TOSC 2026: IIT Kanpur Techkriti Open School Championship for Classes 6 to 12

What is TOSC 2026?

TOSC 2026 is the Techkriti Open School Championship, a national championship organised by Techkriti, IIT Kanpur, for students of Classes 6 to 12.

TOSC is the school-level championship of Techkriti, IIT Kanpur's annual technical and entrepreneurial festival. It brings school students from across India into one competition that is built around how they think, not what stream they study. The questions test logical reasoning and problem-solving, so a Class 6 student and a Class 12 science student both compete on the same core skill: clear, sharp thinking under time pressure.

Competishun supports TOSC as a supporting partner, connecting the championship with school students across India. The championship itself belongs to Techkriti, IIT Kanpur. Registration and all official details are on the official TOSC website.

Who can participate in TOSC 2026?

Any student of Class 6 to 12 can participate. Students compete in three pools, grouped by class, so younger students are not competing directly against senior students:

All streams are welcome. A humanities student, a commerce student and a science student all face the same kind of test, because TOSC is built around logical reasoning, not one stream syllabus.

Important dates and phases

TOSC 2026 at a glance

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Every Phase 1 participant receives a participation certificate.

Exam format and syllabus

Phase 1 is a 45-minute online exam with 40 objective questions on logical reasoning. That works out to just over a minute per question, so speed and accuracy both matter. The official website does not publish a detailed topic list, so the safest preparation is broad logical-reasoning practice: patterns, series, puzzles, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, ranking and seating, and basic data interpretation.

Phase 2 is not another written paper. At IIT Kanpur, qualifiers take part in puzzles and activities, exhibitions, workshops, a campus tour and talks. It rewards the same thinking skills, applied live, in teams and on campus.

Prizes and certificates

Winners receive Gold and Silver certificates, and prizes worth up to Rs. 5 lakh. Winners also get the opportunity to visit ISRO and science centres such as ARIES. The promo deck also mentions tablets, speakers, smart watches, vouchers, subscriptions, goodies and a Best School Award for the best-performing school.

Every participant in Phase 1 receives a participation certificate, so even students who do not reach Phase 2 walk away with a certificate from an IIT Kanpur championship.

How to register for TOSC 2026

About Competishun

Competishun is a Jaipur-based coaching institute for IIT JEE Main, JEE Advanced and NEET, run by Hari-Kripa Education Private Limited. Its faculty includes Mohit Tyagi Sir (Mathematics, IIT Delhi) and Amit Bijarnia Sir (Physics, IIT Delhi), and its courses cover Class 11, Class 12 and droppers, along with test series and printed study material.

Competishun supports national school championships such as TOSC by connecting students with the opportunity and by publishing guides like this one. For official TOSC details, always check the official TOSC website.

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