List of selected teachers for Physics Exposure camp 2022

Sr. No NAME STATE
1 ABHISHEK DEWANGAN CHHATTISGARH
2 AESHA PANDYA GUJARAT
3 AHEIBAM KESHWARJIT SINGH MANIPUR
4 ARCHANA P TAMIL NADU
5 ASHUTOSH VISHWA BANDHU DELHI
6 AVASARALA SAI PRASAD ANDHRA PRADESH
7 AVINASH GANESH KHANDERAO MAHARASHTRA
8 BASUDEB KAMILYA WEST BENGAL
9 BILAL AHMAD DAR JAMMU & KASHMIR
10 DIKSHA SONI MADHYA PRADESH
11 EESHANKUR SAIKIA ASSAM
12 FAROOQ HUSSAIN BHAT JAMMU & KASHMIR
13 GHAZALA ANJUM JAMMU & KASHMIR
14 HRISHIKESH DIXIT KARNATAKA
15 IROM ABLU MEITEI MANIPUR
16 JANARTHANAN M TAMIL NADU
17 JEETENDRA SUNIL JOSHI MAHARASHTRA
18 JIWAN KUMAR PANDEY JHARKHAND
19 JYOTI GHUSHE MAHARASHTRA
20 KAMLESH V. DABRE MAHARASHTRA
21 KANIKA BAHRANI RAJASTHAN
22 KANTHIMATHI G MAHARASHTRA
23 KARTHI B TAMIL NADU
24 KAUSHIK YEOLA KARNATAKA
25 KHUSHBU SHARMA MAHARASHTRA
26 KUMAR DIUCK DEV ASSAM
27 LIJO T. GEORGE KERALA
28 LONGJAM RAJEN SINGH MANIPUR
29 MANEESH BHAURAO MATTE MAHARASHTRA
30 MOHD TOWSEEF HASSAN JAMMU & KASHMIR
31 NARENDER KUMAR RAJASTHAN
32 NEHA ARORA PRIYADARSHI DELHI
33 NITIN BHAISARE MAHARASHTRA
34 PADARAJ UMAKANTA NAYAK ODISHA
35 PANKAJ NARANG DELHI
36 PARUL HARYANA
37 PAYASWINEE DHOKE MAHARASHTRA
38 PINTU KANTHAL WEST BENGAL
39 PRANOTI RAVINDRA KHAWANE MAHARASHTRA
40 PRASHANT AMBEKAR MAHARASHTRA
41 PRASHANT RAMDASJI CHAUDHARI MAHARASHTRA
42 PRAVIN PAWAR MAHARASHTRA
43 PRINCY TAMIL NADU
44 RAJESH KUMAR HIMACHAL PRADESH
45 RAJESH KUMAR GUPTA JAMMU & KASHMIR
46 RAJINDER PARSHAD VERMA PUNJAB
47 RAKESH MALIK DELHI
48 RAMESHWAR PRASAD SHARMA HARYANA
49 RASMITA TIMALSINA NEPAL
50 RAVI KUMAR BOMMALI JHARKHAND
51 RAYEES YOUSUF JAMMU & KASHMIR
52 RITA JASROTIA JAMMU & KASHMIR
53 ROUSHAN RAOOF SHEIKH MAHARASHTRA
54 RUPESH ROSHAN BIHAR
55 SACHIN VERMA JAMMU & KASHMIR
56 SAGAR SEN MADHYA PRADESH
57 SAJAD MOHD KHANDAY JAMMU & KASHMIR
58 SESHAGIRI RAO KARNATAKA
59 SHABEER HUSSAIN JAMMU & KASHMIR
60 SHAHZAD ABULLAS MUJAHID JAMMU & KASHMIR
61 SHANTANU KADAM MAHARASHTRA
62 SHINDE PRADIP DNYANOBA MAHARASHTRA
63 SHOWKAT AHMAD JAMMU & KASHMIR
64 SONALI MIHANI MAHARASHTRA
65 SRINIVASA R KARNATAKA
66 SUBBUKUTTI VEERABAHU TAMIL NADU
67 SUBHASH CHANDRA ODISHA
68 SUHAS UTTAMRAO JOHARKAR MAHARASHTRA
69 SUJIT KUMAR SAHU ODISHA
70 SURESHKUMAR RAMKRIPAL CHOUBEY MAHARASHTRA
71 SUSHANT PANGAM MAHARASHTRA
72 T SRINATH TELANGANA
73 TARIQ AHMAD SHAH JAMMU & KASHMIR
74 VANDANA RAPARTHY TELANGANA
75 VENU MALLARAPU TELANGANA
76 YAGYA HARYANA
77 YAGYA DEV BHARDWAJ HARYANA
78 YOGESH MAHADEV JADHAV MAHARASHTRA
79 YUGAL KISHOR TIWARI MADHYA PRADESH

