All five members of India’s team won gold medals at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2026), held in Bucaramanga, Colombia. The competition brought together 381 students from 87 countries. India shared the top world ranking with China, Kazakhstan, Russia, South Korea and Taiwan.
The gold medalists were Kanishk Jain of Pune, Riddhesh Anant Bendale of Indore, Rishit Garg of Dwarka, New Delhi, Shresth Suraiya of Mumbai and Svarit Joshi of Ahmedabad.
India’s Department of Atomic Energy said every Indian participant at the International Physics Olympiad over the past decade had finished on the podium. The country’s National Olympiad Programme is led by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, a National Centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
