These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) of (a) use of our website www.international-maths-challenge.com (“Website”), or any products or services in connection with the Website/products (“Services”) or (b) any modes of registrations or usage of products, are between International Maths Challenge (“Company/IMC/We/Us/Our”) and its users (“User/You/Your”).

Please read the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy of the Company with respect to registration with us, the use of the Website, Services and products carefully before using the Website, Services or products. In the event of any discrepancy between the Terms and any other policies with respect to the Website or Services or products, the provisions of the Terms shall prevail.

Your use/access/browsing of the Website or the Services or products or registration (with or without payment/with or without subscription) through any means shall signify Your acceptance of the Terms and Your agreement to be legally bound by the same.

If You do not agree with the Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website or avail the Services or products. Any access to our Website/Services/products through registrations/subscription is non transferable.

• • Except as mentioned below, all information, content, material, trademarks, services marks, trade names, and trade secrets including but not limited to the software, text, images, graphics, video, script and audio, contained in the Website, Services and products are proprietary property of the Company (“Proprietary Information”).  No Proprietary Information may be copied, downloaded, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way without obtaining prior written permission from the Company and nothing on this Website or Services shall be or products deemed to confer a license of or any other right, interest or title to or in any of the intellectual property rights belonging to the Company, to the User. You may own the medium on which the information, content or materials resides, but the Company shall at all times retain full and complete title to the information, content or materials and all intellectual property rights inserted by the Company on such medium. Certain contents on the Website may belong to third parties. Such contents have been reproduced after taking prior consent from said party and all rights relating to such content will remain with such third party. Further, you recognize and acknowledge that the ownership of all trademarks, copyright, logos, service marks and other intellectual property owned by any third party shall continue to vest with such party and You are not permitted to use the same without the consent of the respective third party.
  • Your use of our products, Website, Services and products is solely for your personal and non-commercial use. Any use of the Website, Services or products or their contents other than for personal purposes is prohibited. Your personal and non-commercial use of this Website, products and / or our Services shall be subjected to the following restrictions:
    • You may not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the contents of the Website and/or Services/ products or modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information or software obtained from our Website and/or Services/products, or remove any copyright, trademark registration, or other proprietary notices from the contents of our Website and/or Services/products.
    • You will not (a) use our Website and/or any of our product/s or Service/s for commercial purposes of any kind, or (b) advertise or sell any products, Services or domain names or otherwise (whether or not for profit), or solicit others (including, without limitation, solicitations for contributions or donations) or use any public forum for commercial purposes of any kind, or (c) use the Website/our products and Services in any way that is unlawful, or harms the Company or any other person or entity as determined by the Company.
    • No User shall be permitted to perform any of the following prohibited activities while availing our Services:
      • Making available any content that is misleading, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, tortuous, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, obscene, child-pornographic, lewd, lascivious, profane, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
      • Stalking, intimidating and/or harassing another and/or inciting other to commit violence;
      • Transmitting material that encourages anyone to commit a criminal offence, that results in civil liability or otherwise breaches any relevant laws, regulations or code of practice;
      • Interfering with any other person’s use or enjoyment of the Website/Services;
      • Making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of materials protected by copyright without the permission of the owner, committing any act that amounts to the infringement of intellectual property or making available any material that infringes any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights of anyone else;
      • Make available any content or material that You do not have a right to make available under any law or contractual or fiduciary relationship, unless You own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents for such use of the content;
      • Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent Your affiliation with a person or entity;
      • Post, transmit or make available any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer programming routines, code, files or such other programs that may harm the website/services, interests or rights of other users or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware or telecommunications, or that may harvest or collect any data or personal information about other Users without their consent;
