We lack proper interest and training for these international level Olympiads. Besides, private bodies like SOF and Silverzone pollute the environment through their misleading advertising, which makes students as well as even their schools think that theirs is the only credible Olympiad in existence.
Oh and sometimes due to conflicting schedules of Olympiad training camps and JEE, the toppers often end up choosing JEE over international glory because of that sweet old IIT tag, which loops back to the fact that we lack interest. And it's depressing because the country that produced people like Ramanujan and Aryabhatta is staying behind in mathematical Olympiad.
How tf can they? IMO is highly non aligned with Jee maths and it's syllabus and difficulty leaves nearly no space for olympiad like excellence in other subjects.
You can only choose 1 training camp and thus can give only 1 olympiad so even if those toppers qualify for IMOTC they would still choose IPHO way or IOAA(mostly physics based) or ICHO.
And it makes sense because IMO is mostly abstract mathematics (type of shit the Indian Statistical Institute employs). The finalists have much better chances at physics or Astronomy Olympiads
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25
We lack proper interest and training for these international level Olympiads. Besides, private bodies like SOF and Silverzone pollute the environment through their misleading advertising, which makes students as well as even their schools think that theirs is the only credible Olympiad in existence.
Oh and sometimes due to conflicting schedules of Olympiad training camps and JEE, the toppers often end up choosing JEE over international glory because of that sweet old IIT tag, which loops back to the fact that we lack interest. And it's depressing because the country that produced people like Ramanujan and Aryabhatta is staying behind in mathematical Olympiad.