Panini Linguistics Olympiad is the Indian national program for selection and training of the candidates who represent India at the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL). The program is coordinated by Microsoft Research Labs India, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, JNU Delhi and the University of Mumbai & is actively supported by regional coordinators across the country including Chennai Mathematical Institute, IIT Guwahati, SNLTR Kolkata, and IIT Patna. The main purpose of PLO is to create awareness of linguistics amongst students of the country, and popularize the fields of linguistics and computational linguistics as areas of further study and research.
Panini Linguistic Olympiad (PLO) 2023 will be held on 5th March, 2023
Eligibility Criteria:
- Students studying in 6, 7, or 8 are eligible to appear for junior contest
- Students of 9, 10, 11, or 12 are eligible to appear for senior contest
Note: if you have attended the Invitational Round Camp in any previous year, you can appear only in the Senior contest.
- You must carry a government issued photo ID (Aadhaar card, passport, etc.) that states your name, and date of birth, and has a photograph of you.
- Contestants who have represented India at IOL 2022 are eligible for direct entry to the Invitational Round camp, and need not appear for the Round 1 contest.
- Contestants who are not citizens of India are eligible to participate in the Round 1 contest provided they reside in India and are enrolled in a school in India.
Important Dates:
Eligible students can register online to participate in round 1
Registration open: January 25th
Registration closes:March 3
Round 1 Contest: March 5
Round 1 Result Date:TBA
Invitational round Date:TBA
Team India IOL: July 21
(The selected participants travel to Bulgaria to compete in the International Lingusitics Olympiad 2023!)
What is IOL?
Since the mid-1960s, problem-solving competitions in linguistics for secondary school students have been taking place, mainly in Russia, Bulgaria and other eastern European countries. In recent years, the idea of the Linguistics Olympiads has spread to Western Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Winners of the regional competitions qualify for the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL), which has taken place annually since 2003.
As would be expected, one faces even more intriguing, compelling and creative problems at IOL from cracking how Barcodes are made to how Emojis are represented in Indonesian and from how to write poems in Somali’s Masafo meter to unlocking river based navigation systems of Sulawesi.
Once you have made it to Team India Saffron or Green, apart from the training sessions and the pre-departure camp, the best preparation possible is to attempt as many past problems as you can.
Important Points:
- If you could not register for PLO in time, you can also register yourself at the nearest center on the exam day, as a "walk-in" applicant, share registration details and pay the fees equivalent to the standard registration fees for that year, at the center itself.
- Once the registrations get done, a tentative list of students and their roll numbers will be posted on the website itself, keep checking the website for further updates!
Click Here To Apply
Important points
- Do not forget to include the comment for the transaction, and do not add any other information in the comment. Enter the comment as shown above.
- Ensure each contestant registering for the contest has payed the registration fee, and each transaction for the registration fee is for exactly one contestant.
