Speaking to the Times of India, Pawan Goyal said, “The experimental component was difficult, but the theoretical exam was easier, and the three of us scored between 29 and 30 out of 30 marks.” Goyal will join the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai this year.Īccording to both Jain and Goyal, there is a paradigmatic difference in the conduction of experiments at school-level and in premier institutes. This edition of the IPhO saw 396 students from 86 countries, of which 42 won gold medals. The final event includes a 5-hour-long theoretical and experimental examination after a national-level competition to select the representatives from each country. It is a matter of pride for us to win a gold medal for our country,” said Lay Jain, who has already received an offer from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US. “It felt amazing that the five of us who came together at the event returned to India with a gold medal. Lay Jain and Pawan Goyal from Kota, Bhaskar Gupta from Mumbai, Nishant Abhangi from Rajkot and Siddharth Tiwary from Kolkata represented India in Lisbon, Portugal, after a rigorous fortnight-long selection process conducted by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education. This year at the 49th IPhO, all the five participating students from India won gold medals, registering the country’s best performance in the Science Olympiads so far. “If you talk in terms of cricket, India’s strike rate in the International Physics Olympiad since 1998 has been 100 percent, where every student has won at least one medal - be it gold, silver, or bronze,” told an elated Shirish Pathare, chief scientific officer at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR. An annual competition held among higher secondary school students from 85 countries, the IPhO aims to promote physics learning and recognize young wizards. On July 28, five students from India made history by winning a gold medal each at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2018.
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