Competitions, hackathons and coding contests
Official student competitions in one place: hackathons, government quizzes, olympiads and the coming coding contests, each with the organiser's own link. Shishya runs none of them and has no tie-up with any organiser. Register only on the organiser's site.
Official dates were read on the organisers' pages on 26 Oct 2026. Where we could not read a date on an official page, the card says so instead of guessing.
Coding contests, next 3 weeks (IST)
Add all dates to my calendar (.ics)Read from each platform's own contest list; this page refreshes about every 6 hours. A platform can move a contest — check the time on its site before you start.
- Educational Codeforces Round 196 (Rated for Div. 2)Wed 4 Nov, 8:05 pm IST · 2 h
- Codeforces Round (Div. 2)Fri 6 Nov, 8:05 pm IST · 2 h 15 min
- Codeforces Round (Div. 1)Sat 7 Nov, 8:05 pm IST · 2 h 30 min
- Codeforces Round (Div. 2)Sat 7 Nov, 8:05 pm IST · 2 h 30 min
- Codeforces Round (Div. 2)Sun 15 Nov, 8:05 pm IST · 2 h
- Starters 263Wed 4 Nov, 8:00 pm IST · 2 h
- Starters 264Wed 11 Nov, 8:00 pm IST · 2 h
- Starters 265Wed 18 Nov, 8:00 pm IST · 2 h
- Biweekly Contest 195Sat 7 Nov, 8:00 pm IST · 1 h 30 min
- Weekly Contest 527Sun 8 Nov, 8:00 am IST · 1 h 30 min
New to contests? Start with the coding practice roadmap.
Coming up and open now
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, on MyGov
An online MyGov quiz on Dr. Ambedkar's life and work.
Who: Citizens, as the MyGov listing says; the quiz page has the full rules.
- 14 Apr 2026 – 14 Apr 2027 — Open
Read on quiz.mygov.in on 26 Oct 2026.
NLU Delhi's Chair on Consumer Law, on MyGov
An online MyGov quiz on consumer rights and the law — useful for law aspirants.
Who: Citizens, as the MyGov listing says; the quiz page has the full rules.
- 25 Sep 2026 – 25 Nov 2026 — Open
Read on quiz.mygov.in on 26 Oct 2026.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, on MyGov
An online MyGov quiz on tribal history and heritage.
Who: Citizens, as the MyGov listing says; the quiz page has the full rules.
- 16 Oct 2026 – 15 Nov 2026 — Open
Read on quiz.mygov.in on 26 Oct 2026.
Ministry of Home Affairs, on MyGov
An online MyGov quiz on cyber crime and safety.
Who: Citizens, as the MyGov listing says; the quiz page has the full rules.
- 19 Oct 2026 – 10 Nov 2026 — Open
Read on quiz.mygov.in on 26 Oct 2026.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, on MyGov
An online MyGov quiz on staying safe online.
Who: Citizens, as the MyGov listing says; the quiz page has the full rules.
- 19 Oct 2026 – 15 Nov 2026 — Open
Read on quiz.mygov.in on 26 Oct 2026.
Listed on MyGov
An online MyGov quiz on research and development in Indian industry.
Who: Citizens, as the MyGov listing says; the quiz page has the full rules.
- 21 Oct 2026 – 20 Nov 2026 — Open
Read on quiz.mygov.in on 26 Oct 2026.
Listed on MyGov
An online MyGov quiz on cybersecurity.
Who: Citizens, as the MyGov listing says; the quiz page has the full rules.
- 25 Oct 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 — Open
Read on quiz.mygov.in on 26 Oct 2026.
HBCSE (TIFR)
India's mathematical olympiad route: IOQM, then RMO, then INMO.
Who: School students who clear the earlier stage; the eligibility PDFs are on the HBCSE page.
- 15 Nov 2026, 13:00-16:00 IST — RMO (second stage)
- 17 Jan 2027, 12:00-16:30 IST — INMO (third stage)
HBCSE says RMO registration is likely to begin between 26 Oct and 1 Nov 2026 — not confirmed; keep checking the HBCSE page.
Read on HBCSE Mathematical Olympiad 2026-27 (and ioqm.mtai.org.in for the IOQM date) on 26 Oct 2026.
IARCS, with ACM India
India's olympiad in programming and algorithms, leading to the International Olympiad in Informatics team.
