The International Student Essay Writing Competition 2026 provides young writers with an opportunity to express their ideas, creativity and perspectives on important topics that affect our world.
Students can showcase their writing skills and compete for exciting prizes and recognition at both individual and school levels.
GEMA is organizing the International Young Scientist Award 2026, an international platform designed to encourage creativity, scientific thinking and innovation among young students.
Students can participate by submitting a recorded video or a written project report with images, presenting an experiment, activity, working model or chart-based project that demonstrates a scientific concept.
The competition encourages students to explore science beyond textbooks and classroom activities through simple, creative and interesting projects.
Students are divided into four age groups:
| Group | Grades |
|---|---|
| Newton | Grades 1–3 |
| Einstein | Grades 4–6 |
| Galileo | Grades 7–9 |
| Darwin | Grades 10–12 |
Students may choose a basic scientific concept or principle and demonstrate it through an experiment, activity, working model or chart presentation.
Projects will be evaluated on:
Creativity – 30%
Scientific Knowledge – 30%
Persuasiveness and Communication – 20%
Overall Presentation – 20%
Gold, Silver and Bronze Trophy winners in each category
10 Gold Medals for Outstanding Projects in each category
Recognition in press releases for selected winners
E-Certificate for every participant
Trophy and Certificate for teachers/coordinators sending bulk entries
Special recognition and Trophy for the school with the most entries
Challenge Opens: 30 May 2026
Last Date for Registration and Submission: 31 October 2026
Winner Announcement: 1 December 2026
E-Certificate: 1 December 2026
Trophy/Medal Dispatch: February 2027
Registration Fee: INR 500 per participant
Students from Grades 1 to 12 can participate in their respective age groups.
The Young Scientist Award provides an opportunity for students to turn scientific curiosity into practical exploration and share their ideas with an international audience.
Observe. Experiment. Create. Discover.
The LIC Golden Jubilee Scholarship 2026-27 offers financial assistance to meritorious students from economically weaker sections who are pursuing higher education in India. The scholarship is offered by the LIC Golden Jubilee Foundation and covers students entering eligible degree, diploma, vocational and technical courses.
Applications for the 2026-27 scholarship are open until 30 September 2026.
The scholarship is intended to support students who need financial assistance to continue their education and improve their opportunities for higher studies and employment.
The scheme has two categories:
The scholarship is available to eligible students across India.
Applicants must:
Eligible courses include:
Applicants must:
The course or institution must meet the scheme's requirements, including government-recognised institutions and eligible ITIs.
last date of submission of Online Application is: 30.09.2026
The night sky offers countless subjects for photographers to discover, from the Moon and planets to distant galaxies and nebulae. The NSSC 2026 Astrophotography Challenge invites students to capture the beauty of the cosmos and showcase their photography skills through an original space-themed image.
Organized as part of the National Students' Space Challenge (NSSC) 2026, the event is an individual, fully online challenge open to both school and college students.
Students interested in engineering, product design, automotive technology, aeronautics, mechatronics, and emerging mobility solutions can participate in the International Design Competition (IDC) 2026, organized by CADD Centre Group in partnership with Dassault Systรจmes.
The competition is designed to give students hands-on exposure to modern design and engineering technologies while challenging them to develop solutions for emerging industry problems.
IDC 2026 focuses on four key aspects of future-ready talent: First Principles Thinking, Problem Prevention, Multi-Disciplinary Competence, and the use of advanced technologies such as AI and AR/VR/MR/XR.
The International Design Competition 2026 provides students with an opportunity to learn and apply design, modelling, simulation, validation, and presentation skills through a multi-stage competitive format.
Participants will work with the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, a technology platform adopted by more than 10,000 enterprises in India, according to the organizers.
One of the highlights of IDC 2026 is the complimentary training provided before every round, with the organizers stating that the training is otherwise worth ₹1,00,000.
IDC 2026 follows a hybrid, multi-stage format consisting of four stages.
