Overview

• Kanishk Jain, Snehil Jha and Riddhesh Anant Bendale secured gold medals while Aagam Jignesh Shah and Rajit Gupta claimed silver.
• The 55th IPhO in Paris featured 415 students from 87 countries competing from July 18 to 24.
• Prof Sitikantha Das and Vinayak Katdare led the Indian delegation with scientific observers Dr Amruta Sadhu and Dr Vivek Lohani.
• This event represented India’s 26th participation in the International Physics Olympiad.
• This performance comes after a full-medal haul at the Mathematics Olympiad, followed by a two-gold, two-silver haul at the Chemistry Olympiad earlier in July.