It was established in the year 1984 by D. P. Khandelwal, with active support from some Physics teachers.

The top 1% then sit for the Indian National Physics Olympiad, from where the top thirty students are selected for the International Physics Olympiad Training Camp, usually conducted at HBCSE.

These years IAPT conducts the first stage i.e. NSE(NSEP, NSEC, NSEB, NSEJS etc.)

The Further stages are conducted by HBCSE(Homi Baba Center of Science Education) In August 2013, the Rajasthan Chapter of IAPT (IAPT RC-6) launched the first global online physics competition, YGPT.

[3] The aim of YGPT is to encourage students to utilize online resources to study physics.