BHARAT AI OLYMPIAD

Prove Your AI. Represent Your Bharat.

India's largest AI literacy olympiad — testing computational thinking, AI fluency, and applied problem-solving from classrooms to the national stage.

The Road to Glory

School Round

School level

Online, auto-proctored, 60 min

District Round

District level

Online, timed + proctored, 90 min

State Round

State level

In-person, half-day (written + build challenge)

National Finals

National

In-person, full day, live stage, multi-round

🚀 Top 10% of School Round advance to District. Top 15% of District advance to State. Top 50 per division per state reach Nationals.

Choose Your Division

Fair competition. Age-appropriate challenges.

BAO Junior

BAO-JClass 6-8

AI awareness, logic, patterns, computational thinking

BAO Intermediate

BAO-IClass 9-10

Prompt engineering, Python fundamentals, web basics

BAO Senior

BAO-SClass 11-12

Full-stack, AI APIs, system design, applied ML

BAO Campus

BAO-CCollege

Advanced AI/ML, architecture, research application

Rewards & Recognition

BAO National Champion

Top 3 nationally per division

Gold medal, trophy, major scholarship, national press

BAO Gold Medalist

Top 1% nationally

Gold medal, scholarship, mentorship with industry leaders

BAO Silver Medalist

Top 5% nationally

Silver medal, certificate, Qrius fellowship priority

BAO Bronze Medalist

Top 10% nationally

Bronze medal, certificate

BAO State Qualifier

Top 25% state-level

Merit certificate, state recognition

BAO Participant

All participants

Participation certificate + AI proficiency scorecard

Annual Calendar

Aug-Sep

Registrations open, practice portal live, school awareness drives

October

School Round — online, nationwide simultaneously

November

District Round — online, proctored

January

State Round — in-person, state capitals / major cities

March

National Finals — flagship 2-day event

The Stage Is Set. Are You Ready?

BAO 2026 registrations are open. Every olympiad champion started with one round.