HBCSE TIFR Science Olympiads 2018-19 : Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education

Organisation : Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education (TIFR)
Contest Name : Science Olympiads 2018-19
Applicable For : Indian Students
Last Date For Scanned Copy Submission: 15th December 2018
Website : http://olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in/olympiads-2018-19/science-olympiad/

HBCSE TIFR Science Olympiads

The Science Olympiad programme follows a five-stage procedure. To participate, see the eligibility and enrollment procedure.

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Eligibility

National Standard Examinations in Astronomy (NSEA), Biology (NSEB), Chemistry (NSEC), Junior Science (NSEJS), and Physics (NSEP) constitute the first stage of selection of students in the National Olympiad Programme.

Every student aspiring to go through successive stages of the programme and participating in the international Olympiads in 2019 must enroll for the NSEs in the respective subjects to be held in 2018.

Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics:
1 Must be eligible to hold an Indian passport.* As per the orders of the Madras High Court, OCI students will NOT be eligible for selection to the Indian team in the International Olympiads.

However, such students are provisionally eligible for selection at all prior stages, up to and including the OCSC (stage III), provided they fulfill all other criteria. They are also provisionally eligible to write the selection tests at the OCSC.

This policy is subject to revision without prior notice depending on any further orders issued by the courts, or by a competent government authority.

2. Date of birth between 1 July 1999 and 30 June 2004, both days inclusive.
3. Must be residing and studying in India since 30 November 2016 or earlier. OR Must be studying in an Indian school system since 30 November 2016 or earlier.
4. Must not have completed (or scheduled to complete) class 12 board examination earlier than 30 November 2018.
5. Must not have commenced (or planning to commence) studies in a university or equivalent institution by 1 June 2019.
6. Must not be appearing in NSEJS 2018.

Junior Science:
1. Must be eligible to hold an Indian passport. As per the orders of the Madras High Court, OCI students will NOT be eligible for selection to the Indian team in the International Olympiads.

However, such students are provisionally eligible for selection at all prior stages, up to and including the OCSC (stage III), provided they fulfill all other criteria. They are also provisionally eligible to write the selection tests at the OCSC.

This policy is subject to revision without prior notice depending on any further orders issued by the courts, or by a competent government authority.

2. Date of birth between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2005, both days inclusive.
3. Must be residing and studying in India since 30 November 2016 or earlier. OR Must be studying in an Indian school system since 30 November 2016 or earlier.
4. Must not have completed (or scheduled to complete) class 10 board examination earlier than 30 November 2018.
5. Must not be appearing in any of NSEA, NSEB, NSEC or NSEP 2018.

Enrollment

All students aspiring to participate in the international Olympiads must appear in the first stage examination, the National Standard Examination (NSE) in the respective subject.

Candidates who have represented India in the International Olympiad on a previous occasion (IOAA, IBO, IChO, IJSO and IPhO) need not appear for the first stage NSE examination in the respective subject.

Candidates who have represented India in the Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) and the International Astronomy Olympiad Junior (IAO-Jr) need not appear for the 1st stage NSEP and NSEA Examinations respectively.

Those candidates who thus qualify to skip the first stage NSEs may be allowed, on written request, to the respective National Coordinator, to directly appear for the second stage Indian National Olympiad (INO) examination, provided they satisfy other eligibility criteria such as age, pre-college status, etc.

Enrollment For NSE

Enrollment at student’s own school/college:
A student can enrol for NSE at his/her own institution if it is a registered NSE centre (see below for registration of NSE centres). The principal would be the contact person for this purpose.

Enrollment at a different school/college:
If a student’s own institution is not a registered NSE centre, it is still possible to participate in NSE by registering at a nearby centre. The list of registration centres will be available on the IAPT website: www.iapt.org.in by 2 September 2018.

All students registered from states other than the state of their School are required to send the scanned copy of the NSE admit card, and the school ID by email to iapt.nse@gmail.com on or before 15 December 2018; else they will be disqualified.

Enrollment Fees

Rs. 150/- per student per subject to be paid to the centre in-charge of the NSE registration centre.

NSE Centre Registration:
Any state recognised school/college is eligible to become a NSE centre with a minimum enrolment of 20 students, subject to approval by Chief Coordinator, IAPT Examinations. Online NSE centre registration on the IAPT website will start on 1 August, 2018.

Contact

Prof. G. Venkatesh (Chief Coordinator, IAPT Examinations)
Prof. M. K. Raghavendra (NSE Coordinator)
Dr. V. V. Soman (NSEJS Coordinator)
F11A, 1st floor, Old Physics Building, UG Programme,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012

E-mail:iapt.nse@gmail.com
Tel. No: 080-49087030 (Mon-Fri: 10.00 to 13.00 and 14.00 to 17.00)

NSEs are the organizational responsibility of IAPT. All queries about NSEA, NSEB, NSEC, NSEJS and NSEP must be addressed to the above mentioned address.