GLF AI Olympiad 2026 Global Learning Foundation, in association with STEMLearn.AI, has launched the GLF AI Olympiad 2026 at the IIT Bombay campus to promote AI literacy among students from Class 3 to Class 10. Top performers will get an opportunity to participate in SparkX: The National Innovation Challenge at Techfest, IIT-Bombay, and develop AI solutions to real-world problems. The deadline to register is September 30. Details at https://www.glfacademy.org/Financial literacy courseBitget partnered with UNICEF to create an online financial literacy module for the Game Changers Coalition curriculum. The self-paced course uses short videos, visual content, and quizzes to cover supply and demand, budgeting, credit, loans, interest rates, and blockchain basics. Participants who complete the course will receive a certificate. For more details, visit https://tinyurl.com/476yhafcAdmissions and scholarshipsThe Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad, has announced merit-based scholarships for eligible candidates seeking admission to its two-year, full-time PGDM programmes for 2027–29. For details on programmes, eligibility, and other information, visit https://tinyurl.com/3fvnv7f4Sheffield Hallam University, the U.K., invites applications for its M.Sc. International Business Management for January 2027. Scholarships are available (https://tinyurl.com/kpbd4anc).Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree from an approved institution, preferably in a business-related field. Overall IELTS score of 6.5 with minimum 6.0 in all skills.Deadline: End of November 2026More details at https://tinyurl.com/5crxfke8The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, the U.K., invites applications for its M.Sc. Mechatronics and Automation course starting in January 2027. Scholarships are available.Eligibility: A first- or- second-class honours degree in a Science or Engineering discipline. Overall IELTS Academic score of 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each band.Deadline: Before December 1Details at https://tinyurl.com/4ef3ty3sThe University of Sheffield, the U.K., invites applications for its BEng Biomedical Engineering course, starting in September 2027. Scholarships are available.Eligibility: 80% in Class 12 with Maths and a Science subject. Overall IELTS score of 6.5 with minimum 6.0 in each component.Deadline: January 13Visit https://tinyurl.com/mt59fvyd for details.University of East Anglia, the U.K., is inviting applications for its Vice Chancellor’s Global Impact and Leadership Scholarship aimed at international students commencing postgraduate studies in January 2027.Eligibility: Applicants must hold a conditional or unconditional offer for an eligible postgraduate taught programme commencing in January 2027, be classified as an overseas fee-paying student, and have achieved, or be expected to achieve the equivalent of a UK 2:1 UG degree. It is available only to self-funded students and cannot be combined with any other UEA scholarship, except the International Early Payment Award.Rewards: £10,000 tuition feeDeadline: October 30Visit https://tinyurl.com/48wtw429 for detailsEventsNagaland University celebrated its 33rd Foundation Day highlighting its growing contribution to research and innovation and recognised outstanding contributions by its teachers, researchers, students and non-teaching staff.Esri India has launched the Digital Atlas Programme to make geography more engaging and relevant for school students. Powered by ArcGIS Online and offered free to schools across India, the programme helps teachers link classroom concepts to real-world contexts.GITAM Deemed-to-be University has appointed Prof. M.V. Kartikeyan Machavaram as Pro Vice Chancellor of its Bengaluru campus. Smiling Tree partnered with the Sanskrit Department and IQAC of Hindu College, University of Delhi, for a week-long Sanskrit Saptah and presented eco-friendly planters to all the speakers and guests.IIIT Hyderabad has launched the Center for Educational Technology and Learning Sciences (CELTS) to explore how technologies such as AI can make learning more meaningful and effective, while also examining ‘slow learning’ through experimentation, reflection, and productive struggle.IIM Kashipur hosted Navayug 2026: Reinventing BFSI, a conclave exploring the changing landscape of banking, financial services, and insurance. Speakers included Anuj Sahai, Regional Head-Treasury, Axis Bank; Navin R. Gangaramani, AVP-HR, Anand Rathi Wealth Limited; and Nikhil Jain, Vice President-Corporate Strategy, Bajaj Finserv, among others.Adarsh R., Chandu Kumar G., K.N. Siddarth and Likith Roshan, students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at East Point College of Engineering and Technology, Bengaluru, have developed a hybrid AI prototype to detect deepfake videos. Indian Overseas Bank concluded the finale of its pan-India IOB Cybernova Hackathon 2026 at R.M.K. Engineering College, Thiruvallur, as part of the PSBs Hackathon Series 2026. Over 700 students and 50 faculty members participated.The International Institute of Hotel Management, Bengaluru, in collaboration with Tramontina and RG Hospitality, hosted The Art of the Blade, an interactive culinary session led by Chef Vijay Bhaskaran. Through live demonstrations, he introduced students to professional kitchen practices and Brazilian cuisine.Medhavi Group launched MedhaviOne, a platform designed to align skills and credentials across education and employment. The platform enables institutions to align programmes with industry needs, enterprises to help shape and validate skills, and individuals to earn credentials recognised by the job market.Bizgurukul’s new programme, Freelancing with AI, will be offered in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada, making AI-powered freelancing skills more accessible to students across South India. Each regional edition is a standalone course designed for learning in the student’s first language, with a certificate awarded on completion.Dell Technologies launched uDaan: Empowering India’s Future Workforce, a national skilling and innovation programme delivered with FITT-IIT Delhi, Learning Links Foundation, and Generation India