National Institute of Design, Madhya Pradesh (NID MP), Bhopal
A one-week residential design workshop for school students and design enthusiasts at the National Institute of Design Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal, covering calligraphy, clay design, game design and sketching. The 4.0 edition ran in May 2026; the next edition has not been announced.
AFS Intercultural Programs India (for AFS Japan and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan)
A Japanese Government (MEXT) funded scholarship, run in India by AFS, that sends Indian students aged 15-18 who are learning Japanese to spend a semester at a Japanese public high school.
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR (HBCSE)
The second stage of the Astronomy Olympiad programme, run by HBCSE for students shortlisted from NSEA 2026, leading to the OCSC selection camp and the International Olympiad.
CBSE's two-round reading-comprehension challenge in English and Hindi: an offline school round followed by an online round for each school's nominated students.
Tata Sons (Tata Building India School Essay Competition)
A national essay competition run by the Tata group in schools across India on a nation-building topic, judged at school, city and national levels, with national winners felicitated in New Delhi and an intended visit to Rashtrapati Bhavan. Dates for the next edition are not published; schools can register their interest.
Educational Outreach, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
A nine-day hands-on workshop at the IIT Bombay Makerspace where school students of Classes 8-12 build an autonomous robot using CAD, 3D printing, electronics and ESP32 programming.
Valvoline Cummins Private Limited (VCPL) CSR, Muskaan Scholarship Program
Valvoline Cummins' CSR scholarship gives up to Rs 12,000 plus mentorship to Class 9-12 students from southern, eastern and north-eastern states whose parents are commercial drivers or mechanics, or who come from economically weaker families. The 2026-27 round closed on 30 October 2026; the next round is not announced.
A fully funded programme by the Lodha Foundation and Ashoka University for exceptional mathematics and science students in Grades 8 to 11: an annual campus experience at Ashoka University, Sonipat, with continued online learning. Key dates are yet to be announced.
Grades 9–11
No fee
Fully fundedApplications not open yetEntry rules not confirmed
Directorate of Government Examinations, Tamil Nadu (School Education Department)
A Tamil Nadu government talent-search examination for Class 10 students of government schools (Paper I Mathematics, Paper II Science and Social Science). 1,000 students (500 boys and 500 girls) won a monthly scholarship in the 2025 edition.
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR (HBCSE)
The third stage of India's Science Olympiad programme: residential training and selection camps at HBCSE, Mumbai, for the top INO performers, from which the Indian teams for the International Olympiads are chosen.
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO, Department of Space
Free-to-register self-paced online courses on space science, remote sensing and GIS from ISRO's Antriksh Jigyasa portal (IIRS Dehradun), with a completion certificate; the portal also hosts an ISRO Space Quiz, SkyPicks and an ideas platform for young students.