As part of the 117th birth anniversary celebrations of P. N. Panicker, a workshop on Community Radio Stations (CRS) was organised on 7 March 2026 at Thiruvananthapuram. The event was hosted by the P. N. Panicker Foundation in collaboration with Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (COL-CEMCA) as part of the Social Activist Day observances

A two-day consultative workshop on Quality Assurance in Online Education commenced on 6 March at the Electronic Media Production Centre (EMPC), Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), organised by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), and the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), in collaboration with the Special Project Unit at IGNOU.

On 18 February 2026, during the Official Satellite Event of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, the Public Policy Panel brought governance leaders into direct dialogue with student-generated AI insights – testing what resonates, what’s realistic, and what can shape policy pathways within Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence.

The Fifth All India Public Open University Vice-Chancellors’ Round Table Conference was hosted by Sreenarayanaguru Open University (SGOU) in collaboration with Commonwealth of Learning and Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia from 23 to 25 February 2026. The Conference brought together institutional leaders to deliberate on strengthening inter-university cooperation and aligning ODL systems with the goals of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

On 18 February, 2026, during the Official Satellite Event, the Directors’ Panel marked a decisive shift in the GPAI-associated India Student Community initiative, from student innovation to governance architecture.