The competition begins with an online multiple-choice question (MCQ) assessment designed to test participants' knowledge and understanding.
Participants move into practical design activities using the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.
This stage focuses on digital design and modelling skills.
Participants apply their design skills to areas including:
Finalists will participate in a live AR/VR-based presentation before an industry jury.
The Grand Finale is scheduled to be held at IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai, as announced by knowledge partner PALS.
IDC 2026 features four competition categories:
Participants can explore design and engineering solutions related to industrial equipment and systems.
This category focuses on innovative solutions connected with new energy technologies for data centres.
Participants can develop ideas and designs related to electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) systems and drones.
This category focuses on solutions for last-mile transportation and mobility, encouraging participants to explore innovative approaches to future mobility.
The competition is open to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students from relevant engineering and design disciplines.
Eligible fields include:
Participants can register individually or as part of a team.
IDC 2026 offers a total cash prize pool of ₹3.6 lakh+ across the four competition categories.
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| Winner – Each Category | ₹50,000 + Trophy + Certificate |
| 1st Runner-Up – Each Category | ₹25,000 + Trophy + Certificate |
| 2nd Runner-Up – Each Category | ₹15,000 + Trophy + Certificate |
| All Participants | Certificate of Participation |
With four competition categories, the stated category-level awards alone account for ₹3.6 lakh in cash prizes.
A major component of IDC 2026 is the opportunity to receive complimentary training before every round.
The training is intended to help participants develop practical skills in areas such as:
The organizers state that the complimentary training has a value of ₹1,00,000.
>Have an idea that could solve a real-world problem? Youth Ideathon 2026 (YI26) invites school and college students across India to turn their ideas into innovative solutions.
The competition is open to students from Classes 8 to 12 as well as undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programmes. Participants can submit their ideas individually or work together in teams of up to five members.
The initiative also brings schools, colleges, teachers, mentors, and educational leaders into the innovation ecosystem through dedicated registration and development programmes.
Youth Ideathon 2026 is open to:
Schools and colleges across India can also register their institutions to encourage students to participate in the competition.
Students can submit their innovative ideas through the official Youth Ideathon platform.
Ideas can be submitted:
The challenge provides students with an opportunity to identify problems around them and develop ideas that could create meaningful impact in society, industry, communities, or education.
Participants can develop ideas around several important areas of innovation.
Develop AI-powered products and explore semiconductor and chip design to create the next generation of intelligent hardware and technology solutions.
Create solutions addressing environmental and sustainability challenges, including:
Develop innovative ideas related to:
Build affordable and scalable technology solutions for rural India, vernacular-language users, and first-time internet users.
This theme encourages participants to think about accessibility and how technology can reach communities that may be underserved by existing digital solutions.
Develop products, platforms, and solutions that support women entrepreneurs and encourage women-led innovation.
Create technology-enabled solutions for education and skill development.
Ideas can focus on areas such as:
Students aren't limited to the listed themes. Through Open Innovation, participants can choose a problem of their own and develop a solution that can create an impact for society, industry, or communities.
Schools and colleges can participate by registering their institutions on the Youth Ideathon platform.
The institution registration process helps ensure that the school or college appears on the platform for students and mentors.
Institutions interested in encouraging student innovation can complete the registration through the official Youth Ideathon website.
Idea Submission Deadline 24th October 2026
Are you passionate about Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and cloud technologies? The OpenCV AI Competition 2026, powered by AWS, is an opportunity to build innovative vision systems that can see, reason, and act using OpenCV 5 and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
The competition is open to developers, students, researchers, and teams interested in creating practical AI and computer vision solutions.
GEMA is organizing the International Student Speaker Competition 2026, an international public speaking competition conducted through recorded video submissions.
The competition aims to develop students' communication and public speaking skills while encouraging them to express their thoughts with confidence, clarity and creativity.