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List of Selected Candidates Astronomy Olympiad Exposure Camp Nov 2022

21 – 24 November 2022

Sr. No. Name Gender Name of Institution State
1 Mukunda Dewri Male Bodoland University Assam
2 Ashwani Kumar Male The New Public School Chandigarh
3 Kripa Ram Sahu Male Sant Guru Gashi Das Govt Pg College Kurud, Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh
4 Sheetal Kumar Sahu Male Vivekananda Vidyapeeth Model Residential Higher Secondary School Chhattisgarh
5 Ashish Tyagi Male Swami Shraddhanand College Delhi
6 Bhavna Vidhani Female Hansraj College Delhi
7 Lipika Acharya Female Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Jaffarpur Kalan, Delhi Ii Delhi
8 Naorem Santakrus Singh Male Hindu College, University Of Delhi Delhi
9 Atul Atchut Naik Male Harmal Panchakroshi Higher Secondary School Goa
10 Deepa .U Female Our Lady Of The Rosary Higher Secondary School Goa
11 Roger C. A. Ferrao Male St. Xavier’s Higher Secondary School Goa
12 Abhishek Jha Male Shree Swaminarayan Secondary And Higher Secondary School Salvav Vapi Gujarat
13 Asheesh Mishra Male Atomic Energy Central School Kakrapar Gujarat
14 Ashish K Mehta Male Shree Adarsh Vidhyalaya Manvad Gujarat
15 Aesha Pandya Female Shri Sarvjanik Science College Gujarat
16 Parvezmahedi A Ansar Male Model School Manvad Gujarat
17 Jaswant Kumar Male Central University Of Haryana Haryana
18 Mamta Rani Female Sugni Devi Arya Girls Sen Sec School Haryana
19 Rajeev Kumar Male Govt Girls Senior Secondary School, Jagadhri Haryana
20 Vishal Singhal Male District Education Office Haryana
21 Yagya Female Government Senior Secondary School Ardana, Karnal Haryana
22 Gulshan Mahajan Male Government College Karsog Himachal Pradesh
23 Ajay Kumar Male Kendriya Vidyalaya Sunjuwan J & K
24 Danish Rasool Female Risot J & K
25 Herjinder Singh Male Govt Higher Secondary School Sewna J & K
26 Showkat Hussain Male Govt Bhss Baramulla J & K
27 Sunil Sharma Male Govt Hr. Sec School Topneel Doda J & K
28 Amit Modak Male Esteem Public School Jharkhand
29 Kritika Joshi Female Iit Ism Dhanbad Jharkhand
30 Jayakumar D Male Atomic Energy Central School, Kaiga Karnataka
31 Manjunatha M Male Shri Gavisiddeshwara Arts Science And Commerce College Koppal Karnataka
32 Puja Kumari Female Greenwood High International School Karnataka
33 Sinchana M S Female Rns Pre University College, Bangalore Karnataka
34 Vijay Kumar S Male Government Pri- University College. Karnataka
35 Ajesh A Male Department Of Physics, University Of Kerala Kerala
36 Sarath Prabhavu J Male Amateur Astronomers Organisation, Kerala. Kerala
37 Sreeraj E Male Sndp Yss College, Perinthalmanna Kerala
38 Mohd Sadiq Male Government Higher Secondary School Akchamal Ladakh
39 Aniruddha Singh Male School Of Studies In Physics, Jiwaji University Madhya Pradesh
40 Deepak Soni Male Govt Girl Higher Secondary School Madhya Pradesh
41 Pankaj Nagar Male Atomic Energy Central School, Indore Madhya Pradesh
42 Satish Kumar Kasde Male Government College, Bhainsdehi Dist., Betul Madhya Pradesh
43 Subhash Chandra Kaushik Male Government Pg College, Datia, Mp Madhya Pradesh
44 Anindita Mondal Female Nehru Science Centre Maharashtra
45 Manisha Salunkhe Female G S Moze Sec. And Higher Sec. Prashala Maharashtra
46 Mukund Deodhar Male Atomic Energy Central School -1 /Junior College Maharashtra
47 Prabodhan Ajit Mohite Male D.G.Ruparel College Maharashtra
48 Sheeja Aji Female Lokmanya Tilak International School Maharashtra
