The Indian delegation has achieved remarkable success at the 55th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2025, held from July 18 to July 24, 2025in Paris, France. All five Indian participants bagged medals, securing 3 Gold and 2 Silver medals.
Kanishk Jain (GOLD) Pune, Maharashtra; Snehil Jha (GOLD) Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh; Riddhesh Anant Bendale (GOLD) Indore, Madhya Pradesh; Aagam Jignesh Shah (SILVER) Surat, Gujarat; and Rajit Gupta (SILVER) Kota, Rajasthan; clinched the medals.
There were two leaders from India: Prof. Sitikantha Das (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur), Vinayak Katdare (Retd. from D. G. Ruparel College, Mumbai), and two Scientific Observers: Dr. Amruta Sadhu (St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai) and Dr Vivek Lohani (Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany).
In the country-wise medals tally, India was placed at the fifth position, jointly with Taiwan, Japan and Russia (participating under the Olympiad flag). USA came out at the top with 5 gold medals. South Korea, China, Hong Kong jointly held the second position with 4 gold and 1 silver medals each. A total of 415 students from 87 countries participated in the competition. Five more countries participated as observers, making it one of the largest IPhOs till date.
This was India’s 26th appearance at the IPhO. In all these years, nearly 42% Indian students have won gold medals, another 42% silver, 11% bronze, and 5% honourable mentions. In the last ten years, all Indian students at IPhO have won either gold (58%) or silver (42%) medals.
This success is a testament to the efforts of the Physics Olympiad cell, external teachers, and mentors who trained the students during orientation and pre-departure camps at HBCSE. The National Steering Committee on Science Olympiads, teacher organizations and the funding agencies of the Government of India played a vital role through their continued strong support of the Olympiad programme which enabled HBCSE to showcase Indian talent on the international arena.
The HBCSE is the nodal Centre for training and selecting students to represent India at various International Olympiads in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy &
Astrophysics. The National Olympiad Examinations conducted by HBCSE serves as the gateway for final team selection.
