On 2 May 2026, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education declared the results for the HSC : Higher Secondary Certificate : examination. These are Maharashtra's 12th grade board results, and their declaration marks the formal opening of the 2026 admission season for undergraduate programs across Maharashtra&
Khalid is from Logar, Afghanistan. He studies L.L.B. at Government Law College in Mumbai. And yesterday was his first moot court. A moot court is a simulated court proceeding : a formal exercise where law students argue real legal cases in front of a judge, who is usually a
Tahmina is from Herat, Afghanistan. She studies Information Technology at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute : VJTI : in Matunga, Mumbai. And last week her group completed a project that she is still thinking about. They designed and implemented a relational database from scratch. A library management system : books, borrowers, loans, returns, queries.
Mirwais is from Bamyan, Afghanistan. He studies Bachelor of Planning at COEP Technological University in Pune. And today his professor started the lecture with a question that he is still turning over in his mind hours later. What does a city owe the people who live in it? Clean water.
Jalil is from Kandahar, Afghanistan. He studies Electronics and Computer Engineering at G.S. Mandal's Maharashtra Institute of Technology. And this week, he spent three days on a single circuit problem that refused to cooperate. The problem was in a signal processing circuit his group had designed. The
Yusuf is from Baghlan, Afghanistan. He studies Civil Engineering at COEP Technological University in Pune. And on Earth Day he is standing in the campus green area thinking about home. Not in a sad way. In the way that people think about the place they are working toward. The Problem
0:00 /1:16 1× "I walked into the pharmacy lab here at HSNC University Mumbai and I just stopped. I thought : this is exactly why I came." "My name is Fatima. I am from Kandahar, Afghanistan. I study B.Pharm here : Bachelor of Pharmacy. And on
Fatima is from Kandahar, Afghanistan. She studies B.Pharm at HSNC University Mumbai. And she remembers her first lab session the way people remember moments that confirm a big decision. She walked in, looked at the equipment, the real pharmaceutical compounds on the shelves, her classmates already working, and she
Nadia is from Herat, Afghanistan. She is studying B.Pharm - Bachelor of Pharmacy - at an SPPU affiliated pharmacy college in Pune. And her admission required no entrance examination. Her 12th grade board results - science subjects - were the academic basis for her application through fn.mahacet.org.
Bilal is from Kunduz, Afghanistan. He is studying Civil Engineering at COEP Technological University, Pune. And the first thing he tells every Afghan student who messages him asking about his experience is the thing he wishes someone had told him earlier: No entrance exam was required. His 12th grade board
On 15 April every year, UNESCO marks World Art Day: a global observance celebrating the role of creative arts in connecting cultures, communities, and generations across time. This year, Leila is thinking about Herat. She is 20 years old. She is studying at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra. And on
0:00 /0:45 1× Happy World Art Day. I am Leila at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra. Today I am thinking of Herat - its miniature paintings, its calligraphers, its 600 years of artistic tradition. Being in Maharashtra does not separate me from that heritage. It gives it a