      • Access or use the Website/Services/products in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair any of the Website’s servers or the networks connected to any of the servers on which the Website is hosted;
      • Intentionally or unintentionally interfere with or disrupt the services or violate any applicable laws related to the access to or use of the Website/Services/products, violate any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Website/Services/products, or engage in any activity prohibited by these Terms;
      • Disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, the Website/Services/products, materials, systems resources, or gain unauthorized access to user accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Website/Services/products or any affiliated or linked sites;
      • Interfere with, or inhibit any user from using and enjoying access to the Website/ Services/products, or other affiliated sites, or engage in disruptive attacks such as denial of service attack on the Website/Services/products;
      • Use deep-links, page-scrape, robot, spider or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to increase traffic to the Website/Services/products, to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of the Website/Services/products, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the website, or any content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any content, documents or information through any means not specifically made available through the Website/Services/products;
      • Alter or modify any part of the Services;
      • Use the Services for purposes that are not permitted by: (i) these Terms; and (ii) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdiction; or
      • Violate any of the terms specified under the Terms for the use of the Website/Services/products.
  • In the preparation of the Website/Services/products and contents such as test papers and their solutions therein, every effort has been made to offer the most current, correct, and clearly expressed information possible. Nevertheless, inadvertent errors may occur. In particular, but without limiting anything here, the Company disclaims any responsibility for any errors and accuracy of the information that may be contained in the website. Any feedback from User is most welcome to make the website and contents thereof error free and user friendly. Company also reserves the right and discretion to make any changes/corrections or withdraw/add contents at any time without notice. Neither the Company nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on Website/Services/products for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
  • Our Website provides Users with access to compiled educational information and related sources. Such information is provided on an As Is basis and We assume no liability for the accuracy or completeness or use or non-obsolescence of such information. We shall not be liable to update or ensure continuity of such information contained on the Website. We would not be responsible for any errors, which might appear in such information, which is compiled from third party sources or for any unavailability of such information. From time to time the Website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s). You may not create a link to the Website from another website or document without the Company’s prior written consent. The Company operates on its own and is not affiliated to any other Challenge bodies worldwide.
  • The contents of the Services/products are developed on the concepts covered in the structured curriculum syllabus prescribed for students of various courses. The usage of the Website/Services/products is not endorsed as a substitution to the curriculum based education provided by the educational institutions but is intended to supplement the same by explaining and presenting the concepts in a manner enabling easy understanding. The basic definitions and formulae of the subject matter would remain the same. The Company acknowledges that there are various means of delivering structured curriculum pedagogy and inclusion of methods in the Website/Services/products does not imply endorsement of any particular method nor exclusion imply disapproval. Subscription to the website or usage of our Services/Website/products does not in any manner guarantee admission to any educational institutions or passing of any exams or achievement of any specified percentage of marks in any examinations.
  • Certain contents in the Services/Website/products (in particular relating to assistance in preparations for administrative services) may contain opinions and views. The Company shall not be responsible for such opinions or any claims resulting from them. Further, the Company makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the quality, content, completeness, or adequacy of such information and data.
  • Some parts of the Services are interactive, and we encourage contributions by Users, which may or may not be subject to editorial control prior to being posted. The Company accepts no responsibility or liability for any material communicated by third parties in this way. The Company reserves the right at its sole discretion to remove, review, edit or delete any content. Similarly, We will not be responsible or liable for any content uploaded by Users directly on the Website, irrespective of whether We have certified any answer uploaded by the User. We would not be responsible to verify whether such questions/answers or contents placed by any User contain infringing materials or not.
