Shining stars of India bag 3 silver and 2 bronze medals in International Mathematical Olympiad

NewsBharati    14-Jul-2018
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New Delhi, July 14: Aryabhata based the roots of major in mathematics in India; the country gifted the world with the illustrious place-value system. Reclining to the roots, Indian bright future won silver and bronze medals in the 59th International Mathematical Olympiad.

A team of Indian students bagged three silver and two bronze medals at the 59th International Mathematical Olympiad, held in Cluj Napoca, Romania from July 4 - 14, 2018. The team was led by a team of senior scientists and professors.

Pranjal Srivastava, Pulkit Sinha, and Anant Mudgal secured silver medals; Spandan Ghosh and Sutanay Bhattacharya won Bronze Medals, and Amit Kumar Mallik received Honourable mention in this International Mathematical Olympiad 2018.

Pranjal Srivastava, 14, is the youngest Indian student to secure a silver medal in IMO 2018. He is also the first Indian student to qualify for the IMO before entering 9th standard in school. He had earlier attempted and appeared for the regional round (Regional Mathematical Olympiad 2017) and the national round (Indian National Mathematical Olympiad 2018). He secured 101 out of 102 in RMO 2017 (topper of Karnataka region) and 63 out of 102 in INMO 2018 (5th rank).

The team was accompanied by two leaders, Prof. Venkatachala Belur Jana and Prashant Sohani, Pune and two Observers: Prof. Vinod Kumar Grover, Chandigarh and Pranav Nuti, Hyderabad.

A programme to felicitate the Indian students is scheduled to be held at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education in Mankhurd, Mumbai on Sunday, July 15, 2018.