IT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT Kharagpur, IIT(BHU), IIT Bhubaneswar, and IIT Patna are jointly organising IInvenTiv 2026 — Ministry of Education's annual R&D fair — on April 6–7. Five themes: Healthcare, AI & ML, Materials Science, Earth Sciences, and Semiconductor & Chip Technology. Students, startups, and VCs will all be in the same room. Launched in 2022, this is now one of the more serious platforms for student-led innovation in India.