India bags 9th place in International Mathematical Olympiad 2023; grabs 8 medals
Divyansh | July 13, 2023 | 08:02 PM IST | 1 min read
The Indian team grabbed two gold medals and secured a place in top 10 for the fourth time in the International Maths Olympiad 2023.
NEW DELHI: A six-member team representing India has secured six medals – two gold, two silver and two bronze – at the 64th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2023) held at Chiba, Japan, from July 2 to July 13, 2023. The team finished ninth among the 112 countries that participated in the competition.
Atul Shatavart Nadig and Arjun Gupta with 37 points each won the gold medal. Ananda Bhaduri and Siddharth Choppara won the silver medal with 29 points each, while Adhitya Mangudy, and Archit Manas won the bronze with 22 and 20 points, respectively.
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This is the fourth time that the Indian team has secured a position in the top 10. India had finished 7th in 1998 and in 2001, and 9th in 2002. This is the fourth time since 1998 that India got three gold medals. In 2001 and 2012, our country got two gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad.
The team was accompanied by Prithwijit De of the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai; Sahil Mhaskar of the Chennai Mathematical Institute; Anant Mudgal of the University of California, USA; and Pranjal Srivastava of the MIT, USA. Sahil has represented the country at IMO 2005 while Anant has represented India at IMO 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. Pranjal took part in the IMO 2018, IMO 2019, IMO 2021, IMO 2022.
The Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE)-TIFR is the nodal centre for training and selecting students for the international olympiads. The final team is selected through various stages of the National Olympiad Examination conducted by HBCSE.
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