Results 2008 Science Olympiads

No one in India plays Hockey nor Kabaddi. It is only a GK ( Rare Knowledge ) question that when or how many times did India win an Olympic Gold in Hockey. Is Kabaddi played in Olympics ?

Can and should urban Indian children know how is Kabaddi played ? ( I do not propose that as I see no reasons to do so ).

Well then what is Indian students good at ?????????????
( Is it only preparing for IIT JEE ? )

Some “ elite / progressive / educated / urban-smart “ parents have designed an “ excuse “ to satisfy / pacify their ego …. By …. Saying ….
“ Indian students now do not play ( no Athletics / parallel bar / Gymnastics etc ) but are good in studies …….. “

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2008 IBO ( International Biology Olympiad ) was hosted by India at Mumbai. How much coverage by various news papers / news channels did we see regarding this ?
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The medals in the Science Olympiads are given approximately as per following tradition –

Only 1/3 rd of the total participants get a medal. So if there are total 300 participants then only 100 will get some medal.
The Gold – Silver – Bronze are distributed in ratio of 1 : 2 : 3

So amongst 100 participants getting a medal approx 16 / 17 will get a Gold. 34 will get a Silver medal and 49 / 50 of them approx will get a Bronze medal.

In all the Science Olympiads Chinese students had FANTASTIC performance; with SEVERAL Gold medals. Almost ALL Chinese participants won Gold medals.

1 ) at IMO ( International Mathematics Olympiad ) - At Madrid Spain Indian Team came distant 31 st. ( 6 member Team got 5 Bronze medals ! )
Since 1989 India has been participating in IMO and had hosted it in 1996. Several times at least one Indian participant had got Gold, with Team rank in Single digits.

Most Mathematics teachers ( in general ) I have met are clueless about the standard of the IMO problems. The IMO problems do not match the IIT JEE course / pattern. In India good students are primarily interested in IIT JEE…… so ………..


2 ) at ICO / IChO ( International Chemistry Olympiad ) – At Budapest Hungary, Indian team bagged 3 silver and 1 Bronze medals.


3 ) At IBO ( International Biology Olympiad ) – At Mumbai, Indian team bagged only 1 Gold Medal and 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medals.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080729/jsp/calcutta/story_9616044.jsp


4 ) At IPhO ( International Physics Olympiad ) – At Hanoi, Vietnam Indian team bagged 4 Gold medals and 1 Silver. ( 3 rd Rank behind China and Taiwan where all 5 participants got Gold medals )!
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/At_physics_olympiad_four_golds_for_India_/articleshow/3300086.cms

The IPhO course / level is very similar to IIT JEE. In past some IIT JEE questions were ditto copied from previous year IPhO questions. So in future also Indian students should do well in IPhO.


5 ) At Asian Physics Olympiad – At Ulaanbaatar Mongolia the std 11 ( Indian ) students did not get any medals. While all 8 Chinese Students got Gold medals.
http://apho2008.mps.org.mn/



6 ) International Cyber / informatics…… astronomy ……. Robot Olympiad ……………………
( You search out and you will know )

It needs guts to say … “ The king has no clothes … “.
I have intelligence to understand that ( including me ) we Indians are NOT good at studies ….. nor in anything !



A partial history of Indian participation in IPhO can be seen at –
http://zookeepersblog.wordpress.com/indian-participation-in-ipho-icho-ibo-and-astronomy-olympiad/

If you read up-to this can you paste the link ( and inform ) of this article in various blogs and reports ?


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The students of Std 10, 11 and 12 who think they are good in Chemistry, Physics etc please contact their school teachers / Principals for participation in the selection tests conducted in October every year.


If the school or the teacher is not yet member of IAPT / IACT then has to send a self addressed stamped envelop of Rs 5/- AND a self addressed post card to the IAPT Central Office, at Kanpur, to become Life member of these great organisations.
IAPT L117/302 Naveen Nagar, Kanpur - 208025

The Teachers should also send Self addressed stamped ( Rs 5/- ) envelop and self addressed post card to

128/2 J.P. Naik Road, I.I.E. Campus, Kothrud
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- Subhashish Chattopadhyay

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