  • The Company may, based on any form of access to the website (including free download/trials) or Services or Website or registrations through any source whatsoever, contact the User through sms, email and call, to give information about its products as well as notifications on various important updates and/or to seek permission for demonstration of its products. The User expressly grants such permission to contact him/her through telephone, SMS, e-mail and holds the Company indemnified against any liabilities including financial penalties, damages, expenses in case the User’s mobile number is registered with Do not Call (DNC)/ Do not Disturb (DND) database. By registering yourself , you agree to make your contact details available to Our employees, associates and partners so that you may be contacted for education information and promotions through telephone, SMS, email etc.
  • While the Company may, based on the User’s confirmation, facilitate the demonstration of its products at the location sought by the User, the User acknowledges that he/she has not been induced by any statements or representations of any person with respect to the quality or conditions of the products and that User has relied solely on the investigations, examinations and inspections as the User has chosen to make and that the Company has afforded the User the opportunity for full and complete investigations, examinations and inspections.
  • Upon registration through any means whatsoever, the Company may contact You through the registered mobile number or e-mail or any other mobile number or contact number or email provided by You to enable effective provision of Services. The User expressly permits the Company to contact him/her and the student utilising the Services, through the above mentioned means at any time post registration. Further, the Company shall have the right to monitor the download and usage of the Website/Services/products and the contents thereof by the User/student, to analyze such usage and discuss the same with the User/student to enable effective and efficient usage of the Services. The User expressly permits the Company to clear the doubts of the student using the Website/Services/products portal by answering the questions placed before it, providing study plans, informing of the progress, providing feedback, communicating with the student and mentoring the student through telephone or e-mail on express consent of the legal guardian/parent of the User or through any other forum.
  • While the Company has made efforts to train the personnel engaged in the sales and services relating to its products to enable quality control, it makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the quality and competence of such personnel and would not be responsible for any deviant behaviour of any such personnel. Any feedback from User relating to the same is most welcome and Company reserves the right and discretion to take any action in this regard.
  • Access to certain elements of the Services including training, mentoring services etc may be subject to separate terms, conditions and fair usage policy. The Company reserves the right to determine the criteria for provision of various elements of Services to the different categories of Users based on its policies. Hence, subscription to the Website/Products/Services or registrations do not automatically entitle the User to any and all elements of Services provided by the Company and the Company shall be entitled to exercise its discretion while providing access to and determining continuity of certain elements of Services. We reserve the right to extend, cancel, discontinue, prematurely withdraw or modify any of Our Services at Our discretion.
  • The Company’s products and/or Services, including the Website and content, are compatible only with certain devices/tablets/instruments/hardware. The Company shall not be obligated to provide workable products and/or services for any instruments that are not recognized by the Company or those instruments that may be purchased from any third party that are not compatible with the Company’s products and Services The Company reserves the right to upgrade the table/ type of compatible devices as required from time to time.
  • The Company shall have no responsibility for any loss or damage caused to the tablet or any other hardware and/or software and/or instrument, including loss of data or effect on the processing speed, resulting from Your use of our products and Services.
  • Cases of Cheating and Malpractice: If a student is found to be cheating or involved in malpractice during any stage of the International Maths Challenge, the following actions will be taken:
    • Revocation of Honours and Titles: The student will be stripped of all honours, accolades, and titles obtained from the beginning of their participation.
    • Exclusion from Merchandise Benefits: No merchandise will be dispatched to the student, regardless of any previous enrolment made for merchandise.
    • Communication with the School: The school will be promptly notified about the malpractice incident, and comprehensive evidence will be provided.
    • School’s Decision: The school will be entrusted with determining the appropriate course of action in response to the malpractice incident.
    • Possible publication by Schools: Partner Schools reserve the right to publish these details.
    • Communication with Parent Representatives: Parent representatives associated with the school will also be informed of the incident.
    • Settlement Opportunity for Parents: Before sharing details with the school and parent representatives, parents may be given an opportunity to settle the case amicably.
    • Bespoke Settlement Terms: Settlement terms will be customised based on the grade and the nature of the offence.
    • Privacy through Docket Number: In case of settlement, parents will receive a unique docket number ensuring privacy while filling out the settlement form.

