News from the world of Education: May 28, 2025
Kaspersky has partnered with the Manipal Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, MAHE, to launch HackSky, a 48-hour on-campus hackathon.
When: July 29 to 30
Eligibility: Open to tech students and cybersecurity enthusiasts
Details at https://tinyurl.com/4fsepws4
HirePro invites applications for its national-level hackathon, HackVega.
Eligibility: UG and PG engineering students graduating in 2025, 2026, and 2027
Deadline: June 5
Details at https://tinyurl.com/34a65yyw
World Quiz Championship 2025
The World Quiz Championship 2025 will be held on June 7 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham's Faridabad campus. Open to all, regardless of age or educational background. Registration deadline is June 6. Details at https://tinyurl.com/4zdpujbk
Admissions and scholarships
TransStadia University invites applications for its UG and PG programmes such as BBA, B. Com, B.Sc. in Sports Management, M.Sc. in Sports and Event Management, BCA, and B.Sc. in Computer Science in collaboration with IBM. For details, visit www.tsuniv.edu.in
Vivekanand Education Society's College of Architecture invites applications for B.Arch, M.Arch, Diploma in Architecture and Diploma in Interior Design and Decoration programmes. The application deadline is July 16. Details at www.vescoa.in
IIT Gandhinagar invites applications to its e-Masters programme in Applications of Machine Learning in Engineering.
Eligibility: Minimum 55% marks or 5.5 CGPA/CPI in a four-year B.Tech./B.S. or Integrated five-year M.Sc.; MCA or equivalent. Maths in Class 12 is mandatory.
Deadline: June 5
Details at https://tinyurl.com/mrxnkae9
IIT Mandi invites applications to its five-year year Integrated MBA Programme.
Eligibility: Class 12 pass or equivalent with a minimum of 75% (65% for SC/ST/PwD); valid score in JEE Mains and Maths and English in Class 12.
Deadline: June 3
Details at https://som.iitmandi.ac.in
The University of Wollongong India invites applications for its Master's programmes in Computing (Data Analytics), Financial Technology, and Financial Technology Extension at its GIFT City campus in Gujarat.
Eligibility: Final-year undergraduate students
Deadline: June 27
Details at https://tinyurl.com/4asxwnz7
KLH Global Business School, Hyderabad, has launched a Certificate Programme in Digital Marketing with AI beginning with June 15.
Eligibility: Students aged 18 years and above
Details at https://gbs.klh.edu.in/
The University of Sheffield, the U.K., invites applications for the M.A. Urban Design and Planning course starting this September. International Postgraduate Taught Scholarships are available.
Eligibility: Three-year Bachelor's degree with minimum 60% from a recognised university. Overall IELTS score of 6.5 with minimum 6.0 in each component.
Details at https://tinyurl.com/3nhy5wtw
TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, invites applications for its Four-Year BBA; B.Sc. Economics Honours/ Honours with Research; B.Sc. Data Science Honours/ Honours with Research; B.Sc. Environmental Studies Honours/ Honours with Research, and B.Sc. Biotechnology Honours/ Honours with Research and Five-Year Integrated B.Sc. Biotechnology Honours/ Honours with Research) and Five-Year Integrated M.Sc. Environmental Studies and M.Sc. Data Science, all beginning in August.
For details, visit https://tinyurl.com/mwutjp33
Launch of coding bootcamp
Coding bootcamp Le Wagon launched its first campus in Bengaluru with a keynote address by Boris Paillard, Executive Chairman and Co-founder, Le Wagon. For details, visit www.lewagon.com/bangalore
Events
Tetr College of Business has announced that it will offer full scholarships to students enrolled in Harvard University and currently on F-1 visas, who may face academic disruption. Eligible students will be fast-tracked for admission into Tetr's upcoming 2025 cohort, which begins in August 2025. Students currently enrolled at Harvard and holding F-1 visas can email transferadmissions@tetr.org or visit https://tetr.com/
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has launched the Chala Vachu Ya! Summer Vacation Library initiative to create and enhance reading corners across Mumbai's municipal schools. The JBCN Education has contributed a collection of books designed to enrich readers.
