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INSEF Submission
INSEF Project submissions for 2026-27 submissions are open.
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Submission Deadline: Please check below for the respective Regional Fair submission deadlines
Regional Fair dates will be updated on this website once finalized. Please do not contact us regarding the dates.
- Subject categories include: Energy, Engineering, Environment, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Biology, Behavioural Science, Computer Science & Engineering and Technology.
- A team of maximum 2 participants can apply
- Students from Grade 5 to 12 can participate in INSEF
- Students who are from Grade 5 to 8 are considered as Junior category and Grade 9 to 12 are considered as Senior category
- A project cannot have a mix of Junior and Senior category students. Any such entry received, will be disqualified.
- The project can be either practical Engineering based or a Research based project.
- There is no specific theme for INSEF at any time.
- All the projects submitted will be reviewed and shortlisted for the appropriate INSEF Regional Fair.
- You can submit your project only to one Region. Making attempt to submit from multiple region would lead to disqualification from INSEF
- You can only participate in a single project, for e.g. after selection result is announced and if your name appears in multiple projects then it is your responsibility to inform the organizers about multi-selection. You should inform and accept only one project for participation. Not doing so will lead to disqualification from INSEF
- No name changes for participants or guides are allowed once you submit your project.
- If we are unable to hold the offline physical fair at any region, then it would be clubbed with the Online entries.
During submission we ask for a PDF file containing all the project details and a video URL of your project demonstration.
Note that the top-3 winning projects from INSEF-plus Online National Fair will be qualified for Genius Olympiad, USA.
Note: if in a project team there is a mix of 11th / 12th grader student with a lower grade student then it will still be considered for INSEF-plus category.
Students from grade 5-10 who have submitted their projects under the Online category there will be a separate Regional Fair in the Online mode. Top winners from this fair will qualify for the INSEF National Fair, to be held from January 2 to 5, 2027, in Jamnagar, Gujarat
11th and 12th Graders please note, if you have submitted project for any of the Regional Fair, they will be automatically considered for online category of INSEF-plus. The selection results for your projects will be announced together with the INSEF-plus Online category results.
Fair Date: Saturday, 14th November 2026
Submission Deadline: 30th September 2026
Selection Result announcement date: 25th October 2026
Fair Date: Saturday 21st November 2026
Submission Deadline: 10th October 2026
Selection Result announcement date: 1st November 2026
Fair Date: Sunday, 29th November 2026
Submission Deadline: 10th October 2026
Selection Result announcement date: 5th November 2026
Fair Date: Sunday, 6th December 2026
Submission Deadline: 15th October 2026
Selection Result announcement date: 15th November 2026
Fair Date: Saturday, 12th December 2026
Submission Deadline: 15th October 2026
Selection Result announcement date: 22nd November 2026
For students from grade 5 and 10
Fair Date: 13th, 14th, 15th December 2026
We will coordinate the date/timings and make sure that it is convenient for the students
Submission Deadline: 25th October 2026
Selection Result announcement date: 25th November 2026
For students of grade 11 and 12
Fair Date: 16th, 17th & 23rd, 24th January 2027
We will coordinate the date/timings and make sure that it is convenient for the students
Submission Deadline: 25th October 2026
Selection Result announcement date: 28th December 2026
For students of grade 11 and 12
Fair Date: 14th February 2027
Submission Deadline: 25th October 2026
Selection Result announcement date: 26th January 2027
All the Gold medal winners and any explicitly qualified projects from Online Regional Fair get to participate in the National Fair
Fair Details:
January 2nd 2027 : Arrivals after 12 noon
January 3rd 2027 : Judging and Public Viewing
January 4th 2027 : Field Trip (all day)
January 5th 2027 : Departure
All the Gold medal winners and any explicitly qualified projects from Regional Fairs get to participate in INSEF National Fair
Note that Top-3 senior students from this INSEF National fair will be qualified for Genius Olympiad, USA.
Last Year's announcements
INSEF Regional Fair (Online) participate in INSEF National Fair (Online) concludes. Here are the results: Click here to view the results
Congratulations to all!
Online Valedictory Date: 26th January, 2026 - 5pm
INSEF Regional Fair (Online-India) & International concludes. Here are the results: Click here see the results
Congratulations to all!
Those who missed the live Valedictory, here is the recorded session of the meeting
Click here see the recorded session (we missed recording the earlier portions)
INSEF National Fair hosted by Dholakiya International School, Gondal
Venue Address: Dholakiya International School, Nr Ramanath Dham Temple, Gondal
INSEF National Fair 2025-26 concludes.
Here are the results of INSEF National Fair 2025-26: Click here to see the results
Science Society of India thanks Dholakiya International School Management and Staff for hosting INSEF National Fair 2025-26.
Fair Date: 21st September, 2025
INSEF Regional Fair (Rajkot) concludes. Science Society of India Thanks the management and the staff of Dholakiya International School, Gondal for hosting the INSEF Regional Fair.
Here are the results: Click here to see the results
Congratulations to all!
Fair Date: Saturday, 8th November, 2025
INSEF Regional Fair (Bangalore) concludes. Science Society of India Thanks the management and the staff of 10X International School, Bangalore for hosting the INSEF Regional Fair.
Here are the results: Click here to see the results
Congratulations to all!
Here are the pictures of the stalls: Click here to see the INSEF Bangalore image gallery
Fair Date: 22nd November, 2025
Here are the results of INSEF Regional Fair (Belgaum) conducted online: Click here to see the results
Congratulations to all
Click here to download all the participant's certificates
Click here to download all the guide's certificates
Fair Date: 28th and 29th November, 2025
Here are the results: Click here to see the results
Congratulations to all
Click here to download all the participant's certificates
Click here to download all the guide's certificates
Fair Date: Thursday, 4th December 2025
INSEF Regional Fair (Puttur) concludes. Science Society of India Thanks the management and the staff of Vivekananda Central School, Puttur, D.K for hosting the INSEF Regional Fair.
Here are the results: Click here to see the results
Congratulations to all!
Here are some pictures: Click here to see the INSEF Puttur image gallery
Fair Date: Sunday, 7th December, 2025
INSEF Regional Fair (Raipur) concludes. Science Society of India Thanks the management and the staff of R K Sarda Vidya Ashram, Raipur for hosting the INSEF Regional Fair.
Here are the results: Click here to see the results
Congratulations to all!
Here are some pictures: Click here to see the INSEF Raipur image gallery
There will be no Regional Fair or any Online fair, the projects will be reviewed and selection will be done for direct entry into the National Fair.
You can search and verify the participant name by providing the email address: Click here to check your submission for name verification