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Procedural Rules for INO 2013

1. The use of unfair means will result in disqualification.

2. Silence and decorum must be maintained in the examination hall and its precincts.

3. The provisional solutions to the INO – 2013 paper will be uploaded on the February 4, 2013. Any comments regarding the same may be sent ONLY to the following address:

         Astronomy:         inao2013@hbcse.tifr.res. in

         Biology:               inbo2013@hbcse.tifr.res.in

         Chemistry:           incho2013@hbcse.tifr.res.in

        Junior Science:    injso2013@hbcse.tifr.res.in

        Physics:               inpho2013@hbcse.tifr.res.in

The subject should indicate the question number(s) you want to comment on. For example:

Subject: Q. 7, 21 (where 7 and 21 are the questions you want to comment on in the email)

Alternatively you may send your comments by govt. post to the National Co-ordinator, Science Olympiads. Queries in any form addressed to individual staff / faculty will not be entertained.

The last date for considering these comments would be February 11, 2013. The Examination Board (EB) will deliberate on the comments and the decision of the EB will be final. The final solutions (with corrections, if any) will be uploaded on February 18, 2013. Kindly note that the EB will not reply to any query/comments individually.

4. The INO-2013 Performance Card will be mailed to you around 20^th Feb, 2013 by Speed Post. You may apply for re-evaluation of your answer-script. This application should be accompanied with your Performance Card, a stipulated fee and should be mailed within a stipulated time. Both, the stipulated fee and time will be indicated on the Performance Card mailed to you.

5. No application for re-evaluation by email, telephone, fax or any other electronic means will be entertained. The application should be sent by registered/ speed post only (not by private courier).

6. After re-evaluation, a revised performance card with post-revaluation score will be mailed to the candidate who has applied. The post-revaluation score will be considered as final and definitive and will be used in preparing the merit list. No further applications will be entertained.

7. The decision of the Paper Grading Board will be final.

8. 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 This facility can be withdrawn at any time either fully or partially with or without any advance notice.

9. HBCSE will not be responsible for any delays due to incomplete/ illegible/ incorrect address provided by the candidate or any other reasons beyond HBCSE’s control.

10. Students must hold a valid Indian Passport as per the visa regulations of the country hosting the International Olympiad before the beginning of the respective Orientation – cum – Selection Camp (OCSC). The date of expiry of the passport should be no sooner than six months after the conclusion of the relevant International Olympiad. It is the student's responsibility to determine that he/she satisfies eligibility norms. If at some later stage it is found that the student does not meet eligibility norms, he/she may face disqualification from the programme.

11. Indian National Olympiad (INO) hall ticket must be preserved and must be presented at the time of OCSC.
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