INDAC
The Indian Academic Championship conducted by Xpress Minds Edutainment is a multi-tiered contest. In Year 1, it consists of:
In its inaugural edition, the regional tournament is being held online. It is an online tournament, providing a simulative and preparatory experience to India-based students for international bee and bowl events.Structure
In its inaugural edition, INDAC is open to students studying in grades 4 to 9 at schools across India as on 01 January, 2025.
Students can participate in 3 age divisions and 4 subjects (see fee details).
– History Bee
– Geography Bee
– Science Bee
– Academic (GK) Bee
– History Bee
– Geography Bee
– Science Bee
– Academic (GK) Bee
– History Bee
– Geography Bee
– Science Bee
– Academic (GK) Bee
Stages
Each student can participate only within a specific age division, but can take the ORQE and subsequent rounds in 1, 2, 3 or all 4 subjects.
Player Journey
Stage 1 - INDAC ORQE (INDAC Online Regional Qualifying Exam)
All participants must register and take the INDAC Online Regional Qualifying Exam (ORQE). This will be available to all eligible participants (see schedule). Students must first register their names to understand which age division they are eligible for.
The ORQE for each subject for each age division can be attempted up to 2 times. The best score will be considered for the Regional Tournament (RT). All participants scoring ≥50% will be eligible for a seat in the Regional Tournament.
Participation in ORQE is free.
Stage 2 - INDAC Regional Tournament (Online Proctored Quiz)
All qualified students can participate at the INDAC Regional Tournament, after paying a fee for each subject that they wish to attempt.
The Regional Tournament (RT) is an online event.
Proctored Quiz: Participants play a proctored quiz of 30 multiple choice questions on their device. All the participants are required to join a video conferencing app with their cameras on. All participants who score 50% or more in the Proctored Quiz will be eligible to participate in the international contests organized by International Academic Competitions.
Stage 3 - INDAC Online Regional Buzzer Play-Offs (Qualifiers)*
Regional Buzzer Play-Offs (Qualifiers): All participants who play the proctored online quiz will be sorted on the basis of their performance and placed in slots for the Buzzer Play-Offs. Each Buzzer Play-Off will accommodate 8 participants, who will face 30 questions on the buzzer.
This round will feature paragraph length quiz questions with questions moving from harder to easier information on each topic. Participants ring in with an online buzzer to answer the questions; if they are correct they get points; if not, they cannot ring in again on that question.
Stage 4 - INDAC Online Regional Buzzer Play-Offs (Finals)*
Regional Buzzer Play-Offs (Finals): The final stage of the RT will feature the best performing contestants from the Buzzer Play-Offs (Qualifiers), who will then vie for the title of INDAC National Champion.
Stage 6 - IAC World Championships***
* Beyond the ORQE, a participant must secure the minimum eligibility score at each level to qualify for the next
** Asian Academic Championship, International History Bee, International Geography Bee, International
Science Bee, International Academic Bee
***All students who qualify for the Asian Championships in the History Bee also qualify for the 2025 International History Olympiad in Paris
All students who qualify for the Asian Championships in the Geography Bee also qualify for the 2026 International Geography Championships
All students who qualify for the Asian Championships in the Science Bee also qualify for the inaugural International Science Championships in the USA (date TBD soon)
Prizes and Certificates
At the RT, the champion participant in each age division in each subject will receive a plaque. The 2nd placed and 3rd placed participants will receive a medal each. All finalists will receive a Certificate of Merit indicating their position in the Regional Tournament.
All Regional Tournament participants will receive a Certificate of Participation at the event.