Studying is not what it used to be, till about half a decade back. A game changer, like in any other industry, has been the advent of artificial intelligence. With Google at the helm of this transformation, the tech major is now enabling students in India with a massive AI boost. It has slashed down the price for its Google AI Pro Plan for students to – (drumroll please) – Zero!
You read that right. Any student in India, above the age of 18, can now avail the Gemini AI Pro annual plan for completely free. So what does that mean? What does this offer actually bring to the table? And most importantly, how can students in India benefit from it?
Here, we will explore all this and more in detail, one by one. So if you are a student, make sure not to miss out on this deal of a lifetime.
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Google’s offer: Get Google AI Pro Yearly Plan for Free
In a nutshell, Google’s new plan is meant for college students and offers free access to its most advanced AI models. These include its latest AI assistant – Gemini 2.5 Pro, its video generation model – Veo 3 Fast, its AI research assistant – Deep Research, and its research and writing AI tool – NotebookLM. Alongside, 2 TB of free storage is also a part of the package.
The offer is only meant for students in India over the age of 18 years, and is valid till September 15, 2025. Any sign-ups till then will get access to the above-mentioned Google features and more, completely free of charge, for the next 12 months.
Google says that the offer will also be extended to students in other countries soon.
How to Sign up for Free Google AI Pro Plan?
Google has made it super easy for students to sign up for the free plan. For this, you don’t even need a university/ college email address. Students can simply use their personal Gmail account and access the plan. Here is how:
Verify your Student status
To successfully avail the offer, you first need to verify your student status.
- On your device, open your browser
- Go to Google One
- Tap Verify student status
- To verify with SheerID, follow the on-screen instructions
- Review your details
- Tap Verify student status
- The next screen will either say “You’ve been verified,” or “Upload proof of enrollment.” Follow the instructions to either add the required documents or simply proceed
- Tap Get Google AI Pro and then Get student offer
Note: In case you upload your documents for verification, know that Google can take up to 48 hours to verify through a manual verification process. Upon successful verification, you will be notified through email. Make sure to check your spam folder for the same.
Redeem Google One student membership
After a successful verification by SheerID, you’re redirected to Google One.
- Tap Get student offer.
- To confirm your Google AI Pro membership, select or add a new payment method
- Click Subscribe.
How do Students Benefit from Free Google AI Pro Plan?
Let’s take a step away from Google’s offer and have a broader look at how students learn today. Gone are the days of manual and tedious assignments, where you had to sift through book after book for research, or type/ write numerous paragraphs just for that one explanation required in an assignment. Even studying a simple topic has long had YouTube as a viable substitute for in-class learning.
In the age of AI, knowledge is at your fingertips. AI tools today help students summarise massive data sources into a single-page learning, act on those findings in an automated format, and even create visualizations for their projects or assignments. Google’s new offer is a one-stop solution for all these needs. How? Let me explain, beginning with the most obvious one:
LEARN with AI
The ultimate goal for any student, “learning” is now enhanced with AI to unprecedented levels. Stuck on a topic like hydrocarbons? Simply ask Gemini to explain it to you step-by-step, and it will help you learn the process in the utmost understandable manner. Just ask it to, and it will even generate images for each step for a crystal-clear understanding.
Students can find similar applications for Gemini 2.5 Pro across subjects. Maths, Science, History, Commerce, Geography, and even Coding. You just ask, and the AI will be your permanent, all-knowing teacher for all sorts of concepts.
In addition to explaining things like a teacher, AI will also act like your assistant, helping you prep for exams or write lengthy write-ups, all without an ounce of error. All this means you only focus on one thing – learning, and Google’s AI will take care of all the manual work.
Dive Deep with Research
Learning the basics is one thing, diving deep into the topic for a thorough knowledge is a different act altogether. Say you wish to research the impact of remote work on urban settings. Try the Deep Research mode on Gemini or Notebook LM, and it will present you with rock-solid insights on the topic based on hundreds of research papers and published materials, all in a matter of minutes.
You will have all the citations next to it, so you can dive deeper into any of them with one click.
What’s more, you can convert these insights into the format of your choice – podcast, graphics, and whatnot. So simply listen to them on the go, or present them in your class, without breaking a sweat on PowerPoint.
Present like a Pro
As mentioned, AI tools by Google will help you present your write-ups, projects, and assignments in an amazingly aesthetic manner. This means that for any presentations you have next, you can rely completely on Google’s AI suite to come up with stunning material.
This means, no more wasting your time on graphic designing and PowerPoint docs, when your core subject is Chemistry.
Not just that, AI can even help you practice your presentation skills. You can use Gemini Live to get real-time feedback on your presentation, helping you evolve right when you want to.
Data Handling made Easy
I remember facing this challenge in my college days. The tons of assignments tend to get lost in the sea of documents on the cloud and on devices. Over time, they even move beyond the capacity, pushing students to buy a storage plan or get a hard drive for data storage. Google’s new free plan has now come to the rescue.
With 2TB of free data storage, the free Google One annual plan will help students consolidate all their assignments, documents, and whatnot, easily on Google servers. With no more clutter, the cloud storage will even provide access to the work from anywhere, anytime. Which even means no more lost/ damaged assignments, but also, no more excuses for incomplete work.
Conclusion
A personal advice to all the students reading this – the professional space, be it in any industry, is bombarded with AI implementations today. Inculcating the habit of using AI to achieve unparalleled efficiency is what will set you apart from the rest. The sooner you develop this habit, the better.
Regardless, it is super-easy to see how Google’s new AI Pro free plan can have a serious impact on your productivity. From taking notes to discussing topics to making presentations, the whole bundle of Google’s AI tools can supercharge your learning process. Now that you know of this brilliant opportunity, make sure you don’t let it escape.
