AdmissionsMSR Academia invites applications for its programmes in Fashion Collection; Fashion Styling; Future Textiles and Innovation, and Indian Textiles and Luxury Craft. For details on courses, eligibility, and more, visit https://tinyurl.com/3huxtd6wThe European Institute of Management and Technology invites applications to its free 26-week Post Graduate Certificate in Applied AI for Business Leaders.Eligibility: All MBA and DBA students Deadline: November 8Visit https://tinyurl.com/49zsceu6 for details.The University of Sheffield, the U.K., is offering International Undergraduate Scholarship 2027 to eligible students who will commence their studies at the university in September 2027. All UG courses are included except for Medicine (A100/A101) and Dentistry (A200). More details at https://tinyurl.com/yyxw2muaEventsIIT-Guwahati celebrated its 33rd Foundation Day on the theme Celebrating the Past, the Present and the Future. Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Assam, was the chief guest.PSG Institute of Management held its Foundation Day 2026. Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, Partner, Catalincs and Former Chairman and MD, Cognizant India, delivered the keynote address.The Indian Management Institute has appointed Jones Mathew as Director of IMI Delhi. He was earlier principal of Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurugram.The School of Allied and Healthcare Sciences at Noida International University, in collaboration with Noida International Institute of Medical Sciences, conducted a faculty development programme on Capacity Building for Effective Implementation of the NCAHP Competency-Based Curriculum under the theme One Nation–One Curriculum. Astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla delivered the sixth Dr. Rajaram Jaipuria Memorial Lecture at Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Ghaziabad. He also unveiled the Space Explorer books for Classes 6 to 8 developed by the school’s academic team.Researchers at IIT Kanpur, in collaboration with Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, found that a combination of brain and gastric electrical signals, along with clinical symptoms, can help predict antidepressant treatment outcomes within 7–10 days of starting treatment. A paper was published in Frontiers magazine.Prof. Monalisa Pattnaik and her research team at NIT Rourkela have developed and patented a hybrid energy storage system designed to improve the efficiency and lifespan of EV batteries.Galgotias University hosted the Galgotias G20 Summit, a two-day Model G20 diplomacy simulation run by the University’s Centre for Diplomacy, Dialogue and Debates. Around 72 student delegates from across the country took part.UPES marked Google Gemini Day and launched 10,100 Gemini Enterprise for Education licences for students and faculty. The event also featured a Google Gemini session with student interaction and Q and A.The Department of Computer Science and Business Systems at S.A. Engineering College, Avadi, in association with Chennai Systems and Services, organised Tech Thiruvizha ’26, a project expo showcasing students’ technical skills, creativity and problem-solving. Rajendran Dandapani, Director, Zoho Corporation and President, Zoho Schools of Learning, was the chief guest.SRM School of Law, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, has appointed 35 new faculty members, including academics with experience from institutions such as UC Berkeley Law, the U.S.; King’s College London, and Queen’s University Belfast; the U.K.; and the University of Göttingen, Germany,An Emeritus report, India’s Gen Z Outlook 2026: Recalculating Education, Ambition, and Success: The No Cap Generation, found that young Indians are rethinking conventional education and career paths amid visa uncertainty, rising overseas costs and AI, with three in four prioritising work-life balance over leadership titles.Sophos’ State of Ransomware in Education 2026 report found that identity-based attack methods, including phishing, malicious emails, compromised credentials and brute-force attacks, featured in 85% of ransomware incidents targeting educational institutions.IIM Nagpur hosted an exhibition featuring exhibits from Brand Management students that brought classroom learning to life through innovative phygital models. JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU) welcomed its newest cohort of students to ‘Parichay 2026’, its annual freshers’ event, with an evening of performances, music, fashion and celebration of talent. The CREGU Young Scientist and Technology Expo 2026, organised by UNESCO CREGU with the CK Group of Educational Institutions at C.K. College of Engineering and Technology, Cuddalore, drew over 1,200 students from over 35 schools and more than 70 colleges and universities and featured student innovations spanning disaster preparedness, smart living, energy, mobility and more.Cambridge International Education hosted a discussion on how education must adapt to a rapidly changing world with participation from leaders from Chennai schools.Young Indians (Yi), Chennai Chapter, hosted the Chennai Chapter Round of FUTURE 6.0, Yi YUVA’s national Youth Policy and Solutions Platform, at Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology. Mathivathani