Aarav Shrestha
Budhanilkantha School
Bronze
About
Nepal’s route to the International AI Olympiad
We exist for one purpose: to find the students who can best represent Nepal, prepare them properly, and get them to the world stage.
Mission
Nepal has never lacked students who can compete at the highest level. What it lacked was a route.
AION — the AI Olympiad of Nepal — was formed to be that route.
What was missing
A published syllabus. An assessment every candidate could sit on the same terms. An organisation willing to take the resulting team abroad and stand behind it.
What AION runs
The selection cycle end to end — registration, preparation, a proctored national exam, a training camp, and the delegation itself. One body is accountable for the whole route.
What AION is not
A training institute. We do not sell courses; the preparation material exists so that the exam measures ability rather than access.
Principles
How we run the selection
Four commitments that shape every decision the committee makes.
01Merit
Merit, and nothing else
Selection rests on one published syllabus and one national exam. No interviews, no institutional quotas, no fees that could exclude a candidate.
02Access
Open to the whole country
The process runs entirely online so that a student in Jumla sits the same exam, under the same conditions, as a student in Kathmandu.
03Transparency
Transparent from the outset
Dates, criteria, syllabus and exam format are published before registration opens and do not change mid-cycle.
04Preparation
Preparation, not just assessment
Every registered candidate receives the full preparation library. A student's access to material should not decide their result.
Organising body
Who runs the cycle
The selection committee is drawn from academic partners and past delegates. Named appointments for the current cycle are published with the registration announcement.
Chair, Selection Committee
Final authority on eligibility, exam integrity and team selection.
Academic Director
Owns the syllabus, the question bank and the standard of the selection exam.
Examinations Office
Runs the exam window, proctoring review and the results process.
Delegation Lead
Training camp, travel, visas and Nepal's representation at the world Olympiad.
Delegations
Nepal's record so far
- Delegations sent
3
- Students who have competed
11
- Medals won
1
- Honourable mentions
4
2025
Beijing, China
4 students
1 Bronze medal, 2 Honourable Mentions
2024
Burgas, Bulgaria
4 students
2 Honourable Mentions
2023
Sofia, Bulgaria
3 students
Debut delegation — participation
Hall of fame
Every delegate who has placed
Individual honours won by Nepal's delegates at the International AI Olympiad, cycle by cycle.
- Delegates sent
- 4
- Medals
- 1
- Honourable mentions
- 2
Prisha Karki
St. Xavier's College
Honourable Mention
Nirajan Thapa
Trinity International College
Honourable Mention
Sponsors & partners
The organisations behind the cycle
The sponsors, academic partners and supporters who make the national selection possible.
- BRAIN FoundationOrganising partner
Registration for is open
Registration closes . There is no fee, and every registered candidate receives the full preparation library.