Azim Premji University will maintain a public lecture titled The Beauty of Physics: From Faraday’s Curiosity to Today’s Technologies by Arthur Eisenkraft, Director, the Center of Science and Math in Context (COSMIC) at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Date: January 11
Venue: Bangalore International Centre (BIC)
Details at https://tinyurl.com/33ev4a2m
Aara Play has launched India’s first National Design Doll Challenge 2026.
Eligibility: Open to college students and Design faculties
Deadline: January 31
Details at https://tinyurl.com/3dztkn58
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), will host the second version of Inceptrix, a national-level, hackathon-driven technical occasion.
When: February 27–28
Eligibility: Students from all UG and PG disciplines
Deadline: January 31
Visit https://inceptrix.in/ for particulars
Admissions and scholarships
SecurEyes’ 14th batch of the three-month Cybersecurity Certification Programme will begin on February 2.
Eligibility: Graduates or these in the remaining 12 months
Deadline: January 30
Details at https://secureyes.net/academy/
Simplilearn and IndiaAI Mission, underneath the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, has launched the nationwide YUVA AI for ALL foundational course without cost. It will introduce learners to the fundamentals of AI, its functions, and its impression on on a regular basis life.
Eligibility: Freshers, current graduates, and educators
Details at https://tinyurl.com/22pmcvjz
University of East Anglia introduced its International PG Merit Scholarship for 2026–2027 for meritorious Indian college students pursuing PG research starting in September 2026 or January 2027. It is out there for college students throughout programmes together with Biological Sciences, Computing Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Law, Psychology, and extra. Details at https://tinyurl.com/2xnw493b
YES Italy has introduced scholarships for Indian college students searching for admission in 2026 to Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes at a number of Italian universities. For an in depth checklist of the universities, scholarships, eligibility, and deadlines, go to yesitaly.in/education-in-italy
University of Southampton Delhi has introduced scholarships and bursaries for UG and PG candidates for the August 2026 consumption. They are:
Delhi Presidential aggressive scholarships: One every for UG and PG research.
Rewards: The UG scholarship provides a full tuition price waiver for the three-year programme, whereas the latter covers full tuition price for the one-year Master’s diploma.
The Future Talent aggressive scholarships: Supports 30 college students throughout UG and PG programmes.
Rewards: Tuition price discount of Rs. 2,32,000, prolonged all through the full UG length and the one-year PG programme.
Merit Scholar Awards: Recognises as much as 15 UG candidates in Economics, Accounting and Finance, Creative Computing, Computer Science, and Software Engineering.
Rewards: Each award grants Rs. 1,50,000 in the direction of tuition charges per educational 12 months.
The Cambridge Scholarship Awards: Up to 2 aggressive scholarships for Cambridge International A-Level graduates making use of to UG programmes.
Rewards: A tuition price discount of Rs. 2,20,000 for the first 12 months
Eight Future Talent Bursaries: Supports UG college students requiring monetary help and can supply both a 25% or 50% tuition price discount.
Details on eligibility, programs, and extra at https://tinyurl.com/346tfjdu
Events
Goa Institute of Management has built-in digital actuality into its PGDM programmes to bridge the hole between classroom actions and real-world challenges.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and B. Prabhakaran, Managing Director of Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited, inaugurated the University Institute of Technology at Gondwana University, Gadchiroli, established underneath a public–personal partnership between Gondwana University and Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited.
The Indian School of Business Mohali piloted the 3Cubed resolution intelligence platform in its MBA Modern Strategy consulting course to assist college students analyse enterprise operations and strategic selections.
HS Foundation and Blockchain For Impact carried out a analysis and innovation capacity-building programme at FITT IIT Delhi, participating 63 school members from 35 establishments, to spice up innovation in India’s tier-2 and tier-3 districts.
BITS Law School hosted an business spherical desk titled Content, Commerce and Compliance: Navigating India’s Evolving Media and Sports Ecosystem, analyzing the convergence of content material, know-how, and commerce and the associated regulatory challenges.
The Bharti Institute of Public Policy (BIPP) launched six new volumes of human growth microstudies underneath its BIPP–Routledge public coverage collection, Innovations, Practice, and the Future of Public Policy in India.
Ashoka University hosted the ResComm 2025 Conclave to strengthen interdisciplinary analysis communication throughout the sciences and the Humanities. Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, Executive Committee, NAAC, delivered the Distinguished Lecture.
Athena Education launched Athena Network to attach globally educated Indian professionals with Indian startups and high-growth corporations.
As half of its CSR initiative, BPL Medical Technologies will fund the institution of a brand new AI division at Sri S. Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College, Sattur, from the subsequent educational 12 months.
BITS Pilani acquired a $1 million endowment from its alumnus, Brij Bhushan, founder of Reston Consulting Group and a member of the institute’s inaugural 1960 batch.
