CSpathshala (https://cspathshala.org) proudly announces the Seventh conference on Computational Thinking in Schools (CTiS2026) in July, 2026 at IISER, Pune and hosted by   SCTR’s PICT ACM Student Chapter (PASC) and PICT Model School.

The CTiS (Computational Thinking in Schools) conference is an annual event organised by the ACM India (Association for Computing Machinery, India) and the CSpathshala community. It aims to bring together teachers, educators and researchers to discuss innovations, best practices and issues pertaining to curriculum, pedagogy, policy and implementation, related to bringing computational thinking to schools. 

CSpathshala is an ACM India initiative to bring a modern computing curriculum to Indian schools. In our National Education Policy 2020 and in many countries across the world, Computational Thinking (CT) has been identified as one of the essential subjects to be taught and a critical skill to be developed in children during the school years. It advances the notion that the Mathematics and Science behind Computer Science go far beyond the simple ability to use computers, and can be taught and discussed in schools even without the use of computers. The first CTiS conference was held in Pune in April 2019 and the current  CTiS2026 is the eighth edition. All seven editions were highly successful and were well received by teachers and educators. The Seventh Annual Conference on Computational Thinking in Schools (CTiS 2025) was organised by CSpathshala, an ACM India education initiative from 24th to 26th July, 2025 at IISER, Pune and hosted by GK Gurukul School, Pune and SCTR’s PICT ACM Student Chapter (PASC). The three-day national-level conference brought together more than 350 educators, researchers, and school teachers and an online participation of 1500+ across 18 Indian states .

CTiS2026 aims to provide a platform for teachers, educators and experts to share their best practices as well as challenges faced in implementing computational thinking in education. 

We are writing to you to request you to become a sponsor for the CTiS2026 edition of the conference. As a sponsor you will get several benefits (as listed below) – additional details such as past sponsors etc. can be found on the website (https://event.india.acm.org/ctis/). Your sponsorship would continue to help us support a larger community of deserving teachers and give them an opportunity to participate at CTiS.