Registration

An invitation to your school

Register your school for INAIO 2027 Stage 1 by 21 October 2026. The Stage 1 test is on Sunday, 13 December 2026, 10 AM to 12 PM, and it is the first step on India's only official route to the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI).

Register: https://manageexam.com/INAIO/

Why your students should take part

• International recognition. Team India members compete against the world's best school students in AI.

• Higher education opportunities. Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence) currently give special consideration to IOAI medallists and students who represent India at IOAI. Leading universities already offer direct admission to medallists of olympiads such as the IMO and the IOI, and IOAI is expected to follow suit.

• Research exposure. Several members of the first Team India (IOAI 2025) received research internship offers from AI start-ups and IIIT Hyderabad.

• Learning that goes beyond the classroom. The stages progress from AI fundamentals to hands-on machine-learning modelling, with online coaching and an in-person training camp for top performers.

• For schools. Hosting an exam centre puts your school on the national AI-olympiad map and makes it easy for your students and those from nearby schools to take part.

The path to Team India

Stage 1, conducted by the exam agency at designated centres, is the entry point for most students. Stages 2 to 4 and the Team India preparation are run directly by INAIO.

INAIO 2027 pathway: Stage 1 to IOAI

Direct entry to Stage 2. Eligible students who meet any of these criteria can skip Stage 1 (full criteria on inaio.in):

• Participants of the INAIO 2026 Training Camp

• INOI 2026 and INOI 2027 medallists (Informatics)

• Participants of the PLO 2026 Training Camp (Linguistics)

• Students who qualified for INMO 2025–26 or 2026–27 through RMO (Mathematics)

• Highest scorers in the Bebras India Computing Challenge, Mahavira and Ramanujam categories

Eligibility

INAIO is open to all Indian citizens studying in India in Grades 9 to 12, from any school board, provided they were born after July 1, 2007.

If you have completed Class 12, you are no longer eligible  (even if you are on a break and  not enrolled in college, or if you are planning to redo your Class 12 exams for improvement). 

Toppers from previous Olympiads of any grade are directly eligible for Stage 2 if they meet the following criteria: 

• Participants of the INAIO 2026 Training Camp 

• INOI 2026 and INOI 2027 medalists 

• Participants of the PLO 2026 Training Camp

• Students qualified to take INMO 2025–2026 or INMO 2026–2027 based on their RMO performance

• Bebras India Computing Challenge highest score achievers (Mahavira and Ramanujam categories only)

Stage 1 Test Format

Pen-and-paper test with objective questions only, answered on an OMR sheet at a designated exam centre. No AI assistants, external reference materials (such as books or notes) or electronic devices are allowed

Syllabus: Stage 1 syllabus

Practice material: Stage 1 papers from INAIO 2025 and 2026, with answer keys, on the Resources

Fee: ₹300 per student

Where: At a registered INAIO exam centre (see "How schools can register")

Test details: Sections and a sample test will be shared on the website and by email about two weeks before the test

For Stages 2-4, please visit Resources