R. P., Investment Promotion and Strategy Specialist and former Deputy Vice President at Guidance Tamil Nadu, was the chief guest, and Jai Kiran Sugumar, General Manager, Urbaser Sumeet, was the guest of honour. Mahindra University hosted the sixth International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence 2026. Speakers included Kalyanmoy Deb from the University of Alabama, the U.S.; Simon See from NVIDIA AI Technology Centre, Singapore; Pankaj Dayama from IBM Research, India; Pradeep Kumar Jilagam from Micron Technology Operations India LLP; Shalabh Bhatnagar from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and L. Venkata Subramaniam, from Qbit Force Quantum India. The university’s School of Management hosted the first Pramaan International Conference 2026 on Leadership in the Digital Age. Speakers included Ajay K. Manrai from the University of Delaware, the U.S.; Sushanta Kumar Mishra from IIM Bangalore; Sachin Kumar Mangla from FORE School of Management, and G. Balasubramanian, Former Dean, IFMR Graduate School of Business; Vinay Agrawal and Tarun Kumar from Tech Mahindra; Isaac Rajkumar from RealPage, Maneesh Sehagal from DBS Tech, Subba Perepa from Charles Schwab India, and Sudhanshu Chaturvedi from T-Hub.VIT Bhopal University hosted a two-day National Conclave on Intellectual Property Rights, organised by its IPR Cell with the support of the Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (MPCST). Prof. Mukesh Kumar from IIT-Indore was the Chief Guest. Speakers included Prof. Abhishek Rawat from IITRAM Ahmedabad, and Hainsi Kanwal, Trademark Attorney.Researchers at IIT Kanpur worked with the laboratory of Nobel Prize winner Prof. David Baker at the University of Washington to help design a new kind of small protein that can block a group of receptors called GPCRs (G protein-coupled receptors), which are present on the surface of our cells and play a part in how many modern medicines act. The study was published in Nature.The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICoAI), under the guidance of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), has commenced the Corporate Mitra Course, with 2,879 learners. Awards and laurelsMumbai Educational Trust won the Leading Multidisciplinary Education Group of the Year – Maharashtra award at the India@2047 Leadership, Innovation and Global Power Summit and Awards.Chandrahas Reddy, Sarthak Maheshwari, Harsh Mohta, and Arismita Mukherjee, fourth-year Integrated M.Tech. students from IIIT Bangalore secured first place for problem statement 1, and second place for problem statement 2, at the CyberShield Hackathon, organised by IIT Hyderabad in collaboration with Bank of India.The Shape of Belonging, a documentary by Priyansh Sinha, a Class 11 student at Shiv Nadar School, Noida, has been shortlisted for the British Independent Film and Theatre Awards, the Lightning Awards, and the International Indie Film and Screenplay Festival, Oslo, Norway (organised by the Ardelion European Film Association).Orientations and convocationsIIM Bangalore’s Dorabji Tata School of Undergraduate Studies welcomed the first batch of its B.Sc. (Hons) Programmes in Data Sciences and Economics.Sona College of Technology welcomed 2,400 students across its UG and PG programmes at its 30th Freshers’ Day. R. Dhinakaran, ADGP, Tamil Nadu Armed Police, and Anant Jalonha, General Manager, Canara Bank, addressed the students.Mohan Babu University, Tirupati, held its convocation for 3,516 students. A.C. Shanmugam, Former MP was the chief guest. Rajiv Shukla, Vice President, BCCI, and Anurradha Prasad were the guests of honour.GSFC University held its eighth convocation for 815 students. V. K. Saraswat, Former Director General of DRDO, was the chief guest.Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology hosted graduation day for over 500 students. Suresh Raman, Independent Director at TIDEL Park Ltd. and MEL Systems and Services Ltd., delivered the convocation address. Acharya Bangalore B School hosted the convocation for its MBA and MBA (Business Analytics) Batch of 2024-26. Muralidhar Rao, Director, Ace Designers, chief guest, delivered the convocation address. Sendhil Vinayagam, Director, Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bengaluru, was the guest of honour.Over 95 Indian students were awarded Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees at the 46th Commencement Exercises of Gullas College of Medicine in the Philippines. CollaborationsIIT Ropar has signed an MoU with the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh, to collaborate on research, technology, public policy, academics and capacity-building. The Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission has partnered with STEMLearn.AI, Mumbai, to equip the state’s youth with skills in AI, robotics, machine learning and data science.AMD and the University of Delhi have signed a MoU to bring AMD’s AI Engage Developer Programme to Delhi University to train and enable students to build, test and deploy AI applications using industry-grade tools. Students and faculty will gain access to AMD’s AI learning curriculum, technical workshops, open software ecosystems, and cloud-based GPU resources for hands-on experimentation.