    These measures are in place to maintain the integrity of the International Maths Challenge and to ensure fair and ethical participation.

  • Accolades and Merchandise:- The website will describe the accolades conferred on the deserving students There would be 2 components of accolades conferred A)  online citations (certificates) and B) physical awards. All online variants would be available for free to the winners (Elitists and Champions). Participation certificates (online) will be sent only to students who successfully complete both the rounds (in the regular 2 Round Challenge version). If the Challenge is a special one-round Challenge, such as the Online Simulation Maths Challenge for Selected Schools, only winners will receive certificates. To procure a physical version of the merchandise, the student/parent/guardian would need to bear the shipping cost mentioned by the IMC team. Shipping costs can vary as per the location of the student.
  • In case of physical delivery of any product, you have to specify the address to which the shipment has to be made at the time of purchase. All product(s) shall be delivered directly to the address as specified at the point of ordering and you cannot, under any circumstances whatsoever, change the address after the order is processed. In case of any change in the address, you need to specify the same to us in writing well in advance of the shipping date. Any inconsistencies in name or address will result in the non-delivery of the product(s). All participating contestants need to mention a valid address in their own home country. Home country is the students’ usual country of residence. Merchandise will not be delivered in any other country.
  • You acknowledge that the Company is not the manufacturer of the instrument/medium/hardware and hence, any defect relating to the same shall be reported to the manufacturer and the Company shall not be in any manner responsible for the same. The Company does not provide any guarantee or warranty relating to the instrument/medium/hardware
  • In order to access the Services and to avail the use of the website/products, You shall be required to register yourself with the website/Services/products, and maintain an account with the website/Services/products. You will be required to furnish certain information and details, including Your name, mobile number, e-mail address, residential address, grade/class of the student, school name, payment information (credit/debit card details) if required, and any other information deemed necessary by the website/service/product. With respect to the provision of information, the following may be noted:-

It is Your sole responsibility to ensure that the account information provided by You is accurate, complete and latest.

You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the account information and for all activities that occur under Your account. You agree to (a) ensure that You successfully log out from Your account at the end of each session; and (b) immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of Your account.  If there is reason to believe that there is likely to be a breach of security or misuse of Your account, we may request You to change the password or we may suspend Your account without any liability to the Company, for such period of time as we deem appropriate in the circumstances. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from Your failure to comply with this provision.

You acknowledge that your ability to use your account is dependent upon external factors such as internet service providers and internet network availability and the Company cannot guarantee accessibility to the Website at all times. In addition to the disclaimers set forth in the Terms, the Company shall not be liable to You for any damages arising from your inability to log into Your account and access the services of the website at any time.