Students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 can participate and showcase their ability to communicate ideas, develop leadership qualities and inspire others.
| Category | Topic |
|---|---|
| Nursery / Preparatory / Kindergarten / Below Grade 1 | Why I Love My Family |
| Grades 1–3 | If I Could Invent One Law |
| Grades 4–6 | Is Competition Good or Harmful? |
| Grades 7–9 | Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Creativity? |
| Grades 10–12 | Is Academic Success Overrated? |
Entries will be evaluated on the following criteria:
| Criteria | Marks |
|---|---|
| Content / Substance | 25 |
| Oratory Skills | 25 |
| Presentation Skills | 20 |
| Clarity of Thought | 20 |
| Confidence | 10 |
| Total | 100 |
One winner in each category will receive a Trophy and Certificate.
Five additional Inspiring and Outstanding Videos in each category will receive Medals and Certificates.
Every participant will receive a Certificate.
INR 500 per entry
Last Date for Registration and Submission: 31 October 2026
The competition provides students with an opportunity to develop their voice, express their ideas and gain valuable experience in public speaking.
Let your ideas be heard and your voice inspire others.
The International Abacus Olympiad 2026 provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate their mental calculation, numerical skills and abacus proficiency in an online international competition.
College students with an interest in filmmaking, storytelling, cinematography, and space can participate in the NSSC 2026 Short Film Making Challenge, organized as part of the National Students' Space Challenge (NSSC) 2026 at IIT Kharagpur.
The team-based event invites students to transform ideas about space, exploration, mystery, and humanity's future among the stars into original short films.
Welcome to the International Scratch Olympiad 2026, a global competition where young innovators can turn their creativity into code using Scratch, the block-based programming platform developed by MIT.
The competition gives students an opportunity to demonstrate their programming skills, problem-solving abilities and creativity through engaging Scratch projects.
Do you love creating characters, imagining new worlds and telling stories?
The GEMA International Short Story Writing Competition 2026 invites young writers aged 18 years or younger to showcase their storytelling skills and share their imagination with readers around the world.
Participants have the opportunity to have their stories published in the Best Story Book by and for Kids, which will be distributed globally. Winners can also receive Trophies, Medals, KidZania Passes, Training Programmes and Certificates.
The competition brings together young writers from 35 countries, providing an exciting international platform for budding authors.
Participants can enter one category only and only one entry per person is accepted.
| Category | Age | Minimum Story Length |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-junior | 7–8 years | 300 words |
| Junior | 9–11 years | 500 words |
| Middle | 12–14 years | 700 words |
| Senior | 15–18 years | 1,000 words |
Maximum length for all categories: 1,500 words
Stories must be written in English.
Entries must be submitted as a typed DOC file.
Handwritten entries will not be accepted.
Participants may choose any topic or genre for their story.
Only one story per participant is permitted.
The following details should be provided below the story:
Full Name
Date of Birth
Category Entered
Transaction Number generated by Stripe after payment of the entry fee
Title of the Story
Email Address
School Name
Country
A parent’s or teacher’s email address may be provided if required.
Selected stories will have the opportunity to be published in the Best Story Book by and for Kids, giving young writers the chance to see their work published and shared internationally.
Participants can also compete for:
Trophies
Medals
KidZania Passes
Training Programmes
Certificates
Last Date to Register and Submit Story: 31 October 2026
Young writers aged 7 to 18 years can participate in the appropriate age category.
Whether you love adventure, mystery, fantasy, science fiction, humour, friendship or real-life stories, this is your opportunity to turn your imagination into words.
Take up the challenge and let your story travel beyond borders.
The International Spell Bee 2026 is an online spelling competition for students of Grades 1 to 8. The competition provides students with an opportunity to improve their spelling, vocabulary and language skills while competing with students from across the world.
Absolutely. A few heartfelt words can travel across countries, languages, cultures and generations, bringing people closer together.
The “Letters Without Borders” letter-writing challenge invites young writers to pick up their pens and let their imagination, feelings and ideas travel beyond boundaries.