TCG CREST hosted the International Conference on Quantum Information Science and Technology 2025, bringing collectively over 180 delegates from greater than 15 international locations to debate advances in quantum applied sciences.
The Stonehill Science Bowl 2025 featured over 36 groups throughout 24 faculties globally, with the theme targeted on the impression of local weather change on the Indian Ocean.
Samsung felicitated over 750 college students as half of the Samsung Innovation Campus programme at Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology and DIET College, Visakhapatnam.
SRMIST’s Department of Automobile Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Chennai organised a nationwide Hydrogen BAJA workshop with BAJA SAEINDIA, drawing over 250 college students. It additionally marked 75 years of the Indian Republic by way of a conclave on Indian Republic @ 75 and the inauguration of Vendhar Museum – Phase II, with Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi as chief visitor.
Students from Ramagya School, Noida, visited Berlin as half of a world training trade programme, collaborating in the Lomonosov Days in Berlin, an educational and cultural initiative.
Education Malaysia Global Services organised the MEGA Study in Malaysia Education Fair and Counsellor Workshop 2025 with the Malaysia-India Higher Education Forum, connecting college students with Malaysian universities together with Lincoln University College; MAHSA University, and extra.
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow, launched Winter School 2026 – Expanding Research Capabilities: A Deep Dive into Research Methods, to reinforce members’ abilities in qualitative, quantitative, experimental, and mixed-method analysis.
BonV Aero, with STPI, CDDMASS, and Fx-UAV, carried out India’s first UAV-based disaster-response coaching for 55 Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, engineering college students, combining classroom and discipline studying.
Nasscom Foundation and Applied Materials India arrange seven STEM labs in authorities faculties in Malur, Kolar, to supply college students and academics with hands-on STEM studying.
Masters’ Union launched a Rs.5 crore funding fund managed by UG Finance college students to supply hands-on expertise with actual capital and market decision-making.
Employability.life inaugurated the Future of Work Lab and launched its work-simulated studying programme XPro in collaboration with Rockwell Business School, Hyderabad.
The Shiksha Sewa Mission, guided by Sakshi Shree – Science Divine Movement, launched VidyaLabs, a free AI-powered platform, offering personalised studying to underprivileged youngsters. It is out there without cost by way of NGOs and authorities faculties. Details at https://vidyalabs.org/
Galgotias University launched Semiconductor and Drone Technology Labs with an Experiential Simulation Learning ecosystem, that includes an Advanced Drone Soccer Arena for hands-on studying in engineering, teamwork, and strategic problem-solving.
GITAM (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, in partnership with the Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education, hosted the thirteenth International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education 2026, on AI-driven transformations in engineering training. Over 500 delegates participated and 76 school analysis papers had been introduced.
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, hosted Kalai Koodam 2025, the Association of Indian Universities’ thirty ninth Inter-University South Zone Youth Festival that includes music, dance, theatre, literary, and nice arts competitions with over 1,100 college students from 27 universities.
BookMyForex isnow providing same-day worldwide transfers for training funds, with funds reaching establishments in as little as six hours, together with cashback of as much as ₹15,000 on worldwide education-related transfers. Details at https://tinyurl.com/mry6eabv
College Vidya’s Year-End Online Education Trends 2025 report mapped what Indians selected to check, the place the demand emerged, and which specialisations formed profession ambitions at scale. It discovered that MBA led on-line diploma enrolments in India (42.52%),;BBA was the fastest-growing UG Management diploma, and DBA noticed an 86.82% YoY rise, with Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar contributing the most college students, amongst others.
The Student Sync Index 2026 report, Inside the New School Reality, highlights that whereas faculties supply security and educational stability, they usually misalign with college students’ experiences in know-how use, emotional wellbeing, motivation, and educating consistency.
MSM Unify’s white paper highlights Spain as a prime larger training vacation spot for college students from India, South and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, emphasising its strengths in quickly rising areas resembling commerce, tourism, sports activities administration, AI, and associated fields.
Awards and laurels
Binance concluded Season 2.0 of its Case Challenge, with The CryptoKnights (IIM Bangalore) as winners, Team Tokken3 (IIM Lucknow) as first runner-up, and The Misfits (SPJIMR Mumbai) as second runner-up.
Akash Mani, a B.Tech AI and ML scholar at JAIN University, was recognised by the Karnataka Olympic Association for his efficiency in aggressive swimming and named a possible member of India’s 2028 Olympic Swimming Team.
Britannica Education hosted the 2025 Young Author Quest felicitation ceremony, with Ilyan Shamin, Taijasi Santra, and Maya Davele successful in the Rising Quill, Creative Scribes, and Master Writers classes respectively.
MoUs and partnerships
Mahindra University and Australian National University (ANU) signed an settlement enabling Indian UG engineering college students to finish the first two years in Hyderabad and switch to ANU for the remaining two years.
NIIT University partnered with the University of Canterbury to reinforce international studying and with Checkmarx to spice up hands-on cybersecurity training and sensible abilities.