The 2026–27 season, on the record
Dates, fees, classes and formats for the olympiads Indian schools actually run — with the source, so you can check us. We don't sell prep courses and no organiser has paid to appear here.
If we haven't seen the organiser publish it, we say expected. No exceptions.
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Last updated: 6 July 2026 · Dates reviewed monthly. Updates applied within 48 hours of an organiser announcement.
Find-your-olympiad
Pick your answers below. We'll suggest 2–3 olympiads and explain why each one fits.
Answer the three questions and your shortlist appears here, with the reason each olympiad fits.
Two doors, one directory
Parents want the right exam, not every exam. Coordinators want the year mapped in one sitting. That's how the site is built.
Not every exam. The right one.
Calendar, recommender, then straight to the organiser. No middleman, no upsell.
The year, in one sitting
The whole year on one screen — what to run, when it lands, and what coordination it needs.
Why trust this directory
Three rules we've put in writing so you can hold us to them.
01 / Labelling
Confirmed = the organiser has published it. Expected = our estimate. You'll always know which one you're reading.
02 / Commerce
Nobody pays to appear here or to rank higher. Calendar order follows the season. This applies to our own programmes too.
03 / Privacy
We talk to parents and educators. No data is collected from children anywhere. Reminders need explicit consent and you can withdraw it in one click. Compliant with India's DPDP Act.
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Straight answers
School olympiads are competitive exams for Classes 1–12 run by private organisations and academic bodies. They're enrichment competitions, not conducted by CBSE or NCERT, and participation is optional. Done right, they build exam temperament and give a child structured practice beyond the textbook. Done wrong, they're just certificates for a fee.
One or two well-chosen olympiads beat five scattered ones. The pattern most families find sustainable: one subject olympiad in the child's strongest area plus one reasoning or diagnostic exam. Anything more crowds the calendar and adds anxiety without adding learning.
Most school olympiads cost between ₹150 and ₹500 per exam. International-format ones cost more. We list the ballpark on each entry, but check the organiser's official site before paying — fees change.
Yes, several serious olympiads run entirely online now with webcam proctoring and timed windows. Online isn't the issue — how strictly the organiser proctors and reports results is. We note the format on every listing.
NEP 2020 pushes competency and application over memorisation. Olympiad questions have always leaned that way — multi-step, applied, reasoning-heavy. So the alignment is real, but honestly: olympiads remain private programmes, none are prescribed by government, and no child needs one to progress.
Most Indian olympiad directories are prep-course funnels that rank the exams they have a commercial stake in. We're an organiser too — that's a real conflict, and we handle it two ways: identical criteria for every listing, and the conflict named openly in the footer. Nobody pays for placement.