Australian Council for Education Research, Dubai conducts the International Benchmark Tests Awards for Excellence every year. The awards honour students who achieve the highest score in each grade in each subject. Each award includes a cash prize equivalent to QR500. Students of Birla Public School topped the exam in the following categories in 2012:
Roopal Ravendranathan, Grade V–B in English and Maqbool Manoj, Grade V–E in English received QR250 each.
Jaahnavi Sai Cheyyur, Grade VII-Bi in English, Maqbool Manoj, Grade V-E in Mathematics, Aiswarya Sunil, Grade X–D in Mathematics and Ananya K Manoj, Grade III–K in Science, received QR500 each.
