Program Stages
The Indian Academic Championship conducted by Xpress Minds Edutainment is a multi-tiered contest.
Stages
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 *
The first in-person Regional Tournament – RT Alpha – will be held in Delhi. Students from Delhi-NCR as well as any other part of the country are welcome to sign up for the RT.
The RT has events connected to four main subjects: History, Geography, Science & Academic.
| History | Geography | Science | Academic | |
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| Quiz Bee | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Quiz Bowl* | No | No | No | Yes |
| Spelling Bee | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Word Search | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Olympiads & Exams |
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*Team Event
Depending on how many individual events students wish to play, and whether they wish to play only the bee events (academic bowl is thrown in for free in year 1) or compete in numerous events on the RT weekend and vie for the INDAC Overall Regional Championship, the fee structure varies.
Quiz Bee: The Quiz Bee is an individual event. At the regional level, participants will have done the Online Regional Qualifying Exam (ORQE) and placed in the top 50%. The Quiz Bee is divided into Prelim and Final Rounds. In each age division, there are 3 prelim rounds followed by finals. (read more)
Quiz Bowl: The Quiz Bowl is a team event. In 2025-2026, we are offering only Academic Bowl, focusing on Current Affairs with an Indian flavour. Quiz Bowl teams comprise of 3 to 6 players. Each team should consist of members within the same age division. (read more)
Spelling Bee: These are special spelling bees based on terms, names, places and events connected to specific subjects. The subjects are History, Geography & Science. A moderator will read out 30 words that participants will spell out in writing on an answer sheet. Extra information like meaning, usage, context and etymology will be provided. The difficulty level of the words will be determined by the age division.
Word Search: This is a fun game in which a 20x20 grid of letters will be given along with questions or clues leading to answer words hidden in the grid. Words may be up to down, down to up, left to right, right to left, diagonal up to down or diagonal down to up. The grid will have a few red herrings. Participants will have to circle the correct words and match them with the question numbers on the answer sheet.
Olympiads & Exams: There are 2 exams in each subject and 1 in Academic. Each exam, curated for age-appropriateness, is a multiple-choice question (MCQ) Olympiad with 50 questions on the subject. Some exams are entirely visual, others are textual.
Stage 3 - IAC International Championships**
Structure
INDAC is open to students studying in grades 3 to 12 as on 01 September, 2025 at schools across India.
Students can participate in 5 age divisions and 3 subjects, plus the Academic Bowl.
– Subject Bees
– Spelling Bees
– Academic Bowl
– Games… & more!
– Subject Bees
– Spelling Bees
– Academic Bowl
– Games… & more!
– Subject Bees
– Spelling Bees
– Academic Bowl
– Games… & more!
– Subject Bees
– Spelling Bees
– Academic Bowl
– Games… & more!
– Subject Bees
– Spelling Bees
– Academic Bowl
– Games… & more!
* Beyond the ORQE, a participant must secure the minimum eligibility score at each level to qualify for the next
** All students who are in the top 50% of the INDAC Regional Tournament automatically qualify for IAC’s International Championships, such as the Asian Academic Championship, International Geography Championships, International History Olympiad, International Science Championships, etc. All students who qualify for the Asian Championships in the Science Bee also qualify for the inaugural International Science Championships in USA (date TBD soon)
Prizes and Certificates
At the RT, the winners 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.