CBSE Math RevisionMaths olympiad and talent exam calendar 2026-27
The main maths competitions and talent exams open to students in India, with each organiser’s official website. Most are entered through your school; ask your maths teacher early in the school year.
We print a date or rule only after checking it on the official page, with the date we checked. Where we have not, you will see a link to the official page instead. Rules and dates change every year.
Reviewed 5 October 2026.
Competitions and exams
IOQM (first stage of the Mathematical Olympiad)
HBCSE with MTA(I)
The qualifying paper for the later olympiad stages (RMO, INMO and the IMO team). See the pathway page for how the stages fit together.
- 2026 paper: Sunday 6 September 2026, 10:00 to 13:00 (already held). (IOQM site (MTA(I)), last checked 5 October 2026)
- Next stage (RMO): Sunday 15 November 2026, 13:00 to 16:00, for students selected from the IOQM. (HBCSE Mathematical Olympiad 2026-27, last checked 5 October 2026)
- Then INMO: Sunday 17 January 2027, 12:00 to 16:30. (HBCSE brochure 2026-27, last checked 5 October 2026)
Official site: Mathematics Teachers' Association (India), IOQM page · HBCSE Olympiads (Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education)
SOF IMO (International Mathematics Olympiad of the Science Olympiad Foundation)
Science Olympiad Foundation
A maths olympiad run by the Science Olympiad Foundation; ask your school whether it takes part. Not to be confused with the International Mathematical Olympiad (the IMO) at the top of the HBCSE route.
- Level 1 (2026-27): 23 October, 26 November and 10 December 2026. (SOF exam schedule, last checked 5 October 2026)
- Level 2: Tentatively February 2027 (the second or third Sunday), to be announced by December 2026. (SOF exam schedule, last checked 5 October 2026)
Official site: Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF)
NMTC (National Mathematics Talent Contest)
Association of Mathematics Teachers of India (AMTI)
A problem-solving contest run by AMTI. Check its stages, classes and dates on the official site.
- Registration (58th NMTC, 2026): Closed on 21 July 2026. (AMTI NMTC site, last checked 5 October 2026)
- Preliminary (Stage 1): 30 August 2026 (already held). (AMTI NMTC site, last checked 5 October 2026)
- Final (Stage 2): 25 October 2026. (AMTI NMTC site, last checked 5 October 2026)
Official site: Association of Mathematics Teachers of India (AMTI), NMTC
NSTSE (National Level Science Talent Search Exam)
Unified Council
A talent search exam run by the Unified Council. Check its subjects, classes and dates on the official site.
- Offline exam (2026-27): 20 November 2026 and 2 December 2026. (Unified Council, last checked 5 October 2026)
- Online exam: 24 January 2027. (Unified Council, last checked 5 October 2026)
Official site: Unified Council, NSTSE
NTSE (National Talent Search Examination)
NCERT
The National Talent Search Examination run by NCERT for Class 10 students.
- Status: NCERT’s NTSE page lists the 2021-22 examination as postponed: its notice of 15 December 2021 says a fresh schedule will be announced in due course. No later NTSE examination is listed on that page. (NCERT, last checked 5 October 2026)
Official site: NCERT: National Talent Search Examination
KVPY and INSPIRE-SHE
Department of Science and Technology (DST)
KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana) is the science fellowship many students still search for. It has been subsumed into DST’s INSPIRE-SHE scholarship; check current INSPIRE-SHE rules on the official INSPIRE site.
- KVPY status: The KVPY fellowship examination no longer runs: DST has subsumed KVPY into its INSPIRE-SHE scholarship. (DST, last checked 5 October 2026)
- INSPIRE-SHE 2026-27: see DST INSPIRE
Official site: INSPIRE (Department of Science and Technology)
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