25-07-2025
India wins 3 gold, 2 silver medals at 55th International Physics Olympiad
India bagged three gold and two silver medals at the 55th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2025, which concluded in Paris, France, on July 24, with all five members of the team bagging medals.
Kanishk Jain from Pune in Maharashtra, Snehil Jha from Jabalpur, and Riddhesh Anant Bendale from Indore in Madhya Pradesh won gold medals, whereas Aagam Jignesh Shah from Surat in Gujarat and Rajit Gupta from Kota in Rajasthan won silver medals.
India was placed at the fifth position, along with Taiwan, Japan, and Russia, at the week-long event, whereas the USA emerged as the champions with five gold medals. South Korea, China, and Hong Kong shared the second position with 4 golds and 1 silver medal each. A total of 415 students from 87 countries participated in the competition.
This was India's 26th appearance at the IPhO. Over the years, nearly 42 per cent of Indian students have won gold medals, another 42 per cent silver, 11 per cent bronze, and 5 per cent honourable mentions. In the last 10 years, all Indian students at IPhO have won either gold (58 per cent) or silver (42 per cent) medals.
The Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, which is the only nodal Centre for training and selecting students to represent India at various International Olympiads, will felicitate the winning team of the 55th IPhO on Saturday.
According to HBCSE, the Indian team was led by Prof Sitikantha Das from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and Vinayak Katdare, retired from D G Ruparel College in Mumbai, and two scientific observers — Dr Amruta Sadhu from St Xavier's College in Mumbai and Dr Vivek Lohani from Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany.
