Class 11 Technothlon Olympiad Exam Syllabus is the same in every school; students can participate in events and competitions that test their mental ability and reasoning. The syllabus at the Technothlon Olympiad exam has been compared to courses used by the CBSE and ICSE boards and considered under the Haut’s squad test.
Technothlon is a competition conducted for school students internationally by the student body of IIT Guwahati. Starting with a group of students in a small room in 2004 with the aim of “Inspire Young Minds”. The competition started with students in the city of Guwahati and has expanded to more than 400 cities in the past 14 years with various centers abroad.
Technothlon evolved from the idea of a group of students from IIT Guwahati to inspire young minds. Initial participation started from 200 only from the city of Guwahati. The participation increased to over 700 in the next two years and the exam had spread all over North-East India. The next year shows exponential growth in participation with it reaching four figures in 2008 with students participating from all over the country. In 2009, Technothlon tied up with more than 1000 Kendriya Vidyalaya. The next year saw it go international with it being conducted in Singapore and Dubai. It also tied up with Jawahar Navodaya all over the country.
In the next two years, the competition spread to more than 150 cities and around 200 centers. The mains for these two years saw visits from eminent personalities like Rajendra K. Pachauri – Nobel Laureate, Nobel Peace Prize 2007 & Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Dr. Udaya Kumar, the maker of the Rupee symbol.
By 2015 the exam had expanded to 350 examination centers across 250 cities in the country and the exam was also conducted in Hindi. It tied up with UNICEF and had visitors from other countries like Roger Hunter, Kepler Mission Manager at NASA Ames Research Center, Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist, and ESA Astronaut and Claude Nicollier, Swiss ESA and Professor at EPFL.