guest.
MIT World Peace University hosted a HR Conclave 2026 on the theme New Generation Talent Readiness: Expectations vs. Reality. Speakers included Vikram Kulkarni from Novartis, Jacob Varghese from SKF India, and Nikhil Bhojwani from Mumbai Metro One.
XLRI Delhi-NCR concluded its first Global Banking and Finance Conference 2026. Speakers included Prof. John H. Cochrane (Stanford University), Prof. Vikas Agarwal (Georgia State University), Prof. Marcin Kacperczyk (Imperial College London), and Prof. Madhu Kalimipalli (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada). Ashwini Kumar Tiwari, Managing Director, State Bank of India, and Amarjeet Singh, Whole Time Member, SEBI, were guests of honour.
JD Birla Institute’s School of Commerce hosted Reality Check: Reimagining India’s Budget 2026–27 Through the Lens of Gen Z. Students from St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, Jadavpur University, EICASA, Sister Nivedita University, and Institute of Business Management participated in the debate.
David Kalisz has been appointed Director of the Master in Management and MSc. in Business Management programmes at Excelia Business School .
Prof. Rathin Roy has been appointed as the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science sat GITAM Deemed-to-be University.
TEXMiN Foundation, IIT Dhanbad, organised an Industry-Institute Interaction 2026 conclave and exhibition on the theme Smart Mining, Critical Minerals, and Green Energy: Need for Atmanirbhar Bharat, along with Vijnana Bharati and CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research.
ApplyBoard has published a new analysis of the UK’s latest Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data that shows that Indian postgraduate enrollments in the U.K. fell by 13% year-over-year in 2024/25. This was part of a broader 10% decline in international postgraduate enrollments across the country.
Awards
KJ Somaiya School of Engineering’s Team Orion Racing India came first in Skidpad and second in Dynamic events and in the Digikey Embedded Systems Innovation and third in Engineering Design at Formula Bharat 2026.
Shikshagraha announced the winners for its 2026 Awards: Batskhem Thabah (Meghalaya) for revitalising a village school; Kumari Guddi (Bihar) for adolescent empowerment through menstrual health education; and Nellori Subrahmanyam (Andhra Pradesh) for hands-on science education.
JBCN International Schools won eight Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards and ranked among the top three in India.
Tanushka Vijay and Sanjhana Vijay from BVM Global School-Bollineni Hill Side, Chennai, were declared the grand champion at the Young Scientist of Tamil Nadu 2025 initiative organised by Propeller Technologies. P. Yashwanth and S. Pooshika from PSBB School won in the senior category, and Aadithya A. from Trichy Public School won in the junior category.
Aarav Gupta and Aaliya Gupta from Gopi Birla Memorial School won second prize in Plane Building Aeromodelling at the World Skill Challenge 2025, held with Aerobay.
Team Neurostars from Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Maharashtra, won GRASP 2026, a national AI hackathon organised by KRUU in association the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Team Dr. Engineers from K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Maharashtra was the first runner-up while Team Generic from Christ University, Bengaluru, was the second runner-up.
Collaborations
Illinois Institute of Technology, the U.S., signed an MoU with Godrej and Boyce to open the Godrej Business District in Mumbai to offer UG and graduate programmes in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, and Business.
The Anant School for Climate Action partnered with the University of Windsor, Canada, to advance climate action through joint research, student exchanges, and design-led graduate programmes on sustainability and interdisciplinary education.
D.Y Patil University, School of Allied Health Sciences partnered with Adiuvaret Research and Education Foundation to enhance healthcare education, develop public health and biomedical skill ecosystems, and create research-driven, interdisciplinary community health programmes.
TEXMiN signed MoUs with seven organisations including Aarav Unmanned Systems Private Limited; BSNL; Reactore; Skill Council for Mining Sector, and others to foster long-term collaborations across smart mining, digital infrastructure, advanced communication systems, and more.
Cambridge Institute of Technology (CIT) and Trane Technologies inaugurated the Centre for Sustainable Refrigeration and Climate Control at CIT to enhance industry-academia collaboration and hands-on learning for engineering students.
IIT Guwahati signed an MoU with Skyroot Aerospace to advance aerospace innovation through satellite launch collaboration, internships, and joint projects for students.
Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, Chennai,partnered with Edge Matrix Multinational Corporation, Delaware, the U.S., to offer B.Sc. Maths students an internship in Industrial AI and Deep Learning and to promote academic-industry collaboration.
SVKM’s NMIMS partnered with Turiyam AI to advance student engagement in deep-tech research through applied papers, prototypes, and co-developed learning modules.
IIT Bombay signed an MoU with QR678 to develop next-generation skin treatments and collaborate on regenerative medicine, dermatology, trichology, and translational clinical research. The institute also partnered with Columbia University, the U.S., to establish a Center of AI for Manufacturing.
Newgen partnered with Computer Shiksha to develop computer literacy among school children in rural interiors of the country.
Eruditus has partnered with seven global universities to establish India campuses. The Illinois Institute of Technology, the U.S.; University of Aberdeen, University of Bristol, and University of York, the U.K., will be based in Mumbai. The University of Liverpool, the U.K., and University of New South Wales, Australia, will be in Bengaluru. The University of Victoria, Canada, will be in Gurugram.
Zell Education partnered with Recordent to provide Commerce, Finance, and Management students hands-on training in credit risk, receivables, cash-flow analysis, and fintech operations across payments, lending, and data-driven decision-making.
The Indian School of Business has signed an MoU with DSP Asset Managers to launch the DSP Scholarship Programme for students of its Post Graduate Programme in Management for Young Leaders (PGP YL). Two PGP YL students from the current class will be supported, followed subsequently by five students each year.
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