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About Nexus Quest

Nexus QUEST is a nationwide Talent Hunt Examination for school students, conducted as part of Elan & nVision — IIT Hyderabad's annual techno-cultural fest. It's designed to identify and celebrate exceptional scholastic talent from schools across the country.

Unlike routine textbook-based Olympiads, Nexus QUEST challenges students with thought-provoking, analytical and multidisciplinary problems beyond rote learning, while providing IIT exposure and opportunities to explore future academic and career paths.

About Elan & nVision

Elan & nVision is IIT Hyderabad's flagship techno-cultural fest — and the platform Nexus QUEST is held under. Now in its 17th edition, it's recognized as South India's largest student-run techno-cultural festival, drawing over 50,000 students, innovators, artists, and young entrepreneurs from across the country over three days.

About IITH

Nexus QUEST is conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) — established in 2008 and now one of India's fastest-rising technical institutes.

Why that matters for participating students:

NIRF 2025 rankings:
Overall - 12th
Engineering - 7th
Innovation - 6th
Research Institutions - 15th
Research-driven campus: running "Patent a Day: Mission 365," having already filed 580+ patents, including 210+ in the last year alone, across 30+ Centres and Centres of Excellence
Strong innovation culture: has supported 320+ student startups, with dedicated programs like BUILD and BHARATI that get first-year students hands-on with real engineering problems
Academic diversity: IIT Hyderabad offers programmes spanning engineering, science, design and liberal arts, including interdisciplinary programmes such as Artificial Intelligence and Computational Engineering.
Global connections: IIT Hyderabad has strategic academic and research partnerships across seven countries, including Japan, Australia, the USA and European nations

For a school student, this means Nexus QUEST isn't just another Olympiad — it's a direct touchpoint with a nationally top-ranked IIT, its faculty, and its research culture