Foundation. The initiative aims to prepare 23,000 youth for careers in AI, cloud computing, and electronics manufacturing, while connecting them with employers, job opportunities, entrepreneurship, and apprenticeships.LeapScholar’s latest student insights suggest that France is emerging as a primary European consideration for study destinations for Indian students. Course choice appears to be one of France’s strongest hooks. AI, data science and analytics featured in 50% of France-related conversations, followed by finance and banking at 48%, engineering at 45%, and MBA, management and MiM programmes at 41%. The pattern suggests that France is increasingly being evaluated for specific career-linked academic pathways rather than simply as another European study option. IIT Kanpur, in a collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh Government, has demonstrated the potential of AI to help governments identify households that may require welfare support using data already available within government systems. The institute’s AI-powered Family Score system assesses the socio-economic conditions of households without requiring additional surveys, offering a faster and more cost-effective approach to welfare identification at scale.The national winners of the WRO India National Championship 2026, organised jointly by India STEM Foundation (ISF) and the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), with support of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, will now qualify to represent India at the global WRO Championship 2026 in Puerto Rico.A study of learner behaviour by NPrep, a nursing education and career development platform, showed that nursing aspirants using AI-based study plans are more active in their exam preparation, attempting 42% more mock tests and solving 98% more practice questions than learners who do not use an AI planner.upGrad’s Transnational Education (TNE) Report 2026, based on 53,800 aspirants counselled between January 2025 and June 2026, points to a clear shift in how Indian students view overseas education. In this Era of Strategic Pivot, employability, affordability, and career outcomes are taking precedence over institutional reputation. While the U.S., the U.K., Canada, and Australia remain popular, tighter immigration rules and rising costs are pushing students towards European destinations such as Germany, Finland, Spain and France, which offer better affordability, industry alignment and employment pathways.Orientations and convocationsTetr College of Business welcomed its third UG cohort, which comprises300 students from 60 countries.The IITB Monash Research Academy, Mumbai, hosted a graduation ceremony for 39 Ph.D. students.ASG Hospital Limited hosted its annual fellowship for six ophthalmologists who completed their advanced subspecialty fellowship training this year.Awards In the Financial Times Masters in Management (FT MiM) 2026 global ranking, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research was ranked #26 globally and #2 in India. IIM Bangalore’s two-year full-time Post Graduate Programme in Management was ranked #21 globally and #1 in India while IIM Kozhikode was ranked 54 globally. ESCP, Paris, was ranked #1 across the U.K., Germany, Spain, Italy, and Poland, #3 in France, #5 in Europe, and #6 globally.Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), along with IIT-Madras and IISc-Bengaluru, was selected as one of three Indian host institutions for the US-India TRUST Fellowship 2026–27, which aims to strengthen scientific and technological collaboration between India and the U.S.BML Munjal University ranked 28 nationally in the Top General Private Universities in India, in the India Today-MDRA 2026 Rankings.Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune, received the QS I-GAUGE Platinum Rating in Medicine, while Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Deemed-to-be University earned an overall Platinum rating.Sana Hussain Shaikh, a B.Sc. Information Technology graduate at the University of Mumbai was awarded a fully-funded scholarship to the University of Sydney, Australia. This was supported by the Aseema Charitable Trust’s education programmeTeam Syntax_error from IIT Bhilai were the winners of the IDEA 2.0 (Hackathon) on the theme Cybersecurity and Fraud Prevention and enhancing Customer Experience using Generative AI. This was part of the PSBs Hackathon Series 2026 organised by Union Bank of India. Team MoneyLords from IIT Guwahati, and Team Coded Hearts from IIIT Nagpur came second and third respectively.Sixteen teachers from across India were winners of the Shiv Nadar Foundation-Oxford Saïd India’s Best Teachers’ Awards 2026. One teacher from a private school and a government school were awarded in eight categories: Business Studies and Entrepreneurship, Computer Science, Economics, English, Environmental Science, Geography, Maths, and Physics.CollaborationsAvathon and IIT Roorkee launched the Avathon Physical AI Lab (Avathon PAL), a research initiative to advance Physical AI for industry, to foster collaborative research and strengthen partnerships with leading academic institutions in India and abroad.Mohan Babu University signed an MoU with LinkedIn to provide students, faculty, and researchers across departments with institution-wide access to LinkedIn Learning, supporting career readiness and future-ready skills.Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) partnered with the Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) to strengthen professional learning and build expertise in emerging areas such as carbon markets and climate finance.PSG Institute of Management (PSGIM) signed an MoU with the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) to expand industry interactions, expert engagements, mentoring, leadership initiatives, and collaborative programmes, giving students greater exposure to contemporary business practices and entrepreneurship.Shri Ram College of Commerce has partnered with IPE Global to establish the IPE Global-SRCC Centre for Social Impact to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals through joint and student-led research, policy briefs, case studies and publications.