TCG Centres for Research and Education in Science and Technology (TCG CREST) has been awarded the status of a Deemed-to-be University under the 'Distinct Category' by the Ministry of Education, following an advisory from the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Imperial College London has launched Imperial Global India, a science hub, in Bengaluru, which will support joint research projects, long-term collaborations, student scholarships, collaborative Ph.D. programmes and fellowships.
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurugram, hosted the second edition of the HR and L&D Conclave on the theme Workforce 4.0: Human Capital Strategies in a Digital-First World. Suresh Narayanan, MD and Chairman of Nestle, was the chief guest. Other speakers included Sudhir Sharma from Adani Enterprises, Misal from KPMG, Sabih Kidwai from Schneider Electric, Mukhvinder S. Bains from Accenture among others.
Pankaj Korpade from MIT-World Peace University, in collaboration with Pratiksha Chalke of Sustaina Greens LLP, published a paper on how, over the past decade, Pune has experienced a 34% decline in its carbon sequestration capacity, primarily due to rapid urbanisation. The study was published in the journal Sustainable Futures.
Researchers from NIT Rourkela have developed a semiconductor device-based biosensor that can identify breast cancer cells without complicated or expensive laboratory procedures. The research was led by Prof. Prasanna Kumar Sahu, Department of Electrical Engineering, and research scholar Priyanka Karmakar. The findings were published in the Microsystem Technologies journal.
The Canadian International School (CIS), Bengaluru, hosted the graduation ceremony for 79 students of its Class of 2025; which was also the 25th anniversary of its International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, celebrated its 11th convocation with 910 students receiving their degrees from the guest of honour, Amitabh Kant, former CEO of NITI Aayog.
Smiling Tree organised a tree-planting drive at W.U.S. Health Centre, University of Delhi with a variety of saplings that were chosen for their air-purifying qualities and aesthetic appeal.
IIM Kashipur concluded the fifth edition of Management Education and Research Colloquium (MERC 2025) on the theme Achieving Sustainability Goals in the AI Era. Speakers included V. Srinivas, IAS, Secretary Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India; Dr. C Rajendran, Department of Management Studies, IIT-Madras; Vishal Gupta, Professor of Organisation Behaviour, IIM-Ahmedabad; Prof. Mamata Parhi, Head of Accounting, Finance, Economics and Governance, Roehampton Business School; and Prof Tapas Mishra, Banking and Finance Department, University of Southampton.
IMS Noida organised a Mega Job Fair in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. Over 46 companies and 800 students from 20 higher education institutions across Delhi NCR participated.
IIM Nagpur hosted a one-day national conference on Devi Ahilyabai Holkar, an 18th century Maratha queen, was held at IIM Nagpur, to commemorate her 300th birth anniversary.
The Global Healthcare Academy (GHA) hosted The NEXT STEP Symposium, a Round Table on the theme Indian Healthcare Education: Poised for the Future, Ready for the World. GHA's STEP NEET-PG App, designed to support PG medical aspirants, was launched at the event.
Students from the MBA 2023-25 batch of Galgotias University have secured over 100 offers from EY, KPMG, Deloitte, and PwC during the 2025 placement season.
IIM Bangalore hosted the Summer Research Methodology Workshop 2025 organised by the Office of Research and Publications (R&P) for 97 participants from across India.
Noida International University hosted the Education Leaders Summit and Felicitation Ceremony. Over 500 educationists and teachers participated.
Researchers from IIM Lucknow and IMS Ghaziabad, India; University of Hail and Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia; and University of Turin, Italy, explored how deceptive green marketing, or greenwashing, can create a negative impact on consumer trust, brand perception, and buying behaviour. The study was published in the journal Business Strategy and the Environment.
Chandigarh University's Lucknow campus has received approval from the Bar Council of India to offer LL.B and five-year integrated programmes from the 2025 session.
