PARENT BROCHURE
A residential summer at MAHE Bengaluru for curious, gifted children in Grades 6 to 11.
GenWise runs residential summer programs for gifted children. In June, children from across India live on the MAHE campus in Bengaluru, study one subject in depth with a mentor who works in that field, and spend their evenings together.
Every course ends with something the child has made and can explain. A Residential Coach or Teaching Assistant looks after every five children, day and night, and parents receive an update every day.
Most children arrive knowing no one. By the closing showcase, they have a group of friends who share their interests, and many stay in touch for years.
June is the smaller of our two editions, so classes are small and each mentor knows every child's work.
The June program is held at the Bengaluru campus of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), at Govindapura in Yelahanka, in north Bengaluru.
A green, 80-acre campus with its own academic and residential blocks, away from the city centre's traffic. MAHE is NAAC A++ accredited. Children learn in air-conditioned rooms in the academic block and live on hostel floors reserved for GenWise.
Evening games and sport hours use the campus football ground and basketball courts, and the auditorium hosts the larger gatherings.
Breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner, with vegetarian and non-vegetarian options at every meal and spice kept low. Jain and Halal food are available on request.
Hospitals in the city are close by, and a doctor is on call for the program. If your child needs one, a staff member goes with them and we call you.
One Residential Coach or Teaching Assistant for every five children, at all times of day and night.
Children across both GSP'26 editions, May and June.
The largest number of children in any Wizards course, so that each mentor knows every child's work.
Courses are pitched about two to three grades above the child's school grade.
Roughly the split of boys and girls over the last two years, among both children and staff.
Exams or grades. Each child receives a written note from the instructor and a growth report.
Each dot marks a city that GenWise children have come from since 2016, and larger dots mean more children.
cities and towns, and hundreds of schools, since 2016.
countries abroad: the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah) and Latvia.
Courses are built around experiments, real cases, debates and projects, and are pitched about two to three grades above school.
Researchers, professors, architects and engineers teach their own subjects, and children are encouraged to question them.
Many children meet others who share their interests for the first time, and make friendships that last well beyond the summer.
MAHE Bengaluru is an 80-acre campus in Yelahanka with its own academic and residential blocks, away from the city centre's traffic.
With support around them, children return more independent and more confident.
There are no exams or grades. Each child receives a written note from the instructor, a growth report and a course certificate.
Evenings include sport, quizzes, karaoke, talent night and DJ night, and the program ends with a showcase of the children's work.
Explorers take their courses as one batch. Both groups share meals and evenings and receive the same care. Grades refer to the 2027-28 school year.
Often a child's first summer away from home.
| Dates | Sunday 20 June to Saturday 3 July 2027 |
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| Length | 2 weeks, the last two of the edition |
| Courses | Both courses, one each week, with the whole batch: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out and Squishy Circuits. |
| Fee | ₹1,20,000, GST included |
For children ready to spend three weeks on one subject.
| Dates | Sunday 13 June to Saturday 3 July 2027 |
|---|---|
| Length | 3 weeks |
| Courses | One course from a list of three, studied for all three weeks and presented at the end. Every Wizards course is open to Grades 8 to 11. |
| Fee | ₹1,70,000, GST included |
The June Explorers batch attends the last two weeks, Sunday 20 June to Saturday 3 July 2027. Every Explorer takes both courses with the whole batch. At this age, a shared course brings the batch closer.
Children explore mathematics through puzzles, patterns and games. They hunt the campus for patterns, from the spirals in a flower head to the symmetry of a leaf, solve number and logic puzzles in teams, and take a first step towards proof. Every game rewards a bold attempt over a safe answer.
A QUESTION FROM THE COURSE
Add any two odd numbers. What do you notice, and can you show that it always happens?
Children build real circuits from conductive play dough, lighting LEDs and running buzzers and motors, then dim a light with a potentiometer and make an RGB light blink. They finish with paper circuits: light-up cards, sculptures and origami animals of their own design.
A QUESTION FROM THE COURSE
Why does the bulb light here, but not two centimetres to the left?
Muralidhar K, an IIT Madras engineer who has designed and taught GenWise making courses for over five years
More on the siteEach Wizard chooses one course and stays with it for the whole program, with over 90 hours of teaching. Mornings are three hours with the mentor, and afternoons are hands-on work until 4 pm. Every course ends with a presentation of the children's work.
Each course takes at most 20 children, so popular courses can fill early. June has three Wizards courses, and new ones appear at summer.genwise.in/summer-program/courses as they are confirmed.
Children design, build and fire their own catapult, trebuchet or spring launcher, moving from cardboard to wood and 3D-printed parts. Every shot is timed, and the data decides the next design. By the end, they can predict where each shot will land.
A QUESTION FROM THE COURSE
Is the launcher that goes furthest really the best one?
More on the site
Each morning begins with a real case, and each afternoon children test the method themselves: fingerprints, ink, pollen, blood groups and DNA that they extract. For each method, they ask how often it gets things wrong. Nothing is gory: the stains are ink and stage blood.
A QUESTION FROM THE COURSE
When a scientist says “it's a match”, how sure should a jury be?
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On the first day, children measure the size of a molecule. They then derive the pendulum formula and move on to forces, fields, electricity and light, handling the apparatus themselves.
A QUESTION FROM THE COURSE
How can a single drop of oil on water tell you the size of a molecule?
