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Indian students bag three gold, two silver medals in IPhO

Five Indian students bagged three gold medals and two Silver Medals at the 42nd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) which concluded at Bangkok in Thailand on Monday. Dr Vijay Singh, National coordinator of the Science Olympiad told PTI on Monday that about 400 bright students from 84 countries participated in the International Physics Olympiad. They included five students from India, who secured medals. He said that there is no official ranking of nations. However, in terms of medals tally India stood at the fifth position among 84 nations. Dr. Vijay Singh said Indian students were competing with the best students from other countries and in-spite of the stiff competition, they did well. Sumegha Garg from Bhatinda who won the gold medal topped the girls category in IPhO and stood 11th among 393 students who won medals. Other two gold medal winners are Shubham Mehta from Kota, Rajasthan and Burle Sai Kiran from Hyderabad. Another student, I Prudhvi Tej from Dwaraka Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh bagged Silver missed the gold medal by a slender margin of 1.1 marks. Nisheeth Lahoti from Jaipur, Rajasthan also secured a silver medal. All the five meritorious students were trained for over a month at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE).

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