National contests and assessment
National contests. Verified performance.
AMS runs national contests in quantitative finance and competitive programming. Access turns contest performance into a hiring signal firms can use.
Established 2026 · India
- Two national contests
- One assessment platform
- Finals hosted at IIT Bombay
AMS reach at a glance
- AMS talent pool
- 5,000+
- Derive participants
- 2,500+
- Institutions represented
- 30+
Institutional mandate
Performance, measured under one standard.
AMS (Algorithms & Mathematics Society) is an Indian contest and assessment organization. It runs national contests in quantitative finance and competitive programming, then carries that performance standard into benchmarked assessments through Access.
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Measure two disciplines
Derive measures quantitative reasoning. Ascent measures systems and performance engineering.
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Select through competition
Online rounds establish the field before the strongest performers advance to in-person finals.
- 03
Turn performance into signal
Access lets firms run secure assessments benchmarked against AMS contest populations.
Program directory
Two national contests. One assessment system.
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Derive
Probability, markets, and mathematical reasoning under the clock.
ClassificationNational quant contest
Evidence2,500+ participants · 150 advanced · 50 qualified · 33 competed
- 02
Ascent
C++, optimization, and performance engineering under the clock.
ClassificationNational systems contest
EvidenceWinter edition · dates announced soon
- 03
Access
Proctored assessments benchmarked against AMS contest populations.
ClassificationAssessment infrastructure
EvidenceNative desktop shell · seven readiness checks · audit trail
Operating model
A contest system built to produce signal.
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Establish the field
Online rounds create a national field and establish a common performance standard.
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Select for the finals
Successive rounds narrow the field before finalists compete in person.
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Evaluate in the room
Engineers and recruiters from sponsor firms judge the finals in person.
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Carry the standard forward
Access brings the same benchmark into secure, proctored assessments for firms.
Participant record
What competitors report
Selected responses from the Derive '26 post-event feedback form.
“A really well designed contest: the problems are a mixture of probability, game theory, ad hoc, math and quant. The style is unique, mainly in how the problem statements are designed.”
Shane ChristianDerive '26 participant “AMS Derive was just the right kind of challenge that was missing in the competitive programming scene.”
Prabhu DuttaDerive '26 participant “Just right for those who love the mathematics part of programming and want to avoid the implementation-heavy stuff. A crazy platform for math lovers.”
Abhishek YasrajDerive '26 participant
Documentary record
Derive '26, on record
Selected photographs from Derive '26 at IIT Bombay: contest kits, the finals hall, and prize cheques presented on stage.
View the Derive '26 archive
01The full room, everyone who made it happen 
02Goodies distribution, contest kits changing hands 
03Prize cheques on stage for the winners
Next edition
Prepare for the next Derive.
See how the contest works, what the first field accomplished, and how to be ready when the next registration opens.