Procedural Rules for INO

1. INO Hall Ticket:
   Please affix a recent passport size photograph of yours in the space provided and bring it at the time of every examination session as applicable in your case. This hall ticket must be preserved and must be presented at the time of OCSC, should you be selected for the same.
2. Proof of identity and date of birth:
   • Please carry a photo ID (Passport/ Aadhaar Card/ School id with photo and official stamp of school) to prove your identity. Otherwise, you may be refused entry to the examination.
   • Please carry a valid proof of date of birth issued by a competent government agency (Passport/ Aadhaar Card/ Birth Certificate/ Admit Card or Certificate for Secondary Board Examination) to the exam centre. Otherwise, you may be disqualified from the examination.
3. Roll Number:
   Your INO 2024 Roll Number is specified on your Hall Ticket. This Roll No. is different from your NSE Roll Number. This new Roll Number must be written correctly on all the pages of your INO Question Paper, Answer sheet, and in all further correspondence.
4. INO Examination rules:
   • You should bring your own sets of writing material including at least two HB pencils, a sharpener, an eraser, two blue pens, a ruler, geometry box (including compass and protractor) etc., to the examination.
   • Use of calculators
     • Astronomy / Biology / Chemistry / Physics: Non-programmable scientific calculators will be allowed. Please refer to the list of allowed calculators available on the https://secure.hbcse.tifr.res.in/ino/calculators.php.
     • No other computational aid or electronic equipment such as graphing calculators, mobile phones, smart-watches, pagers, log tables, slide rules, etc. are allowed.
   • Use of unfair means will result in disqualification.
   • Silence and decorum must be maintained in the examination hall and its precincts.
5. Provisional and final solutions:
   • The provisional solutions to INO 2024 examinations will be uploaded on HBCSE Olympiad website on February 6, 2024. Any comments regarding the same may be posted at https://secure.hbcse.tifr.res.in/ino/comments.php. Queries in any other form will not be entertained.
   • The last date for receiving such comments is February 10, 2024. The Examination Board (EB) of INO 2024 will deliberate on the comments and the decision of the EB will be final and binding. The final solutions (with corrections, if any) will be uploaded on February 20, 2024. Kindly note that the EB will not reply to any query/comments individually.
6. INO score and re-evaluation:
   • You can view your INO score by logging in on the INO registration site from February 20, 2024 onwards. You may apply for re-evaluation of your answer-script only through this website on or before February 26, 2024. You will see detailed information about this after checking your score online.
   • No application for re-evaluation by email, telephone, fax or speed post/normal mail will be entertained.
   • You can view your final INO score (with or without any revision after re-evaluation, if applied for) on the INO website from March 5, 2024 onwards. The post re-evaluation score will be considered as final and will be used in preparing the merit list for OCSC selection. No further applications will be entertained. The decision of the Examination Board regarding evaluation and re-evaluation will be final.
   • It is made clear that re-evaluation is a facility being given to students and is not by way of right. This facility can be withdrawn at any time either fully or partially with or without any advance notice.
7. Selection for OCSC:
   Based on INO performance, each student is eligible for selection in at most ONE Orientation Cum Selection Camp (OCSC), according to the order of preference declared by the student at the time of INO registration. The detailed procedure for this is given in the Science Olympiad Brochure published at https://olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in/olympiads-2023-2024/science-olympiad-2023-2024/.