Who: School students in India registered up to Class 12 in 2025-26, any board (per IARCS).
- 21 Nov 2026 — ZIO-2027 (written)
- 12 Dec 2026 — ZCO-2027 (programming)
IARCS says registrations for ICO-2027 open in October 2026; the INOI-2027 date is not announced (checked 26 Oct 2026).
Read on IARCS: Indian Computing Olympiad on 26 Oct 2026.
IAPT (first stage) and HBCSE (second stage)
The National Standard Examinations, then the Indian National Olympiads in astronomy, physics, chemistry and biology.
Who: School students; enrolment for the first stage was through centres.
- 21 Nov 2026, 14:30-16:30 IST — NSEA (astronomy)
- 22 Nov 2026, 08:30-10:30 IST — NSEP (physics)
- 22 Nov 2026, 11:30-13:30 IST — NSEC (chemistry)
- 22 Nov 2026, 14:30-16:30 IST — NSEB (biology)
- 30 Jan 2027 — INAO and INChO
- 31 Jan 2027 — INPhO and INBO
Student enrolment for the NSEs closed on 14 Sep 2026. HBCSE says students selected for the INOs must register on its site after the list is published (by 15 Jan 2027).
Read on HBCSE Science Olympiad 2026-27 on 26 Oct 2026.
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MY Bharat portal)
A youth programme that starts with an online quiz and ends with a national dialogue in New Delhi.
Who: Youth, including students of higher education institutions (per the UGC letter).
- 10 Jan 2027 – 12 Jan 2027 — National dialogue, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
The quiz round closed on 30 Sep 2026. The dates of the stages in between are not in the official letter Shishya read.
Read on UGC letter of 9 Sep 2026 with the Department of Youth Affairs letter of 21 Aug 2026 on 26 Oct 2026.
Dates not confirmed
- Smart India Hackathon ↗Hackathon
Government of India (official site sih.gov.in)
A national hackathon where student teams build solutions to problem statements set by ministries and industry.
Who: See the official site for who may take part this year.
Dates not confirmed by Shishya: sih.gov.in refused our check on 26 Oct 2026, and we do not copy dates from listing sites. Open the official site for this year's timeline.
Read on sih.gov.in on 26 Oct 2026.
- ICPC Asia regionals in India ↗Coding contest
ICPC and its Indian host universities
A world-wide programming contest for college teams; Indian universities host Asia regionals.
Who: College teams of three; see icpc.global.
Dates not confirmed by Shishya (checked 26 Oct 2026): the official pages we could open did not show this season's Indian dates, and we do not copy dates from listing sites. See icpc.global and your regional host's site.
Read on icpc.global on 26 Oct 2026.
Recently ended
Kept so you can watch for the next edition on the official page.
Ministry of Education, on MyGov
An online MyGov quiz on Indian knowledge of ecology and farming.
Who: Citizens, as the MyGov listing says; the quiz page has the full rules.
- 1 Oct 2026 – 31 Oct 2026 — Open
Read on quiz.mygov.in on 26 Oct 2026.
- INSPIRE-MANAK 2026-27 ↗Ideas / innovation
Department of Science and Technology (DST)
DST's scheme for original science and technology ideas from school students.
Who: Students of Classes 6 to 12; the school nominates up to five ideas.
- 15 Jul 2026 – 15 Sep 2026 — School nominations
Nominations for 2026-27 closed on 15 Sep 2026. Students do not apply themselves — the school does.
Read on DST notice: nominations open for INSPIRE-MANAK 2026-27 on 26 Oct 2026.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
ISRO's national space-technology hackathon; the third edition ran in 2026.
Who: Undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students (as ISRO's page describes the 2026 participants).
- 10 Jun 2026 — 2026 edition launched
- 6 Aug 2026 – 7 Aug 2026 — 2026 Grand Finale (NRSC, Hyderabad)
The 2026 edition is over. ISRO's page says nothing about the next edition (checked 26 Oct 2026).
Read on ISRO: BAH 2026 Grand Finale on 26 Oct 2026.
Prepare on Shishya
- Olympiad prep — official past papers and dates for school olympiads.
- Coding practice roadmap — free sites to learn and practise, in order.
- Current affairs — for quiz rounds on government schemes and news.
Something wrong or missing? The official page is always right — write to us from the Contact page.