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Time of India
15-07-2025
- Science
- Time of India
Indian Students Win Big at International Chemistry Olympiad 2025 with Two Golds, Two Silvers
Mumbai: Indian students won two gold and two silver medals at the 57th International Chemistry Olympiad 2025 held in Dubai, UAE, from July 5 to 14. Devesh Bhaiya from Maharashtra's Jalgaon and Sandeep Kuchi from Hyderabad bagged the gold medals at the international event. Debadatta Priyadarshi from Odisha and Ujjwal Kesari from New Delhi won the silver medals. India stood sixth among the participating countries in the medals tally, along with Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Israel. This year, the event saw participation from 354 students from 90 countries. This was India's 26th appearance at the Chemistry Olympiad. Over the years, 30% of the Indian participants won gold medals, 53% silver, and 17% bronze. In the last ten appearances, the percentages of gold and silver medals were 38% and 58%, respectively. The Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education-TIFR remains the nodal centre for training and selecting students to represent the country at various international Olympiads. The National Olympiad Examinations conducted by HBCSE serve as the gateway for final team selection. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai For the Chemistry Olympiad, four jury members were part of the delegation that visited UAE, including Prof Ankush Gupta (HBCSE, Mumbai) as the head mentor, Prof Seema Gupta (Acharya Narendra Dev College, Delhi) as the mentor, and Dr Neeraja Dashaputre (IISER Pune) and Dr Amrit Mitra (Govt General Degree College, Singur, WB) as the scientific observers.
Time of India
05-06-2025
- Science
- Time of India
Following last year's trend, JEE topper leaves IIT to join MIT, citing better opportunities overseas
Devesh Bhaiya, who secured All India Rank 8 in JEE Advanced 2025 , has chosen to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States instead of joining any of the Indian Institutes of Technology. Devesh is following a growing trend among India's top engineering talent opting for international universities, especially MIT , a TOI report stated. Not the first to make the shift Last year's JEE Advanced topper , Ved Lahoti, who scored 352 out of 360 — the highest in recent years — is also leaving IIT Bombay after one year to join MIT on a fully funded scholarship. In earlier years, students like Chirag Falor (JEE 2020) and Chitraang Murdia (JEE 2014) made similar decisions. Murdia spent a year at IIT Bombay before moving to MIT and later completed his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. "It seems like MIT trusts the rigour of JEE Advanced and the promise of our Olympiad stars," said Prof Vijay Singh, former professor at IIT Kanpur and retired faculty at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education. Olympiad medals open global doors Devesh Bhaiya has an academic record beyond the JEE rank. He has won three gold medals — two at the International Junior Science Olympiad (2021, 2022) and one at the International Chemistry Olympiad in 2024. He also received the Bal Shakti Puraskar in 2020. At the age of 12, he authored a paper on light pollution. Though Devesh had already secured admission to MIT in March 2025, he still took the JEE Advanced exam as a backup option. Live Events You Might Also Like: JEE Advanced 2025 Results and Toppers List: Rajit Gupta from IIT Delhi zone tops the exam; Check names of toppers here A growing list of students transferring Ved Lahoti said, 'I'm fully satisfied with IIT Bombay. But it lags in research. Globally, it's not even in the top 100. So, I applied to MIT — and when it came through, I took it. A lot of students have taken transfer to MIT and when I asked them, they said the transfer was truly worth it.' Several other top rankers have taken the same route. Nishank Abhangi spent a year at IIT Bombay in 2019–2020 before moving to MIT. Mahit Gadhewala, who secured All India Rank 9 in 2022, also transferred after one year at IIT Bombay. According to Prof Singh, the first student to set this trend was Raghu Mahajan. He studied at IIT Delhi for a year, moved to MIT, completed his PhD at Stanford, and is currently spending a year at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences in Bengaluru. "He was very committed to coming back to India," said Prof Singh. Ved Lahoti expressed a similar sentiment: "I have no plans to settle in the USA." You Might Also Like: Kota's Rajit Gupta, first JEE topper from the IIT coaching hub, shares secret success mantra learned from his mom (The article was originally published in TOI)
