{"id":367310,"date":"2026-07-13T16:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=367310"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:55:21","slug":"international-physics-olympiad-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-physics-olympiad-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"International Physics Olympiad 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India&#8217;s young physicists have brought immense pride to the nation by delivering an extraordinary performance at the\u00a056th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About International Physics Olympiad 2026<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image001H59D.jpg?resize=364%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"International Physics Olympiad 2026\" width=\"364\" height=\"205\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an<strong> annual competition<\/strong> that brings together<strong> some of the brightest high school students from around the world. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Selection process: <\/strong><\/strong>Participants are <strong>tested through theoretical and experimental examinations<\/strong> that assess their understanding of physics, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>About the International Physics Olympiad 2026:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the <strong>56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Held at:<\/strong> It was held in <strong>Bucaramanga, Colombia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Participants:<\/strong> It saw participation from\u00a0<strong data-end=\"663\" data-start=\"621\">381 students representing 87 countries<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India&#8217;s participation and winners:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This was <strong>India&#8217;s 27th participation<\/strong> in the International Physics Olympiad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coordinating agency from India: <\/strong>The Indian team was selected and trained under the <strong>National Olympiad Programme<\/strong> conducted by <strong>Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE),<\/strong> \u00a0a National Centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>centre selects talented pre-university students<\/strong> through <strong>several stages and provides them with intensive training before international competitions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Department from India:<\/strong> The <strong>Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)<\/strong> is the nodal department.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Winners: <\/strong><strong>5 Indian students<\/strong> have won <strong>gold medals<\/strong> at the International Physics Olympiad 2026. The Indian gold medal winners are:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kansisk Jain from Pune, <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Riddhesh Anant Bendale from Indore, <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rishit Garg from Delhi, <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Shresth Suraiya from Mumbai, and<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Svait Joshi from Ahmedabad.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>With this,<strong> India secured first place, jointly with Russia, China, Kazakhstan, South Korea, and Taiwan<\/strong>, in one of the<strong> world&#8217;s leading competitions for school students.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About National Olympiad programme<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-10-at-22.19.28.jpeg?resize=254%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"National Olympiad Programme \" width=\"254\" height=\"224\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: hbcse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>National Olympiad programme <strong>identifies, trains and prepares some of India\u2019s brightest young minds<\/strong> to compete at international science Olympiads.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal centre:<\/strong> The <strong>Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education<\/strong>\u00a0is the<strong> nodal centre of the country<\/strong> for this programme.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Department:<\/strong> The <strong>Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is the nodal department.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>National Olympiad in basic sciences and mathematics <\/strong>aims at promoting excellence in science and mathematics among pre-university students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India&#8217;s young physicists have brought immense pride to the nation by delivering an extraordinary performance at the\u00a056th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026. About International Physics Olympiad 2026 It is an annual competition that brings together some of the brightest high school students from around the world. Selection process: Participants are tested through theoretical and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-physics-olympiad-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Physics Olympiad 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,12039,7965],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-367310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}