National Informatics Olympiad (NIO)

The Central Board of Secondary Education will be conducting the National Informatics Olympiad in collaboration with the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), Mumbai, across the country and abroad. The examination for the same will be held in two stages. The examination will be open to all the students of classes VIII to XII studying in CBSE schools as well as other Boards in the country.

The first stage examination consisting of the Zonal Informatics Olympiad will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2010 between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm. The examination will be a written examination to test the aptitude of the students, their logical competence, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking.

STAGE 2: The candidates who qualify in the first stage examination as per the norms prescribed by the selection committee will appear in the second stage examination to be held on Saturday, January 22, 2011 which will be based on programming skills.

Selected candidates will be called for intensive training for the final selection of the candidates for the International Olympiad.

The Board is planning to conduct the examination in about 40 centres across the country and abroad. Each of these centres will have a coordinator cum Centre Superintendent who will be responsible for the conduct of the examinations. The list of centres is put up on the CBSE Website: www.cbse.nic.in as well as on the Olympiad website: www.iarcs.org.in. Please select the nearest examination centre from the list given and forward the list of candidates desirous of participating in the first stage examination to the coordinator along with the examination fee as per the enclosed proforma on or before 15th Oct, 2010. (The list of participants and bank draft need not be sent to the CBSE as the centre will be forwarding the list to the CBSE subsequently). The fee for each participant will be Rs. 100/- (Rupees hundred only). A consolidated demand draft for all the participants of your school may be drawn in favour of Secretary, CBSE, Delhi.

Question papers from previous years and other training details are available at the Olympiad website: www.iarcs.org.in.

When the candidates go to the examination centre to write the examination, they should carry with them a bonafide certificate with their photograph attested by the Principal of their school. Since no Roll Number will be allotted to candidates, they have to write their name, class, school’s name with address and centre name in the answer sheet and information sheet provided to them in the examination. For any further information, you may contact Dr. Srijata das, Education Officer (Science & Maths) through e-mail at eoscience@live.com or on telephone no. 011-23237779.

Please note that CBSE will not reimburse expenses incurred by the school on travel, accommodation etc. of the students to participate in the First Stage of the Olympiad.

Zonal Informatics Olympiad – 2009-10
Proforma for forwarding the list of participants to the specified centre

* You may extend this table as per your requirement.

Note: Candidates should produce bonafide certificate with their photographs duly attested by the principal of the school at the examination centre.

Copy with a request to respective Heads of Directorates/KVS/NVS/CTSA as indicated below to also disseminate the information to all concerned schools under their jurisdiction:-

1. The Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan/ Navodya Vidyalaya Samiti, New Delhi
2. The Director of Education, Delhi/ Andaman and Nicobar Islands/Sikkim/ Arunachal Pradesh/ Chandigarh/NCERT/CTSA
3. All Regional Officers, CBSE
Education Officer (V&E)

DELHI

1 Principal,
Laxman Public school, Haus Khaz
New Delhi-110 016

2 Principal,
Ramjas School, Anand Parbat
New Delhi-110005

3 Principal,
Mira Model School, Janakpuri
New Delhi-110 058

4 Principal,
Delhi Police Public school, Safdarjung Enclave
New Delhi-110 029

5 Principal,
DL DAV Model School, BN Block, Shalimar Bagh,
Delhi-110088

NOIDA

6 Principal,
Apeejay School, Sector 16 A
Noida-201 301

GHAZIABAD

7 Principal,
Delhi Public School, Meerut Road
Ghaziabad-201 003

FARIDABAD

8 Principal
Apeejay School, Sector-15, Faridabad-121 007

MEERUT

9 Principal
Dewan Public School, 220,Westend Road,
Meerut-250 001

LUCKNOW

10 Principal,
Rani Laxmibai Senior secondary school,
Sector 14 Indira Nagar
Lucknow-226 016.

VARANASI

11 Principal,
Sunbeam English School, Lahartara,
Under Lahartra Over Bridge
VARANASI - 221 002
Uttar Pradesh

BHOPAL

12 Principal,
Jawaharlal Nehru Sr. Sec. school, Habib Ganj
BHEL, Bhopal 462 024

INDORE

13 Principal
Choithram School, Manik Bagh Road,
Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452 004

MUMBAI

14 Principal,
Apeejay School, Sector-15, Nerul
Navi Mumbai-400 706

PUNE

15 Principal,
Air Force School, Pune Vimannagar
Pune 411014

NAGPUR

16 Principal,
Bhavan's B.P. Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines
Near Museum
Nagpur-440 001

HYDERABAD

17 Principal
D.A. V. Public School,
Santoshima nagar,
Neredmet, Ramakrishnapuram
Hyderabad 500 056

VISAKAPATNAM

18 Principal
Delhi Public school,
Urukkunagaram
Visakapatnam-530 032

BANGALORE

19 Principal,
J.S.S.Public School,
15th Main Road, 22nd cross
Banashankari 2nd stage
Bangalore 560 070

CHENNAI

20 Principal,
P.S. Senior Secondary school,
Alarmelmagapuram,
Mylapore
Chennai 600 004

TIRUCHIRAPALLI

21 Principal,
Mahathma Gandhi Centenary Vidyalaya,
35, Tennur High Road, Tennur
Tiruchirapalli
Tamilnadu 620 017

COCHIN

22 Principal,
Chinmaya Vidyalaya,
Vaduthula
Cochin-682 023

TRIVANDRUM

23 Principal
Arya Central School,
Pattom,
Trivandrum-695 004

RANCHI

24 Principal,
D.A.V Jawahar Vidya Mandir
HSL Colony, Shymali
Ranchi-834 001
Jharkhand

BOKARO

25 Principal,
Chinmaya Vidyalaya,
Sector V, Opp. Bank Colony
Bokaro Steel city
Bokaro-827 006

BHUBANESWAR

26 Principal,
D.A.V. Public School,
Pokhariput Old Town
Bhubaneswar-751 002

KOLKATTA

27 Principal,
Apeejay School,
115 Park Street,
Kolkatta-700 016

PATNA

28 Principal,
DAV Public School
Bihar State Electricity Board,
New Punai Chak
Patna-800 023

BARODA

29 Principal,
Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's V.M. Public School,
Teen Rasta, Makarpura Road
Baroda 390 009

JAIPUR

30 Principal,
India International school
SFS Manasarovar
Jaipur-302 020

CHANDIGARH

31 Principal,
K.B.D.A.V. Cenetenary Secondary school
Sector 7B, Chandigarh-160 019

KARNAL

32 Principal,
Tagore Bal Niketan
Sector-6, Urban Estate
Karnal - 132 001

AMRITSAR

33 Principal,
DAV Public School
Lawrence Road, Police Line
Amritsar-143 001

ASSAM

34 Principal,
Faculty senior secondary school,
North Guwahati
Amingaon, Dt.Kamrup-781 003

DEHRADUN

35 Principal,
Pestleweed College,
Delhi- Mussorie Road,
Dehradun-248 009

MUSCAT

36 Principal,
Indian School Muscat
P.O. Box 2470
Ruwi, Postal Code 112
Sultanate of Oman

DUBAI

37 Principal,
The Indian High School
P.O. Box 106
Dubai-U.A.E.

DOHA

38 Principal,
MES India School
P.O. Box 3453, Doha-Qatar