49 Syed Mahammad Salman Male Sahyadri School ( Krisnamurti Foundation India ) Maharashtra
50 Usha Damodar Thorat Female Ramkrishnai Multipurpose Society Akot District Akola Maharashtra Maharashtra
51 Abhaya Limbu Male Shree Kaseni Secondary School Nepal
52 Asim Male Shree Kopila Secondary School Nepal
53 Hemanta Dhungana Male Saraswati Vidyagriha Secondary School. Nepal
54 Khem Bahadur Thapa Male Everest English Boarding Secondary School Nepal
55 Mukti Nath Paudel Male New Horizon English Boarding School Nepal
56 Debendra Kumar Mishra Male Patitapabana Mahavidyalaya Odisha
57 Maitreyee Padhi Female Delhi Public Senior Secondary School,Berhampur Odisha
58 Anila Singal Female Bcm Arya Model Senior Secondary School Punjab
59 Arun Gupta Male Gmss Kaurian Wali Punjab
60 Jasleen Kaur Female Bcm Arya International School Punjab
61 Rajdeep Singh Male Ss Bajwa Memorial Public School Punjab
62 Sushil Kumar Male Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya Punjab
63 Chandra Shekhar Sharma Male Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Rajsamand Rajasthan
64 Debendra Meher Male Atomic Energy Central School No.4, Rawatbhata Rajasthan
65 Govind Sharma Male Atomic Energy Central School No 4 Rawatbhata Rajasthan
66 Khushwant Gour Male Madhav Mahavidhyalya Rajasthan
67 Parvati Kumari Female Govt.Pg College Rajasthan
68 Bivek Pradhan Male Sikkim Government Science College Chakung Sikkim
69 Homnath Luitel Male Nar Bahadur Bhandari Government College, Tadong Sikkim
70 Lakpa Diki Tamang Female Tashi Namgyal Academy Sikkim
71 Duduzile Kubheka Female Nrf – South African Astronomical Observatory South Africa
72 Logesh Aravindan R Male Kakm (Mpl) Higher Secondary School Saidapet Vellore Tamil Nadu
73 Manoharan Male Ghss Thirumanur Tamil Nadu
74 Nalini Swaminathan Female Vels Vidyashram Tamil Nadu
75 Rajeev Gl Male Atomic Energy Central School, Kudankulam Tamil Nadu
76 Suganya A Female Erode Arts And Science College (Autonomous) Tamil Nadu
77 Chaman Kumar Male Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,Khowai Tripura
78 Ajait Pal Singh Male Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Barabanki Uttar Pradesh
79 Akanksha Shrivastava Female St. Mary’s Senior Secondary School Uttar Pradesh
80 Jairaj Singh Male Dayawati Modi Academy Uttar Pradesh
81 Mayank Kishor Sharma Male Saraswati Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School Uttar Pradesh
82 Mohit Sharma Male Army Public School Bareilly Up Uttar Pradesh
83 Namrata Pradhan Female Meerut Public Girls School Uttar Pradesh
84 Nidhi Vashishta Female Sarla Chopra Dav Public School Uttar Pradesh
85 Varun Kumar Male Gd Goenka Public School Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh
86 Rakesh Pandey Male Azim Premji Foundation Uttarakhand
87 Shubham Kala Male B. D. Govt. P. G. College Jaiharikhal Uttarakhand
88 Abdulla Al Mamon Male Vivekananda Satavarshiki Mahavidyalaya (Affiliated To Vidyasagar University) West Bengal
89 Paulomi Paul Female National Gems Higher Secondary School West Bengal
90 Sanjoy Kumar Pal Female Anandapur H.S. School West Bengal
91 Roma Roy Female Kalyani Public School West Bengal
92 Shahin Nasrin Female Shri Shikshayatan College West Bengal
93 Sujay Kr. Biswas Male University Of North Bengal West Bengal
94 Rinku Das Female Baruipur Girls’ High School (HS) West Bengal

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List of Teachers Invited for Biology Olympiad Exposure Camp 2022

