Indian students bag four medals in Int'l Biological Olympiad

India finished with a haul of four medals, including one gold, two silver and a bronze, at the 20th International Biological Olympiad (IBO) that concluded in Japan.

India finished with a haul of four medals, including one gold, two silver and a bronze, at the 20th International Biological Olympiad (IBO) that concluded in Japan on Sunday.

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A team of four Indian students, who participated in the week-long IBO held at Tsukuba in Japan, were among the 220 brightest students across the globe from 56 countries, National co-ordinator, Science Olympiads, Prof Vijay Singh told PTI in Mumbai.

Vidhi Hathi Jodhpur (Rajasthan) won a gold medal, Chetan S from Bangalore (Karnataka) and Usnish Adhikari Haldia (West Bengal) won a silver medal each while Amit Gupta Patiala (Punjab) won a bronze medal, Singh said.

The Indian team was led by Prof Purushottam Gopalkrishna Kale of Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai, and Prof Madan Mohan Chaturvedi, University of Delhi, Delhi. Prof Anindya Sinha, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore went as a scientific observer, he said.

Singh said that the four students were selected via three-tier procedure at the national level.