• Persons who are minors, un-discharged insolvents etc. are not eligible to register for Our products or Services. As a minor if you wish to use Our products or Services, such use shall be made available to you by your legal guardian or parents, who has agreed to these Terms. In the event a minor utilizes the Website/Services/Products, it is assumed that he/she has obtained the consent of the legal guardian or parents and such use is made available by the legal guardian or parents. The Company will not be responsible for any consequence that arises as a result of misuse of any kind of Our Website or any of Our products or Services that may occur by virtue of any person including a minor registering for the Services/products provided. By using the products or Services You warrant that all the data provided by You is accurate and complete and that student using the Website/Services/Products has obtained the consent of parent/legal guardian (in case of minors). The Company reserves the right to terminate Your subscription and / or refuse to provide You with access to the products or Services if it is discovered that You are under the age of 18 (eighteen) years and the consent to use the products or Services is not made by Your parent/legal guardian or any information provided by you is inaccurate. You acknowledge that the Company does not have the responsibility to ensure that You conform to the aforesaid eligibility criteria. It shall be Your sole responsibility to ensure that You meet the required qualification. Any persons under the age of 18 (eighteen) should seek the consent of their parents/legal guardians before providing any Information about themselves or their parents and other family members on the Website.
• You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (i) Your use of and access of the Website/Services/Products ; (ii) Your violation of any term of these Terms or any other policy of the Company; (iii) Your violation of any third party right, including without limitation, any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that Your use of the Website/Services/Products has caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms.
• In no event shall the Company, its officers, directors, employees, partners or agents be liable to You or any third party for any special, incidental, indirect, consequential or punitive damages whatsoever, including those resulting from loss of use, data or profits or any other claim arising out, of or in connection with, Your use of, or access to, the Website.
• In the event of Your breach of these Terms, You agree that the Company will be irreparably harmed and may not have an adequate remedy in money or damages. The Company therefore, shall be entitled in such event to obtain an injunction against such a breach from any court of competent jurisdiction. The Company’s right to obtain such relief shall not limit its right to obtain other remedies.
• Any violation by You of the terms of this Clause may result in immediate suspension or termination of Your Accounts apart from any legal remedy that the Company can avail. In such instances, the Company may also disclose Your Account Information if required by any Governmental or legal authority. You understand that the violation of these Terms could also result in civil or criminal liability under applicable laws.
• The Company has the right to change modify, suspend, or discontinue and/or eliminate any aspect(s), features or functionality of the Website or the Services as it deems fit at any time without notice. Further, the Company has the right to amend these Terms from time to time without prior notice to you. The Company makes no commitment, express or implied, to maintain or continue any aspect of the Website/Services/Products. You agree that the Company shall not be liable to You or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Website/Services/Products. All prices are subject to change without notice.
• General Provisions: All notices served by the Company shall be provided via email to Your account or as a general notification on the website. Any notice to be provided to the Company should be sent to support@international-maths-challenge.com
  Entire Agreement: The Terms, along with the Privacy Policy, and any other guidelines made applicable to the website from time to time, constitute the entire agreement between the Company and You with respect to Your access to or use of the Website, products and the Services thereof.
  Assignment: You cannot assign or otherwise transfer Your obligations under the Terms, or any right granted hereunder to any third party. The Company’s rights under the Terms are freely transferable by the Company to any third parties without the requirement of seeking Your consent.
  Severability: If, for any reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Terms, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to give effect to the intent of the parties as reflected by that provision, and the remainder of the Terms shall continue in full force and effect.
  Waiver: Any failure by the Company to enforce or exercise any provision of the Terms, or any related right, shall not constitute a waiver by the Company of that provision or right.
  Relationship: You acknowledge that your participation on the website does not make You an employee or agency or partnership or joint venture or franchise of the Company.
  The Company provides these Terms so that You are aware of the terms that apply to your use of the Website/Products and Services. You acknowledge that, the Company has given You a reasonable opportunity to review these Terms and that You have agreed to them.
• Refund Policy: There is no refund for any physical product purchased, such as merchandise. Any online product purchased on www.international-maths-challenge.com is refundable within 24 hours and subject to the conditions noted below.
  • No portion of the Courseware purchased has been accessed and attempted. In case any part of the practice Courseware has been attempted, the Courseware standalone fees will be deducted from the overall Purchase Amount
  • The student has not taken the Round for which he/she has registered If all criteria are met, submit your refund request in writing via e-mail to testsupport@international-maths-challenge.com. Do mention the Registration Number of the student in the Subject of the email
    Requested refunds that are approved may take up to 15 business days to reflect in your account. Refunds will only be issued to the same payment method used during the initial purchase.
    Course Specific Policies: Policies Notwithstanding the foregoing, any course-specific terms, conditions, or policies presented during registration that may be inconsistent with the refund policy specified above, will supersede those listed in this refund policy. If you would like to inquire if there are any specific terms or policies for the course you are looking to purchase, please contact us.
• Feedback: Any feedback You provide with respect to the website shall be deemed to be non-confidential. The website shall be free to use such information on an unrestricted basis. Further, by submitting the feedback, You represent and warrant that (i) Your feedback does not contain confidential or proprietary information of You or of third parties; (ii) the Company is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the feedback; (iii) the website may have something similar to the feedback already under consideration or in development; and (iv) You are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from the Company for the feedback under any circumstances, unless specified. All feedbacks are to be sent to feedback@international-maths-challenge.com
  Under no circumstances shall the Company be held responsible in any manner for any content provided by other users even such content is hurtful or offensive. Please exercise caution while accessing the website.
• Customer Care: We make all best endeavors to provide You with a pleasant experience. In the unlikely event that You face any issues, please contact us at feedback@international-maths-challenge.com