The first edition of the Winter School on AI-Infused Software Engineering - Research and Practice (AISE 2026) was held from 7-10 January 2026 at Dhirubhai Ambani University (formerly DAIICT), India. As a co-located event of AISE 2026, a collaborative Hackathon titled ''InnovAItion – Shaping Future Innovations''was held from 9th to 11th January 2026 at Dhirubhai Ambani University (formerly DA-IICT), India, specifically for undergraduate and graduate students. In this report, we present the details of the school program, outcomes, and learning. The school brought together graduate students, research scholars, faculty, and industry professionals to explore practical and research aspects of embedding AI into the Software Engineering (SE) life cycle. The school program combined lectures, tutorials, and hands-on sessions to promote skills, research collaborations, and tool-building relevant to the SE practice. Early outcomes include evidence of learning gains in participants' ability to apply the knowledge in their research, teaching, and the development of AI-aware software artifacts. The school also raised participants' awareness of how to use AI for various software tasks and strengthened AI-for-SE research and teaching across the region.
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