The Science Olympiad Foundation organised a felicitation ceremony to recognise winning students, teachers and principals for 2024-25. Around 750 students and teachers attended the ceremony. J.K. Maheshwari, Judge, Supreme Court of India, was the chief guest.
Thomas Mathew, Rajagiri Public School, Kochi, won first prize, in the Class 1-4 category in the final of the Fevicreate Idea Labs 2025 organised by Pidilite Industries. In the Class 5-9 category, Hrishant Kumar, Jagran Public School, Noida, was placed first.
Mohan Babu University launched its Book Village Project to promote reading among rural communities. Libraries will be set up in central community spaces and offer curated collections ranging from children's literature to biographies, science fiction, and history.
Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies hosted an International Conference on Innovation and Digital Transformation in Academic Libraries, organised by Dr. O.P. Bhalla Central Library, with support from National Digital Library of India (NDLI) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Acharya Bangalore B-School hosted the Kairos Mega Pool Drive 2025 for students across academic backgrounds. Recruiters included Flipkart, SAR Group, Kreedo, Law Cubator, Netnxt Global, Muthoot Finance, among others.
The School Of The Future at Techno India University, in collaboration with Make Calcutta Relevant Again, hosted the Kolkata Design Fest '25, on the theme Sustainability and innovation. Students participated in a design competition, a masterclass on fashion and interior design, and an interactive workshops on crochet, printmaking and digital illustration.
BITS Law School, in collaboration with PanScience Innovations, launched PALETTE Centre to integrate AI and emerging technologies into legal education, practice, and judicial processes. D.Y. Chandrachud, former Chief Justice of India, was the chief guest.
ITM Skills University, Mumbai, completed placements for internships for its B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering students. Recruiters included the 8Bits Group, FundCorps, Winvesta, and so on.
The Aditya Birla Education Trust was named a core member of the Impact Action Council, a collective of leading organisations and philanthropists under the Philanthropy Asia Alliance.
Eighteen-year-old Vaishnav Shailesh Kakade, a student of Great Learning, has been awarded the Padma Shri Samman for his exceptional contributions to education and social work.
Four students from Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam are members of the top 40+ junicorns from India and the U.S. and will participate in the Global Junicorn and AI Summit 2025 to be held in the U.S.
XLRI Jamshedpur hosted its annual flagship recruiters' conclave, Rendezvous with XLRI in Bengaluru. The keynote address was delivered by C Lakshmi, Senior Managing Director and CHRO, Accenture.
Team Oillovators from Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, were declared winners of the Sustainable Innovations for Growth and Human Transformation (SIGHT) 2.0 hosted by UST. Team Seakers from Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, was placed second. Team Neo Sustain from R.M.K. College of Engineering, Tiruvallur, was in third place.
MoUs and partnerships
IIT Roorkee signed an MoU with the Forum of Regulators to establish a Centre of Excellence for Regulatory Affairs to undertake regulatory and policy research, provide advisory support, conduct capacity-building programmes, among others.
Vellore Institute of Technology University signed an MoU with Gleneagles Hospital Chennai to collaborate on research and innovation at the intersection of AI and Neurosciences.
The Global Woman Foundation, in partnership with O.P. Jindal Global University and the Centre for Advancing Research in Management and Law, signed an MoU to advance academic collaboration, research, and leadership opportunities for women.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has signed an MoU with Intrucept Pvt Ltd to collaborate on enhancing cybersecurity education, research, and skill development throughout the university's campuses. The institute also signed at MoU with Guidewire Software Solutions to launch Guidewire Technology Labs to bridge the gap between academia and industry.
Microsoft signed an MoU with Chandigarh University, Uttar Pradesh, to offer programmes in AI and Machine Learning and conducted an AI bootcamp to impart skills
Autodesk has signed an MoU with Anna University, to enhance student employability in the Design-and-Make industries through courses designed to promote applied learning and specialisations in digital manufacturing and generative design. The partnership also includes faculty development programmes, design competitions, and more.
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