Free for Students in India: Offers That Actually Work

The biggest bundle of student freebies. It includes free GitHub Pro while you study, GitHub Copilot Student, a JetBrains licence, Azure credit, $50 of MongoDB Atlas credit, Heroku credit, a free .me domain from Namecheap, a year of a .TECH domain, and months of DataCamp, Educative and Frontend Masters.

Eligibility in India: You must be 13 or older and enrolled in a degree or diploma program. Indian colleges and universities qualify.

Verify with: A picture of your college ID showing a current date, a class schedule, a transcript, or an enrollment verification letter. An .ac.in or .edu.in email helps but is not required.

After you graduate: GitHub Pro and Copilot Student end. GitHub's docs say some partner offers cannot be renewed even while you are still a student.

Known issue: Indian students report more rejections here than anywhere else. See the verification tips below before you apply.

Comes with the Student Pack. Since March 2026, students get a separate Copilot Student plan with unlimited code completions and 200 AI credits a month (added June 1, 2026) for chat, the coding agent, code review and the CLI.

The catch: premium models like Claude Opus and Sonnet and the newest GPT models can no longer be chosen by hand. Copilot picks a model for you in Auto mode. GitHub announced the change on its community forum on March 11, 2026.

Verify with: Your approved GitHub Education account.

After you graduate: Access ends. You drop to Copilot Free (limited completions and chats).

Every JetBrains IDE and .NET tool, including IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLion and ReSharper. It includes a limited trial of JetBrains AI. The licence is for non-commercial, learning use only.

Eligibility in India: Full-time students at any accredited college or university.

Verify with: Your college email, an official enrollment document, or your verified GitHub Education account. If your college has no email system, the GitHub route is usually the easiest.

After you graduate: The licence lasts one year and renews while you study. After it expires, JetBrains offers a 40% graduation discount on a personal subscription for up to two years.

$100 of Azure credit to use within 12 months, free monthly amounts of 20+ popular services, and 65+ always-free services. No credit card is needed to sign up.

Eligibility in India: Full-time university students aged 18 or older.

Verify with: Your college email address. Also available through the GitHub Student Pack.

After you graduate: You can renew every year while you are a student. When the credit runs out, you can move to pay-as-you-go and keep the always-free services.

Free hands-on labs on storage, compute, networking and databases, self-paced training, and shareable digital badges. The labs run in a sandbox, so you cannot run up a bill by mistake. Users 18 and older also get a job board.

Eligibility in India: Anyone aged 13 or older. You do not need a college email or ID.

Verify with: Just an email address.

After you graduate: Nothing changes. It is open to everyone.

The Figma Professional plan, free, for Figma and FigJam.

Eligibility in India: Higher education students. Figma says the program is "only available in select regions", but Indian college emails routinely verify through it.

Verify with: Sign up with your college email, apply at figma.com/education/apply, and complete the SheerID form. An .ac.in or .edu.in address that matches your college usually verifies fast. Students without a college email report trouble on Figma's forum.

After you graduate: Status lasts one year and you reapply while enrolled. When it lapses, education teams become view-only. You can move files to a free Starter team.

Not free, but the cheapest legal way to get Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Acrobat Pro, InDesign and Lightroom. It includes 1,000 generative AI credits a month, 100GB of cloud storage, Adobe Fonts and Adobe Express Premium.

Price in India: Rs 398.99 a month (incl. GST) for the first year on an annual plan billed monthly, then Rs 699.01 a month. There is a 7-day free trial.

Verify with: A college email, or upload a student ID, report card, transcript or fee receipt. The fee receipt option is useful for Indian colleges without email.

After you graduate: The student price ends and you move to regular pricing.

Not a student offer, but it needs no student proof at all. Every active Airtel customer (prepaid, postpaid, Wi-Fi and DTH) can claim 12 months of Adobe Express Premium. Good for posters, presentations and social posts.

Eligibility in India: Any active Airtel user. Redeem between January 29, 2026 and January 28, 2027.

Verify with: Your Airtel number. Claim it in the Airtel Thanks app under benefits, then sign in to Adobe.

After 12 months: The free period ends. You must stay an active Airtel customer for the full 12 months to keep it.

Free single-user access to Autodesk software for learning, including AutoCAD, Fusion, Revit, Inventor and Maya. Very useful for engineering and architecture students.

Eligibility in India: Students aged 13 or older at a qualified educational institution.

Verify with: Sign up with your college email. Autodesk uses SheerID and may ask for proof of enrollment, such as your college ID or a fee receipt.

After you graduate: Access lasts one year and must be renewed yearly (from 30 days before expiry). It ends when you are no longer eligible. The licence is for education only, not commercial work.