This is more than a writing competition. It is an opportunity to express, connect, reflect and inspire through the timeless art of letter writing.
Your letter should go beyond the borders that sometimes separate us, whether they are countries, languages, cultures or generations.
Write about an experience, a person, an idea or a message that has the power to connect people everywhere.
Your letter could express:
Gratitude towards someone who made a difference in your life
Kindness and compassion towards others
Courage to face challenges
Unity and the importance of understanding one another
A memorable personal experience
Hope for a better and kinder world
A connection between different generations
A message that brings people from different cultures together
The challenge aims to provide young writers with a platform for personal expression, gratitude and storytelling.
It encourages participants to:
Develop creative and effective communication skills
Reflect on their experiences, feelings and ideas
Nurture empathy and emotional intelligence
Appreciate different cultures and perspectives
Understand the importance of kindness and social responsibility
Discover the joy and value of letter writing
There are no borders to imagination.
Your letter could be addressed to someone you know or someone you have never met.
You could write to:
A child living in another country
Your favourite author or literary character
Your future self
A grandparent or someone from an older generation
A child who will live many years from now
Someone who has inspired you
A person from a different culture
Humanity itself
Select your age category to discover creative ideas, writing directions and perspectives specially designed for your age group.
The competition offers recognition for outstanding entries in each age group.
First Prize – 1 winner
Second Prize – 1 winner
Third Prize – 1 winner
Appreciation Prizes – 5 winners
Every participant will receive a Digital Certificate for taking part in the challenge.
School Level Winners will also be recognised for schools submitting 50 or more entries.
30 September 2026
Participants are encouraged to begin planning and writing their letters well in advance of the deadline.
What will the future of payments in India look like?
The DRUNIX Hackathon 2026, a fintech innovation initiative launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in collaboration with Citi, is inviting innovators to imagine, build and prototype solutions that could transform India's payments ecosystem.
Launched at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026, the hackathon brings together technology enthusiasts, developers, entrepreneurs and innovators to explore new possibilities in digital payments.
The central idea is clear:
Participants are encouraged to go beyond ideas and turn their concepts into working fintech prototypes that can address real-world challenges and create meaningful impact.
The DRUNIX Hackathon is an opportunity for innovators to collaborate, ideate and develop technology-driven solutions for the rapidly evolving fintech and payments ecosystem.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore new approaches to payment technologies and build solutions designed with three important principles in mind:
The hackathon is particularly relevant for those interested in fintech, digital payments, software development, APIs, artificial intelligence, financial technology and entrepreneurship.
The hackathon is organised by two major names in the financial and technology ecosystem:
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) × Citi
NPCI plays a central role in India's digital payments infrastructure, while Citi brings extensive global experience in financial services and technology.
Together, the organisations aim to encourage innovators to explore new ideas and technologies that could contribute to the next generation of payment solutions.
One of the exciting aspects of the DRUNIX Hackathon is the opportunity for selected innovators to access NPCI APIs and infrastructure for developing their solutions.
Instead of simply preparing a theoretical concept, participants can potentially use these resources to prototype and demonstrate how their solutions could work in practice.
This provides an excellent opportunity for developers and technology students to gain hands-on experience in building solutions around real-world fintech infrastructure.
The hackathon encourages participants to follow a journey from ideation to implementation.
A successful team could begin by identifying a problem in the payments ecosystem, develop an innovative approach, design the technical architecture and then build a functional prototype.
The focus is therefore not just on having a great idea.
Participants are expected to collaborate, experiment with technology and develop solutions that demonstrate both technical potential and real-world usefulness.
The hackathon is open to innovators interested in technology-driven solutions for the fintech and payments ecosystem.
It can be an excellent opportunity for:
Participants should be prepared to ideate, collaborate and develop a working prototype using the resources and infrastructure made available during the hackathon.
Every child carries a story waiting to be shared.
