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Research forums, industry mentors, real conferences, a national think tank — run by students, for students. Not another club. A head start.
Founding cohort drops September 5 · Teachers’ Day · approved in 5 working days
Why This Matters
Everything happening in your field — across India and beyond — landing right on your campus.
AcadNet is an international think tank working with organisations across the globe. Your chapter is your backstage pass: the developments, the opportunities, the conversations you’d otherwise only read about — brought to you, first.
The point isn’t to hand you another certificate. It’s to make you genuinely future-ready — not just skilled, but a holistic professional ready for the world you’re walking into.
This isn’t a course being sold to you. It isn’t run by people guessing what graduates need. It’s built by people who’ve actually made it — and know exactly what it takes.
Guided by people who’ve been there
What AcadNet Is
AcadNet connects academia, industry, and policy. Your chapter is how your college taps into all three — not from the sidelines, but from the inside.
Interpersonal, Adaptability, Cognitive, Technical — AcadNet's core assessment framework. Chapters run familiarization sessions on campus and route students to iact.acadnet.net for formal assessment.
AcadNet's editorial arm. Chapter members contribute campus reporting and research articles under their own bylines — a real publication credit, not a newsletter.
National conferences and campus events focused on student empowerment and employability — from the National Employability Forum to Persona Enhancement Programs, giving students real preparation for the workforce.
What Your Chapter Runs
Not a WhatsApp group that goes quiet in a week. Real programming, the same slate AcadNet runs nationally — scaled to your campus.
Beyond the Chapter
A chapter is your front door to AcadNet’s wider network — already live across 50+ institutions and 15+ countries.
Live sessions connecting students with researchers and industry professionals for collaborative learning.
MENTORSHIP & CAREERThe central network for peer connections, opportunities, and career development resources.
HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENTValues-led personal development alongside academic and career growth.
ENTREPRENEURSHIPTraining for students building toward small business and entrepreneurial ventures.
The People Behind It
Not distant names on a poster — people who’ll guide you, teach you, and open doors. This is who you’re learning from.
FOUNDER CHAIRMAN, ACADNET
PhD, University of Cambridge and Commonwealth Fellow. Architect of the IACT framework, published with Cambridge University Press, and founding Vice Chancellor of Adani University.
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PhD, IIT BOMBAY
PhD in Microelectronics from IIT Bombay and National Merit Scholar. Leads value-based, holistic education through Samskar Learning Academy.
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Membership
We’re opening the network with a founding cohort. The first 100 students — the ones helping start the pilot chapters — lock in Founding Member status permanently, at no cost, ever. Once chapters are live, new students join as general members for a small annual fee.
₹499/yr is the current student rate and may be revised. Founding-member count is tallied from approved chapter applications and updated by AcadNet central.
Getting In
Whether your college already has a chapter or you’re the one about to start it — here’s your path.
Your college doesn’t have an AcadNet chapter? Be the founder. Rally a team and bring it to campus.
Your college already has a chapter? Register as a member and you’re in.
Student Registration
Register under a chapter that’s already live at your college. Founding members (first 100) are free; everyone after is ₹499/year.
100 founding seats left
Payment (₹499/year) only opens once all 100 founding seats are taken. Until then, the QR stays hidden and there’s nothing to pay.
Scan with any UPI app (Paytm, GPay, PhonePe) or pay to the UPI ID above. Enter ₹499, then paste your transaction ID into the form. Confirm the payee name shows as AcadNet before paying.
Path 01 · Start a Chapter
Your faculty sponsor identifies a Student Coordinator and 8–10 founding members from your college.
One form covers your institution, mentor, coordinator, founding roster, and activity focus — submitted directly to AcadNet central.
AcadNet reviews and issues your chapter's charter within 5 working days.
Your chapter receives the starter kit and is listed on the AcadNet chapter directory at students.acadnet.net.
Founding Cohort
The pilot cohort of 3–5 colleges launches on Teachers’ Day, timed deliberately to double as a felicitation of the faculty mentors anchoring each chapter. From the second semester onward, any college can apply through the standard route above.
After You're Approved
One report to AcadNet central: activity count, membership numbers, output produced.
A yearly gathering of chapters to share wins, learn from each other, and set the year ahead.
One activity per month keeps a chapter active. Two missed quarterly reports pause a chapter — it isn't dissolved.
0 of 100 founding seats are gone. Yours takes one sitting to claim and five days to approve. Your move.
Start Your Chapter