For students in Tamil Nadu
AI opportunities for students in Tamil Nadu, city by city.
Hackathons, internships, events and free AI courses, each linked to the organiser's own page. Sign up for your student page and the Monday email, and collect a badge for each thing you do.
This week
27 Oct 2026 to 2 Nov 2026: what closes or starts.
- Tue 27 Oct Nothing listed
- Wed 28 Oct Nothing listed
- Thu 29 Oct Nothing listed
- Fri 30 Oct ClosesPinaka CTF 2026 (cybersecurity contest)
- Sat 31 Oct StartsDevFest Salem 2026StartsPinaka CTF 2026StartsProject Eclipse Hackathon (Grand Finale)
- Sun 1 Nov Nothing listed
- Mon 2 Nov Nothing listed
Open across Tamil Nadu
- Closes 30 Oct 2026 · 3 days Hackathon
Pinaka CTF 2026 (cybersecurity contest)
National Forensic Sciences University, Chennai Campus
Chennai
Chennai Hub badge - 31 Oct 2026 Event
DevFest Salem 2026
GDG Salem
Salem
Salem Hub badge - 31 Oct to 28 Nov 2026 Hackathon
Pinaka CTF 2026
National Forensic Sciences University, Chennai Campus
ChennaiChennai Hub badge - 31 Oct 2026 Hackathon
Project Eclipse Hackathon (Grand Finale)
Genie Hive Private Limited with Agni College of Technology
ChennaiChennai Hub badge - 14 Nov 2026 Event
Al Build Lab : Build Your First eCommerce Al Assistant
Klizer AI Club
ChennaiChennai Hub badge - 5 to 6 Dec 2026 Hackathon
TRIVORA 2026 Hackathon
HackHere
Coimbatore
Coimbatore Hub badge - 12 Dec 2026 Event
DevFest Coimbatore 2026
GDG Coimbatore
CoimbatoreCoimbatore Hub badge - 19 to 20 Dec 2026 Event
SciPy India 2026
SciPy India (supported by FOSS United Foundation)
ChennaiChennai Hub badge - 2 to 3 Jan 2027 Event
IRIS'27: Shaastra International Research Conference on Computer Vision
Shaastra, IIT Madras
ChennaiChennai Hub badge - 8 to 9 Mar 2027 Event
UmagineTN 2027
ELCOT
ChennaiChennai Hub badge - Dates on the organiser's page Hackathon
Innovibe project challenge (Sathyabama)
Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology
Online - Dates on the organiser's page Skills
iTNT Hub Pre-Incubation Program (Salem, Hosur and Tirunelveli regions)
iTNT Hub
SalemSalem Hub badge - Dates on the organiser's page Funding
Root to Shoot VentureFest 2026 (student startup pitch)
Entrepreneurship Development Cell, SRMIST Vadapalani
ChennaiChennai Hub badge - Dates on the organiser's page Funding
Tech and Innovation Fair 2027 (Shaastra, IIT Madras)
Shaastra, IIT Madras
ChennaiChennai Hub badge - Dates on the organiser's page Hackathon
TRIVORA 2026: Generative AI and Cloud hackathon
HackHere
CoimbatoreCoimbatore Hub badge - Dates on the organiser's page Skills
Volunteer at SciPy India 2026
SciPy India
ChennaiChennai Hub badge
Nothing listed in this city yet. Know an AI event here? Send it to us and earn the Event Spotter badge.
Collect badges, one by one
23 badges, each earned by something theTN.ai can check. See them all
Free AI courses to start with
- Free (certificate paid) · Tamil
Introduction to Machine Learning (Tamil)
NPTEL (IIT Madras) · Beginner
Finish it for the Course Finisher badge - Free · Tamil
YUVA AI for ALL
IndiaAI Mission (MeitY) · Beginner
Finish it for the Course Finisher badge - Free
AI Python for Beginners
DeepLearning.AI · Beginner
Finish it for the Course Finisher badge - Free
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Management
NPTEL (IIT Madras) · Intermediate
Finish it for the Course Finisher badge - Free (certificate paid)
AWS Artificial Intelligence Practitioner Learning Plan
AWS Skill Builder · Beginner
Finish it for the Course Finisher badge - Free (certificate paid)
Building AI
University of Helsinki and MinnaLearn · Intermediate
Finish it for the Course Finisher badge - Free
ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers
DeepLearning.AI · Beginner
Finish it for the Course Finisher badge - Free
Computational Thinking (BS foundation course videos)
IIT Madras · Beginner
Finish it for the Course Finisher badge
Student AI projects
The first projects go up once partner departments confirm them. Built something with AI? Send your project.
Built something with AI?
Send it. Once your faculty coordinator confirms it, it gets its own page, badges, and a certificate when featured.
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Report from your campus
Each partner department picks up to three Campus Correspondents. Your stories carry your name.
How it worksAt an AI event now?
Enter the code shown at a listed event to collect that city's Hub badge.
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Questions students ask
Where can students in Tamil Nadu find AI hackathons and internships?
On this page. theTN.ai lists 7 opportunities and 9 upcoming events open to students, from Chennai to Tirunelveli. Each one links to the organiser's own page, and a deadline appears only when the organiser prints one.
Is theTN.ai free for students?
Yes. Signing up, the Monday email, badges, certificates and the project showcase are all free. theTN.ai never charges students.
Who can sign up?
Any student in Tamil Nadu who is 18 or older. If your college is a Campus Partner and you sign up with your college email, your page shows you as verified.
What are theTN.ai badges?
23 badges you collect one by one: checking in at AI events in each of the seven hub cities, publishing a project or campus story, finishing a course, or being named in a hackathon's results. Each has a check link you can add to your CV.
How do I get my AI project featured?
Send it from your student page. Your department's faculty coordinator confirms it is real, theTN.ai checks the facts, and it goes up with its own page and a Featured Project certificate.
Does theTN.ai share my details with my college or with companies?
No. Your college sees only totals, such as how many students signed up, never names or emails. Companies can contact a project team only through theTN.ai, and only if the team said yes.
Is your college's AI and Data Science department a Campus Partner? See the partner departments, or ask your HoD to join, free.