Some stories are filled with magical kingdoms and brave heroes. Others take shape as heartfelt poems, imaginative adventures, or colorful dreams brought to life through words and illustrations. At Aspiring Authors, the belief is simple yet powerful: every child deserves the opportunity to share their voice with the world.
That vision inspired the launch of the National Writing Challenge — a platform where young creators can become real published authors.
Children across the country are invited to dream, write, create, and shine.
Whether it is a short story, poem, artwork, or imaginative idea, the challenge encourages young minds to:
Every story matters.
Every imagination deserves recognition. ❤️
Aspiring Authors proudly celebrates children who think, learn, and express themselves in unique ways.
The initiative especially welcomes:
Creativity is never limited to one form.
Some children communicate through stories.
Some through drawings and illustrations.
Others through vivid ideas that simply need the right platform to shine.
The movement is built to ensure every child feels:
Seen
Valued
Included
Celebrated
๐ WRITING CATEGORIES & PROMPTS
Category I — Ages 8–10
Word Limit: 400–600 words
Prompt: The Day My Shadow Disappeared
One morning, you discover that your shadow has completely disappeared. Where has it gone? Can you find it? What happens during your search?
Category II — Ages 11–13
Word Limit: 600–800 words
Prompt: The Secret Door in My School
You discover a mysterious door in your school that nobody seems to know about. Where does it lead? What do you discover behind it? And why has the door remained a secret?
Category III — Ages 14–16
Word Limit: 800–1,000 words
Prompt: The World Forgot How to Dream
One morning, people everywhere suddenly lose the ability to imagine, create, and dream. You are one of the few people who can still dream. What happens next?
Category IV — Ages 17–18
Word Limit: 1,000–1,500 words
Prompt: The Choice That Changed Tomorrow
You are given an opportunity to make one decision that could change the future of your community, your country, or even the world. But every choice has consequences. What do you choose, and what happens because of your decision?
IMPORTANT DATESLast Date of Submission: 25 October 2026
Result Declaration: 15 November 2026
Imagine a young Indian child sitting with a notebook, carefully writing a story.
As the child writes, imagination fills the space around them:
Dragons soaring across colorful skies
Rockets traveling through galaxies
Magical books opening into fantasy worlds
Bright ideas floating like stars
๏ฆ Dreams transforming into stories
For many children, storytelling becomes more than writing — it becomes a way to express emotions, creativity, hope, and identity.
Aspiring Authors exists to ensure those stories are heard.
Children can submit:
Illustrations and digital artwork are also welcome.
Participants can send:
✅ Their writing
✅ A creative cover page
✅ Optional illustrations
✅ A short author biography
Selected works are:
✨ Professionally edited
✨ Published in a real book
✨ Assigned an official ISBN number
✨ Shared with readers worldwide
Young creators may also:
Earn royalties
Unlock rewards
Gain recognition as published authors
At Aspiring Authors, the mission is both simple and meaningful:
✨ To give every child a voice.
Every story deserves to be heard — no matter how it is told, drawn, or imagined.
✨ To celebrate creativity in all its forms.
From magical adventures to colorful artwork, every expression of imagination is valued.
✨ To build acceptance and belonging.
By publishing stories from children with diverse learning styles and experiences, the movement encourages kindness, understanding, and inclusion.
Because when children share their unspoken stories and written dreams, the world becomes brighter, kinder, and more compassionate. ❤️
A child’s story has the power to inspire.
A poem can make someone smile.
An idea can spark change.
The National Writing Challenge gives young creators the chance to transform imagination into something real — a published book that can be treasured forever.
Every child has a story.
Every child deserves a platform.
✨ Every dream deserves to be written.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) , in collaboration with MyGov , is inviting citizens across India to participate in the National Quiz Competition on CA Day .
The quiz is designed to increase awareness about the accounting profession, the role of Chartered Accountants in nation-building, financial governance, taxation, auditing, entrepreneurship, and the contribution of ICAI to strengthening India's economy.