November 15 – 18, 2022

No NAME STATE
1 AARTI PUNJAB
2 ADITEE R. ADKAR MAHARASHTRA
3 ANJALI RAMCHANDRA MALI MAHARASHTRA
4 BHAKTI MADHUKAR SAPKAL MAHARASHTRA
5 BHOOMIBEN RAMESHBHAI ITALIYA GUJARAT
6 CHETNA KHAMBETE MADHYA PRADESH
7 DINESH KUMAR UTTARAKHAND
8 G. S. BASAVARAJU KARNATAKA
9 GARGI PRABHAKAR RANE MAHARASHTRA
10 GITA SAHU TELANGANA
11 HARI KRISHAN PUNJAB
12 HUMAIRA SHAH JAMMU AND KASHMIR
13 KAKOLI HANSDA WEST BENGAL
14 KRISHAN JAMMU AND KASHMIR
15 MANOJ KUMAR PUNJAB
16 MANOJ KUMAR RAJASTHAN
17 MEENA BORA SAIKIA ASSAM
18 MUZAFFAR RASOOL MIR SRINAGAR
19 NIRANJAN SHESHRAO CHAVAN MAHARASHTRA
20 POORNIMA GUPTA MADHYA PRADESH
21 PRIYANKA GUPTA MAHARASHTRA
22 R. V. RAGHAVENDRA RAO ANDHRA PRADESH
23 RAJARAM MEENA RAJASTHAN
24 RAJESH KUMAR UTTARAKHAND
25 RAJINDER KUMAR PUNJAB
26 RAJJV KUMAR MISHRA UTTAR PRADESH
27 S. BALAJI NAIK TELANGANA
28 SABANAZ MUNWAR SAYID MAHARASHTRA
29 SACHIN RAJAGOPALAN MAHARASHTRA
30 SANDIP PRAKASH PATIL MAHARASHTRA
31 SATBIR SINGH HARYANA
32 SAUVIK SARKAR BIHAR
33 SHIPRA CHAUDHARY UTTAR PRADESH
34 SUNIL MAHARSHI RAJASTHAN
35 SURENDRA S. KADAM MAHARASHTRA
36 SWATI PRALHADRAO DESHMUKH MAHARASHTRA
37 SYED AKHLAQ HUSSAIN GEELANI KASHMIR
38 TAJINDER SINGH SUDAN JAMMU AND KASHMIR
39 TARIQ AHMAD BHAT JAMMU AND KASHMIR
40 VIJAY KUMAR HIMACHAL PRADESH

Kindly note that a maximum of 40 participants can be accommodated in the camp. Since the number of applications that we received was large, we are inviting 40 candidates out of the teachers found eligible to attend. This invitation is on a first come first served basis.  The selected participants will soon receive an official letter of invitation from us which will include details regarding travel and accommodation.

Those of you who are eligible but are not included in this list will be directly invited next year for the Biology Exposure camp.

Please note that only teachers who teach at the junior college/undergraduate level and have not attended the exposure camp in biology previously have been selected.

Olympiad Exposure Camp in Astronomy 2022

Please note that the camp has been postponed and the new dates are: 21 to 24 November 2022

Introduction:

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) is a national centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. The broad goals of the centre are to promote equity and excellence in science and mathematics education from primary school to undergraduate college level. It is India’s nodal centre for Olympiad programmes in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, and Junior Science.

Applications are invited from teachers and educators for Olympiad Exposure Camps in Astronomy which will be organised at HBCSE. The camp is not intended for students and they need not apply.

Camp Objective:

The primary objective of the camp is to spread awareness about the national and international Olympiad programme in Astronomy. An orientation towards the academic and organisational aspects of the Astronomy Olympiad will be provided. The camp also serves as a platform for productive interaction within the teacher community.

Camp Structure:

Olympiad Exposure Camp in Astronomy will be an in-person camp held entirely at HBCSE, Mumbai, during 21 to 24 November 2022. The camp will consist of multiple lecture and tutorial sessions, educational visits, night sky observation and telescope handling sessions. Typical topics covered will be celestial mechanics, optics, positional astronomy, stellar physics etc.

Dates and Venue:

  • 21 to 24 November 2022 at HBCSE, Mumbai.

Travel and Accommodation:

Participants will be reimbursed to and fro travel fare as per their entitlement (maximum II-AC train fare). Food and accommodation at HBCSE will be provided for all participants.

Who can apply?