The Notion Plus plan for free: unlimited pages and blocks, file uploads, 30-day version history, and site publishing. Notion AI is not included.

Eligibility in India: Students at an accredited college or university listed in the World Higher Education Database. School (K-12) students are not eligible.

Verify with: Your college email must be the main email on your Notion account. Then go to Settings, Upgrade plan, and choose "Get free education plan". If your college is not recognised, email [email protected] to ask for it to be added.

After you graduate: You verify once a year. When your college email stops working, the workspace moves to the Free plan.

Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote, plus Teams, through your college.

Eligibility in India: Only if your college is enrolled with Microsoft and gives you an eligible education email. Many Indian universities already give students Microsoft accounts, so check your college portal first.

Verify with: Your college email.

After you graduate: Apps become read-only and your college email stops working. Move your files out before you leave. Anyone can still use the free web versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint with a personal Microsoft account.

Google announced on August 20, 2026 that college students outside the US get Google AI Plus free for a year. It includes Gemini Omni, twice the normal usage limits in Gemini, and 400GB of storage across Photos, Drive and Gmail. US students get the higher AI Pro plan instead. Indian students can also get Google AI Pro at up to 74% off for four years.

Eligibility in India: Aged 18 or older and enrolled at an eligible higher education institution. Redeem by December 31, 2026.

Verify with: SheerID verification, a personal Google account, and a valid payment method (card or UPI).

After 12 months: It renews automatically at the normal price unless you cancel. Set a reminder.

Not a student offer, but worth more than the student one if you already use Jio. Jio users get 18 months of Google AI Pro, which includes Gemini with higher limits, 5TB of storage, Veo video generation and NotebookLM with higher limits.

Eligibility in India: Jio users aged 18 or older on an unlimited 5G plan of Rs 349 or more. One claim per number. Jio calls it a limited-time offer but gives no end date.

Verify with: Your Jio number. Open the MyJio app, tap the Google Gemini banner, and register with your Gmail ID.

After 18 months: You pay for Google AI Pro or drop back to the free Gemini tier. You must keep an eligible plan active the whole time.

Thousands of courses from IITs and IISc on engineering, science, management and humanities. Many colleges accept NPTEL certificates for credit, so check your college rules.

Eligibility in India: Anyone. You do not need to be a student.

Verify with: Nothing to learn. You only register and pay for the proctored exam if you want a certificate.

Cost: Enrolment and learning are free. The optional in-person proctored exam is Rs 1,000 per course.

Many Coursera courses can be audited for free: you get the videos and readings, but no graded work or certificate. For a certificate, you can apply for financial aid on eligible courses. Some Indian universities also give students free access through Coursera for Campus.

Eligibility in India: Anyone.

Verify with: Nothing to audit. The financial aid form asks about your situation and goals.

After you graduate: Nothing changes for audit mode. Campus access ends when you leave.

One Premium account with ad-free listening, offline downloads and high quality audio. New subscribers pay Rs 69 for the first two months, then Rs 69 a month. That is about half the Standard price.

Eligibility in India: Students at an eligible accredited higher education institution.

Verify with: Spotify's student verification during sign-up. A college email is the fastest route.

After you graduate: You move to the Standard plan at Rs 139 a month.

Ad-free YouTube, background play, downloads and YouTube Music Premium. The student plan went from Rs 79 to Rs 89 a month in the 2024 price increase and has stayed there.

Eligibility in India: Students at an accredited higher education institution.

Verify with: SheerID. Use your college email or upload your college ID when asked.

After you graduate: You move to the Individual plan at Rs 149 a month.

Full Apple Music at Rs 69 a month, with Apple TV included at no extra cost while you subscribe. New subscribers get the first month free. You can pay by card or UPI.

Eligibility in India: College and university students. Apple verifies your status with your college.

Verify with: Apple's student verification when you pick the Student plan (often through UNiDAYS).

After you graduate: The student price lasts up to four years while you remain a student, then you move to Individual at Rs 139 a month.

Lower prices on Mac and iPad through the Apple Education Store. At the start of Back to School 2026, the MacBook Neo was listed at Rs 69,900 (256GB) with education pricing. New Macs also come with three free months of Apple Creator Studio.

Eligibility in India: Current and newly accepted college students, parents buying for college students, and teachers and staff.

Verify with: Apple verifies eligibility before checkout, using an active university email or documents.

Back to School: The India Back to School offer (free AirPods or AirTags with a Mac, free Apple Pencil Pro with an iPad) ran from July 16 to August 27, 2026, and has ended. Education pricing continues year-round.