With 3 Gold, 2 Silver India bags 3rd spot at 15th International Astronomy, Astrophysics Olympiad

Raghav Goyal, Md Sahil Akhtar of Kolkata and Mehul Borad of Hyderabad bagged one gold medal each in The 15th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA).

IOAA 2022: The Indian contingent bagged three gold medals and two silver medals in IOAA 2022. The 15th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2022 was hosted in Georgia, from August 14 to 21, 2022. Raghav Goyal of Chandigarh won a special prize for the best solution to the most challenging theoretical question. The IOAA is conducted with an aim to promote the growing interest of students in Astronomy and related STEM subjects.

209 students participated in IOAA 2022

Raghav Goyal, Md Sahil Akhtar of Kolkata and Mehul Borad of Hyderabad bagged one gold medal each. While Malay Kedia of Ghaziabad and Atharva Nilesh Mahajan of Indore has clinched one silver medal each, according to an official statement. There were 209 students from 37 main and 6 guest teams who participated in this year's IOAA. In addition, 24 students from 6 countries participated in the online mode. In the 15th IOAA event, India finished in third position (3 golds, 2 silver) along with Singapore, behind Iran's official team (5 golds) and guest team (4 golds, 1 silver).

Two leaders including Professor Sarita Vig (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram) and Professor Ajit Mohan Srivastava (Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar) accompanied the team. Two Scientific observers Dr Shriharsh Tendulkar (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai) and Tejas Shah (Fr Agnel Multipurpose School & Jr College, Navi Mumbai) were also a part of the team. Dr Tendulkar was himself a gold medalist at the International Astronomy Olympiad in 2002 and 2003 (overall topper in the latter).

"Professor Aniket Sule faculty at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) has been elected President of the international body of IOAA for a five year term during this year's event. For the last five years, Professor Sule has served as the General Secretary of IOAA," HBCSE said in a release.

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