R.D. Prabhu, PhD in Astrophysics from IISc
More on the siteThe June list has three courses and is still growing. New courses appear at summer.genwise.in/summer-program/courses as they are confirmed. If no June course suits your child, the deposit is fully refundable until 28 February 2027. Book by 31 December for the early-bird price.
If your child usually sleeps early, tell us on the pre-arrival form and their coach will help them settle in.
Evenings are planned as carefully as the courses, and outings have the same supervision as the classroom.
Activities include sport, quizzes, drawing, karaoke, scavenger hunts, tournaments, talent night, DJ night, course field trips, a baking day and the closing showcase.
At weekends there are short extra courses and evening adda sessions, in which mentors talk about their own work and interests. More than one child has chosen a school subject after one of these sessions.
Boys and girls stay in separate hostels, on floors reserved for GenWise. Coaches and residential heads of both genders stay on the floors with the children. Two children share an air-conditioned room with an attached bathroom and hot water.
Each child shares a room with someone they have not met before, always close in age. Explorers usually share with another Explorer, and roommates are usually one year apart, and never more than two. We do not take roommate requests unless there is a health need.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus two snack breaks. Every meal includes vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, low on spice. Jain and Halal food are available on request. Allergies noted on the pre-arrival form go to the kitchen and to your child's coach.
We provide bedding, housekeeping cleans the rooms, and a laundry service runs throughout the program.
No one without permission is allowed on the GenWise floors, and the buses and vans that carry the children are used by GenWise alone.
You are welcome to ask us about any of this on the call.
Our basic rule is that an adult is always within sight or earshot of every child. Each Residential Coach is responsible for a group of 8 to 10 children and sleeps close to their rooms. There are lights-out checks, morning headcounts and a night-duty rota every day.
There is a nurse on the team and a doctor on call, and hospitals in the city are close to the campus. If your child needs a doctor or the hospital, a staff member goes with them and we call you.
Every coach and teaching assistant is reference-checked, background-checked and interviewed, then trained by our core team for a week before they meet a child.
The parents' WhatsApp group receives photos and notes every day, and you have a direct line to the program team.
Children never leave campus on their own. Our buses carry only students and GenWise staff, with headcounts on boarding and getting off.
Coaches check in with children through the day and record how each one is doing. Last summer's 1,057 recorded check-ins averaged 4.34 out of 5.
No. The first two days are hard for many children, and a visit can undo the settling in. Parents are welcome at the two-hour open house on the last day. We are happy to discuss special circumstances one to one.
These three weeks have arguably been some of the best weeks of my life. It's just the people I met, the friendships I have created and the bonds I have with them now are something truly special which can't really be replicated anywhere else.
A Grade 10 participant, GenWise Summer Program
The learning which they brought back along with them is fabulous. I mean, out of the world, there is nothing beyond words which I can express. We consciously took those courses which we thought were interesting and which our children could pursue in future.
Kinjal Dharod, parent, May 2022 and May 2023
I'm currently getting my bachelors in Neuroscience, and my first ever exposure to the field was through the Summer Program. My experience at this Program was an incredible learning and growth opportunity for me, both personally and academically. It inspired my interest in neuroscience and medicine, and I am so thankful for the opportunity it gave me!
Rupasri Chalavadi, BS in Computer Science and Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University
Coaches keep phones during the day. Children get them back each evening from 9:00 to 9:30 pm to call home.
The first two days are often the hardest. Our coaches are trained for this, older children help the younger ones, and most children settle in within a few days. If your child is struggling, we call you and discuss the next steps together.
No. Each course ends with something made and shown at the closing showcase. Your child takes home a written note from the instructor, a growth report and a certificate.
The program is not coaching, and a certificate on its own carries little weight with colleges. A real project that your child can explain counts for far more.
We ask you not to. Children who share with someone new make friends faster, and alumni still talk about it years later.
We would rather not. Wizards courses are pitched well above Grade 8, which is a big stretch for a younger child who is also away from home for the first time.
Yes. The deposit is fully refundable until 28 February 2027, so if no June course suits your child by then, it comes back in full. New courses appear on our website as they are added.
Alumni stay in touch through Club GW, our alumni community. Gifted Lab runs online classes during the school year.
Every price includes 18% GST. Booking by 31 December saves ₹40,000 on either program.
The deposit is fully refundable until 28 February 2027, for either group. You can pay the rest in parts, in full by 25 March 2027.
| Notice before the start | Refund |
|---|---|
| 30 days or more | 90% |
| 15 to 29 days | 70% |
| Less than 15 days | 50% |
We handle health and family emergencies, and children who go home early, case by case. If you need to move to next year's program instead, the fee carries forward at the same value.
Let the team know when you apply.
Each Wizards course takes at most 20 children, and June is the smaller edition, so classes stay small.
Kempegowda International Airport is about 20 km from the campus, and Bengaluru is a direct flight or train from most Indian cities. Families can drop their child off on arrival day.
GenWise staff collect children from the airport or station. If your child is flying alone, check the airline's rules for young flyers when you book. We send full travel details nearer the time.
Every family receives a Parent Portal login for the medical form, dietary needs and travel plans, and the Parent Handbook with the full packing list.
The GenWise Quest, online at summer.genwise.in/quest. An Ei ATS medal is the fast lane in.
We share your child's result and call you to talk it through. Ask us anything: safety, food, phones, homesickness.
Wizards pick one of three June courses. Explorers take both of theirs, one each week.
Pay the ₹40,000 deposit to hold the seat, fully refundable until 28 February 2027. Book by 31 December for the early-bird price.
See you in June.
