Indian Association of Physics Teachers

INPT
2026–27

Indian National Physicists’ Tournament
The national-level selection process for the International Physicists’ Tournament (IPT)
Bring your ideas. Defend your physics.

Explore the problems

PROBLEM 01The Magnetic Hourglass
PROBLEM 08Macroscopic Quasiparticles
PROBLEM 09Ice Ice Cubey

Important dates

05 October 2026

Registration opens

22 October 2026

Registration closes

25 October 2026

Confirmation of registration

30 November 2026

Manuscript submission deadline

11 January 2027

Results announced after double-blind review

Last week of January 2027

Tentative National Physics Fight (NPF)

How the selection works
Teams register and submit a manuscript on their first-preference problem. Following a double-blind review, 12 teams will be shortlisted for the National Physics Fight, where teams take turns as Reporter, Opponent and Moderator.
QR code to register for INPT 2026
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Scan this QR code with your phone camera to open the INPT 2026 registration form.

More information: ipt.science
Further queries: Prof. B.P. Tyagi and Prof. Syed Minhaz Hossain
Email: inpt2026.iapt@gmail.com · shminhaz@physics.iiests.ac.in · shminhaz@gmail.com