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3 Pune boys make it to national Maths Olympiad

Chaitanya Tappu, Nihal Pednekar and Anish Kulkarni won the Mathematics Olympiad from Pune.

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Sheer hard work and determination is the key to success, feel these young Puneites — Chaitanya Tappu, Nihal Pednekar and Anish Kulkarni — winners of the Mathematics Olympiad from Pune.

The trio has qualified for the national Mathematics Olympiad from the city.

If they qualify the national Olympiad, to be held in July this year, they will represent the country in the International Olympiad.

While Chaitanya topped the Mathematics Olympiad, Nihal and Anish secured 3rd and 7th ranks, respectively. All three are students of M Prakash Academy.

Chaitanya, a student of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, is inclined towards research. “I love mathematics and am interested in research field. My mother is a chemistry professor, while my father is an engineer with Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL),” he said.

Nihal, a student of MIT English medium school, is yet to decide whether to be an engineer or to pursue a career in physics, which he loves.

He said, “The Olympiad is all about understanding of mathematics. There are various regions from across the country and 30 students are selected from each region.

Eight states make one region. These 30 students are trained in a month-long camp, which takes place in May at Homi Bhaba Institute of Science in Mumbai. During this camp, the students are taught various techniques to solve the problems.”

Both Chaitanya and Nihal are in standard X. Anish, a standard IX student of Abhinav English medium school, said, “I started working for it from the beginning of the academic year. I must say that Chaitanya and Nihal inspired me. Despite being in standard X, both of them never missed a single class. I love mathematics, chemistry and physics, and plan to make a career in related fields. My mother is a schoolteacher and my father is a DGM with Tal Motors.”

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