  • University/college teachers of physics or astronomy
  • High school science teachers (with background in physics/mathematics)
  • Astronomy outreach personnel from scientific institutions, staff of planetaria and science museums as well as active amateur astronomers
  • Students and applicants below the age of 23 years will not be considered.
  • It is preferred that the participants have a background in Physics and/or Mathematics.
  • Previous participants of Astronomy Olympiad Exposure Camps will not be considered again. Previous participants of Olympiad Exposure Camps in other subjects may be considered subject to availability of seats.

Application process:

  • Click here to fill the online application form.
  • Last date of application: 30 September 2022.
  • Intimation regarding selection will be put on the HBCSE website by 07 October 2022.
  • Selected participants will also be invited through an official letter sent over email.
  • Any queries regarding the camp can be sent to pritesh@hbcse.tifr.res.in

Chemistry Olympiad Exposure Camp 2022

November 09 – 12, 2022

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) is a National Centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. The broad goals of the Centre are to promote equity and excellence in science and mathematics education from primary school to undergraduate college level. It is India’s nodal center for Olympiad programmes in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Astronomy.

We are happy to invite applications from Junior college/High school teachers (teaching chemistry from class X to XII) for the Chemistry Olympiad Exposure Camp to be held from November 09 – 12, 2022 at HBCSE in offline mode. Teachers employed in schools/junior college recognized by state or central government education boards are eligible to apply.

The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) has been a movement for pre-university students. By presenting challenging problems in experimental and theoretical areas, it engages learners in problem solving culture and thus, excites them about the domain of chemistry. The science (chemistry) Olympiad program is equally challenging for the teaching community. For designing unconventional problems and guiding students in engaging with these problems, it requires engagement with the subject at historical, philosophical, practical, and conceptual levels. Such an engagement not only enriches the conceptual understanding of the subject but also its pedagogy.

The forthcoming exposure camp is aimed at sharing our learnings and helps you gain enriched experience through interactions during the camp. The exposure camp will consist of pedagogical sessions related to concepts in chemistry both in the experimental and theoretical areas related to the chemistry Olympiad. The participating teachers will be sent some of the past Olympiad problems set for the Indian programme.

It is important that you go through the sent problems and each participant should try to solve at least one problem prior to the camp. It is equally important that you reflect about the pedagogical aspects of the problem. During the camp, we would discuss your reflections about the problems, both from content and pedagogical perspectives. With learning from the camp, you may want to adapt a similar approach, for assessment in your own classroom, at least partly.

Interested teachers can apply here by filling the application form available by September 18, 2022. In case the link does not open directly, right-click on the link and copy the hyperlink to your browser and open.

New applications would be given priority over past participants of Chemistry Olympiad Exposure Camps at HBCSE who are applying again.

The list of selected teacher participants will be uploaded on our website (olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in) by October 3, 2022.

Selected participants will be reimbursed to and fro travel fare as per their entitlement (maximum II-AC train fare). Food and accommodation in the HBCSE Guest House will be provided to all participants.

In case of any problem while filling up the form, you can email us at: hbcsechemistryworkshops@gmail.com

Announcement regarding National Olympiad Programme in Science subjects for 2021-2022 (updated 08 March 2022)

In view of some recent developments regarding school examinations and board examinations, certain changes in the Olympiad programme in the 2021-2022 cycle have become necessary. It appears that a large number of students will be engaged with their Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations during the period of April to June 2022, which is the usual time for the final stages of the national Olympiad programme. The selection process for the Indian teams must be concluded with adequate time available before the international Olympiads to enable smooth completion of registration and visa formalities. Therefore, it would not be possible to conduct any selection tests beyond the Indian Olympiad Qualifier (IOQ) examinations for the subjects whose international events are scheduled in July/August. 

The following decisions are announced for the Olympiad cycle of 2021-2022. These supersede previous announcements made in this regard.

  • The dates of the Indian Olympiad Qualifier (IOQ) examinations are revised as under:
    • Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics (IOQM): 6 March 2022 (Sunday), 9:00 – 13:00 hrs
    • Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Junior Science (IOQJS): 6 March 2022 (Sunday), 14:30 – 18:00 hrs
    • Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Physics (IOQP): 13 March 2022 (Sunday), 9:00 – 12:30 hrs
    • Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Biology (IOQB): 13 March 2022 (Sunday), 14:30 – 18:00 hrs
    • Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Astronomy (IOQA): 20 March 2022 (Sunday), 9:00 – 12:30 hrs
    • Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Chemistry (IOQC): 20 March 2022 (Sunday), 14:30 – 18:00 hrs

Please note that this schedule is tentative, and is subject to change at short notice, depending on the prevailing situation in the country.

