Announcements
INOI-2021 results announced ...
All four team members win medals at IOI-2020 ...
About the Indian Computing Olympiad
The Indian Computing Olympiad is a nationwide competition organized annually by IARCS. The goal of the competition is to identify school students with outstanding skills in algorithms and computer programming.
The Indian Computing Olympiad is used to select the team of four students to represent India at the International Olympiad for Informatics (IOI). IOI is one of the twelve international Science Olympiads held annually. Other prominent Science Olympiads include Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Astronomy.
Eligibility
The Indian Computing Olympiad is open to all school students across the country, from any school board. Any student registered in school upto class 12 during the academic year 2020-2021 is eligible. There is no lower age limit for participation.
To participate, you must still be in school. If you have completed Class 12, you are no longer eligible, even if you have taken a break and are not enrolled in college, or if are planning to redo your Class 12 exams for improvement.
Registration
Registration for 2020–2021 closed on 7 December, 2020. Registration dates for 2021–2022 will be announced by the end of August, 2021.
Stages
The first round of the Indian Computing Olympiad is in two parts.
The second round, the Indian National Olympiad in Informatics (INOI) involves programming. The only programming language allowed for INOI is C++, since IOI has withdrawn Java as an official language from 2021. INOI-2021 will take place on 28 February, 2021.
Approximately 30 students are selected from INOI for the IOI Training Camp (IOITC). IOITC is normally organized in early May. Due to the CoViD-19 situation, IOITC-2020 was held online during June–August, 2020.
IOI-2021 is being hosted by NUS, Singapore and is scheduled to take place in June 2021.
How to prepare for ICO
Incentives for students
Codechef conducts a monthly programming contest Lunch Time through Codechef for Schools and offers incentives for IOI through the Go for Gold for IOI programme ...
The following academic institutions in India have special admission procedures for ICO students.
The following international academic institutions have special admission procedures for IOI students.
Contact
Please write to Madhavan Mukund, National Coordinator, Indian Computing Olympiad at ico@iarcs.org.in if you have any questions or clarifications.
Our partners
The Indian Computing Olympiad is held in partnership with:
From 2001-2002 to 2013-2014, ZIO and INOI were coordinated
through the Central Board for Secondary Education
(CBSE). ZCO-2016, INOI-2016 and ZCO-2017 were held on the
TCS iON
platform.
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