Programs

NCERT's annual online yoga quiz, run for the Ministry of Education since 2016 as a follow-up to International Day of Yoga; separate quizzes for girls and boys at each school stage.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A fully residential 6-day robotics, AI and automation camp for Grade 9-12 students at Shiv Nadar University, run with Milagrow Education. The 2026 camp ran 1-6 June 2026; the next edition has not been announced.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: ₹35,000

A Maharashtra post-matric scholarship for Vimukta Jati and Nomadic Tribes (VJNT) students, paying a monthly maintenance allowance and covering tuition and examination fees. 2026-27 applications go through the MahaDBT 2.0 portal.

• Grades 11–12
• No fee

A free six-month school entrepreneurship programme from E-Cell IIT Bombay in which a school forms an Entrepreneurship Club under a teacher, runs activities, and the best clubs reach a finale linked to E-Summit at IIT Bombay.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

SBI Foundation's Asha Scholarship gives Rs 15,000 to meritorious Class 9-12 students from families earning up to Rs 3 lakh a year. The 2026-27 window (22 July to 4 September 2026) has closed and the next cycle has not been announced.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

SCERT Haryana's annual science seminar for school students, held at block, district and state levels with the National Science Centre.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

A state scholarship of the Puducherry Directorate of School Education for brilliant Class 11 and Class 12 students of government, aided and recognised private schools in the UT whose family income is within ₹75,000 a year; limited to 90 students per class.

• Grades 11–12
• No fee

A state-level talent search exam run since 1992 by the Centre for Talent Search and Excellence at N. Wadia College, Pune, for Std VIII, IX and X students, with cash prizes and certificates and useful practice for NTSE. The 2027 call is not out yet.

• Grades 9–10
• Fee: ₹225

The Western India Science Fair route in Chhattisgarh: students of Classes 8-12 enter individual or group science, engineering and mathematics projects (and teachers enter teaching-aid models) in block, district, zone and state rounds run by SCERT Raipur with CCOST.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A long-running free international competition of the Children's Book Trust, New Delhi, open to children below 16 (so Class 9-10 students are eligible) who send an original painting, drawing or piece of English writing by post; prizes include the President of India's Gold Medal.

• Grades 9–10
• No fee

SRMIST's Department of Chemistry runs an annual Crystal Growing Challenge in which teams of four grow single crystals, with a chemistry quiz for higher secondary students. The 5th edition was held on 31 October 2026; the next is not announced.

• Grades 11–12
• Cost not published

A Rs 15,000 scholarship from SBI Foundation for meritorious school students of Classes 9-12 from families with income up to Rs 3 lakh, with half the slots reserved for girls.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee