Behind India’s record performance at International Math Olympiad 2024

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Left to right: Mainak Ghosh, Arjun Gupta, Adhitya Mangudy Venkata Ganesh, Rushil Mathur, Siddharth Choppara, Kanav Talwar, Ananda Bhaduri, and Rijul Saini. | Photo Credit: Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education

Mathematics always interested 18-year-old Ananda Bhaduri. Growing up in Guwahati, he spent his formative years learning topics not generally covered in school curricula. Last year, he dove into the expansive archives of mathematics problems on the internet, carefully curating the hardest ones and solving them — sometimes in solitude, at others over online meetings with his friends.

When the results of the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) were declared earlier this year in July, Mr. Bhaduri was overjoyed when he found he had won a gold medal.

Mr. Bhaduri was a part of a six-member Indian team that created history at the IMO this year. He and three other members of the team won gold medals, one bagged a silver, and one received an honourable mention. Together, the Indian team ranked fourth among teams from 108 participating countries — the country’s highest rank in the olympiad since its debut participation in 1989.

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