  • Further selection stages beyond IOQ, namely the Orientation-cum-Selection Camps (OCSCs), stand cancelled for Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry and Physics (the international Olympiads in these subjects are scheduled in July-August). Selection for the Indian teams in these subjects will be based on the performance in IOQ Part II in the respective subject. Specifically,
    • Criteria for evaluation of IOQ Part II answer scripts on the basis of performance in IOQ Part I remain unchanged from as announced before (criteria given below).
    • 5 students at the top of the merit list of IOQA Part II will be selected for the Indian team to the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2022.
    • 4 students at the top of the merit list of IOQB Part II will be selected for the Indian team to the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) 2022.
    • 4 students at the top of the merit list of IOQC Part II will be selected for the Indian team to the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) 2022.
    • 5 students at the top of the merit list of IOQP Part II will be selected for the Indian team to the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2022.
    • In case there is a tie of IOQ Part II scores among more students than the number of available remaining seats in the Indian team, the following two criteria will be used to break the tie, in order: (i) marks obtained in IOQ Part I, (ii) number of correct answers in IOQ Part I. In case these fail to break the tie, a suitable tie-breaking criterion will be applied by HBCSE.
    • In case a student is eligible for more than one international Olympiad (including Mathematics) according to the criteria above, she/he will be selected only for the subject that is highest in the preference indicated by her/him during IOQ registration. The vacant seat in other subject(s) will be offered to the next student in the merit list.
  • The students who would have qualified for the OCSCs in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, as per previously announced criteria, will be awarded INO Certificate of Merit by HBCSE. If conditions permit, they may be invited to participate in an online Orientation Camp (without any selection tests) at a suitable time, purely for academic benefit.
  • There is no change in the process to be followed for the Junior Science Olympiad (whose international event is scheduled in December 2022) at the present time. Announcements regarding further selection stages will be made at a suitable time.

Syllabus for IOQ 2021-2022:

The detailed syllabus for IOQ in all subjects is provided here.

Eligibility criteria for enrollment in IOQ 2021-2022:

The eligibility criteria for IOQ 2021-2022 are provided here.

More details about IOQ 2021-2022:

  • The IOQ in each subject will be a combination of two examinations, held in a single sitting for the examinee.
    • Part I: National Standard Examination (NSE): This will replace the standalone NSE of other years. The duration of this part will be 75 minutes and will consist of objective-type questions, similar in standard to the usual NSE. This part will be a screening examination for selective evaluation of the second part (INO) only and performance in this part will not play any role (except for possible tie-breaking scenarios) for the next level of selection (OCSC  for Junior Science, Indian team for other subjects). This part of IOQ in different subjects will be called National Standard Examinations (NSEs) in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Junior Science and Physics: NSEA, NSEB, NSEC, NSEJS and NSEP, respectively.
    • Part II: Indian National Olympiad (INO): This will replace the standalone INO of other years. The duration of this part will be 120 minutes and will consist of detailed questions, similar in standard to the usual INO. This part will be evaluated only for students screened through the first part (NSE), and the selection for the next level (OCSC for Junior Science, Indian team for other subjects) will be determined solely by the performance in this part. This part of IOQ in different subjects will be called Indian National Olympiads (INOs) in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Junior Science and Physics: INAO, INBO, INChO, INJSO and INPhO, respectively.
  • The IOQ will be jointly organised by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT), the Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT), the Association of Teachers in Biological Sciences (ATBS) and the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) – HBCSE (TIFR). The academic responsibility of Part I: NSE will be borne by IAPT, ACT, and ATBS while that of Part II: INO will be borne by HBCSE. The remaining stages of the Olympiad programme will be carried out by HBCSE.

Note:

1. The actual examination time will be 75 minutes for Part I and 120 minutes for Part II in every
examination. There will be an interval of 15 minutes between the two parts of the examination.

2. Students will be allowed to leave the examination at the end of Part I of IOQ, if they so wish.
However, they will not be admitted to appear only in Part II.

Criteria for evaluation of IOQ Part II:

Only the answer scripts of  IOQ Part II (INO) of students who qualify through the IOQ Part I (NSE) will be evaluated. The criteria for this qualification are given here.

Question papers and the solutions of IOQ 22 Part II can be found here.