Indian Team Shines at 35th International Biology Olympiad 2024: One Gold and Three Silver Medals

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The Indian team participated in the 35th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) 2024 and achieved remarkable success.

An Overview of the News

• One student won a GOLD medal and three students secured SILVER medals.

• Vedant Sakre from Mumbai, Maharashtra won a gold medal.

• Ishan Pednekar from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, Shrijith Sivakumar from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and Yashashwi Kumar from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, each won a silver medal.

• The 35th IBO was held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from July 7 to July 13, 2024.

• The team was led by two distinguished leaders: Prof. Sasikumar Menon from TDM Lab, Mumbai, and Dr. Mayuri Rege from Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR.

• Two Scientific Observers accompanied the team: Dr. Rajesh Patkar from IIT Bombay and Dr. Devesh Suthar from M. S. University, Baroda.

About IBO

• The International Biology Olympiad (IBO) is a prestigious competition for students under 20 years old, focusing on biology.

• It began in 1990 in Czechoslovakia and occurs annually.

• Over 75 countries from five continents participate.

• Each country sends their top four winners from national biology olympiads.

• Two adults from each country accompany the students as part of the international jury during the competition.