Opportunities
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Entrance exams, admission routes, scholarships, Olympiads and programmes open to students in Classes 6 to 12. Including the ones nobody mentions — the maritime entrance, the state polytechnic diploma, the lateral entry that starts a degree in its second year.
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We do not publish application dates yet. Nobody here has checked these entries against the official websites, so every one links you straight to the source — confirm dates and eligibility there before you rely on them.
- Entrance examAll-India
All India Sainik Schools Entrance Examination
Admission to Sainik Schools, which prepare students for the defence academies.
- Run by
- National Testing Agency
- Open to
- Class 8–9
- Innovation programmeAll-India
Atal Tinkering Labs and the ATL Marathon
School workshops for building and prototyping, and a national challenge where student teams take a working prototype through to judging.
- Run by
- Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog
- Open to
- Class 8–12
- OlympiadAll-India
Indian Mathematical Olympiad programme
The staged route from a qualifier through the regional and national olympiads to the Indian team for the International Mathematical Olympiad.
- Run by
- Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR
- Open to
- Class 8–12
- OlympiadAll-India
Indian National Science Olympiads
A staged programme in physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy and junior science, running from a school-level screening test up to the national camp and the Indian teams.
- Run by
- Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR
- Open to
- Class 8–12
- Innovation programmeAll-India
INSPIRE Awards — MANAK
Students submit an original idea for a problem they have seen; selected ideas receive support to build a prototype and progress to district, state and national exhibitions.
- Run by
- Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
- Open to
- Class 8–10
- SportAll-India
Khelo India
National games and a talent development pathway for school and youth athletes, including long-term athlete support.
- Run by
- Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India
- Open to
- Class 8–12
- ScholarshipAll-India
National Scholarship Portal
The single government portal through which most central scholarship schemes are applied for, including merit and means-based support for school students.
- Run by
- Ministry of Education, Government of India
- Open to
- Class 8–12
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