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Shimla, August 25, 2026

For students preparing for competitive examinations, knowing what to study is only one part of the journey. Understanding their strengths, identifying gaps and assessing their preparedness are equally important. The Aakash National Talent Hunt Exam (ANTHE) aims to bridge this gap by helping students benchmark their academic performance.

Now in its 16th year, ANTHE has emerged as one of India’s prominent student assessment platforms, with more than one crore students having registered for the examination since its inception.

What began as a talent identification initiative has evolved into a structured academic assessment designed to help students evaluate their preparedness, understand their competitive potential and build a stronger foundation for future academic pursuits.

Unlike assessments that focus solely on final scores, ANTHE is designed as a structured diagnostic examination, with questions mapped to specific concepts and competencies. The assessment evaluates students on areas including subject knowledge, aptitude, analytical ability and examination skills, providing them with a broader understanding of their academic performance.

Chandra Sekhar Garisa Reddy, MD and CEO, Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), said, “For us, ANTHE has never been just an examination that determines a student’s scholarship. Its larger purpose is to help students understand their own academic potential at a stage when the right guidance can make a meaningful difference.”

He added that over the past 16 years, more than one crore students have used ANTHE as an opportunity to benchmark their performance and understand where they stand academically.

“What makes the examination valuable is the depth of insight it provides—not just what a student scored, but what that performance tells them about their strengths, preparedness and the areas they need to work on,” Reddy said.

Scholarships continue to be a key component of ANTHE, enabling eligible students to access Aakash’s Classroom, Hybrid and Digital programmes.

Under ANTHE 2026, students can avail scholarships of up to 100 per cent, subject to applicable criteria. The examination also offers ₹2.5 crore in cash prizes for top-performing students.

ANTHE 2026 is open to students from Classes V to XII and will be conducted in both online and offline modes.

The online examination will be held from October 27 to November 1, 2026, while the offline examination will be conducted on October 11, October 25 and November 1, 2026.

Registrations for ANTHE 2026 are currently open through the official ANTHE portal and Aakash centres across the country.