Jyoti Prakash Saha
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Study materials for Math Olympiad in pdf (IOQM, RMO, INMO)
Lecture notes for Math Olympiad (IOQM, RMO, INMO)
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Topics Links Algebra Combinatorics Geometry Number Theory INMO Training Camp 2025, MP IMO Training Camp MOPSS
International Olympiads
Participation of India in IMO, APMO, EGMO
For ease of reference, here is a brief overview of participation of India in IMO, APMO, EGMO in recent times, which relies on the information available at the following webpages, which are significantly more detailed.
There are several Mathematical Olympiads of International repute, where students participated from India. They include
- International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO),
- Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (APMO),
- European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO),
- Sharygin Geometry Olympiad,
- Iranian Geometry Olympiad (IGO),
- Tournament of Towns.
Hello! I’m Jyoti Prakash Saha.
- 🔭 I’m an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, IISER Bhopal.
- I am the Regional Coordinator of the Mathematics Olympiad program for the Madhya Pradesh region.
- For regional coordination, I work together with Dr. Kartick Adhikari, who is the Joint Regional Coordinator of the Mathematics Olympiad program for the Madhya Pradesh region.
- 📫 For any queries related to the Mathematics Olympiad program, please feel free to write to jpsaha@iiserb.ac.in or kartick@iiserb.ac.in.
Mathematical Olympiad program in India
The Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) organizes the Math Olympiad program in India.
The Math Olympiad program organized by HBCSE, is the only one leading to participation in the following International Mathematical Olympiads.
- International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
- European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO)
- Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (APMO)
No other contests are recognized.
Eligibility
- The students enrolled in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th standard may participate in IOQM, provided certain additional conditions are met. The precise details are available at the webpage of the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE). Please visit this webpage for the updates and further details.
Some stages of the Math Olympiad program 2025 — 2026
graph LR
Q(IOQM
7th Sept, 2025) --> R(RMO
9th Nov, 2025)
R -- INMO Training Camp --> N(INMO
18th Jan, 2026)
N --> J(IMOTC
May 2026)
J --> P((PDC))
P --> I{IMO}
N --> E(EGMOTC)
E --> F((EGMOPDC))
F --> G{EGMO}
N --> A{APMO}
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IOQM (Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics)
- Scheduled on 7th September, 2025.
- The paper consists of 30 questions worth 100 marks in total.
- There are 10 questions worth 2 marks, 10 questions worth 3 marks, 10 questions worth 5 marks.
- Poster
- Websites (to be referred for latest updates and information)
- A few problems from IOQM 2023 have been discussed here.
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RMO (Regional Mathematical Olympiad)
- Scheduled on 9th November, 2025.
- The paper consists of 6 questions.
- It requires writing detailed proofs.
- Websites: HBCSE.
- The result of RMO 2024 may be found at this link.
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INMOTC (Indian National Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp)
- The schedule of the INMO Training Camps, to be held prior to INMO 2026.
- The INMO Training Camp 2025 for the Madhya Pradesh region was held from 09.01.2025 to 12.01.2025 at IISER Bhopal. Details may be found at this page.
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INMO (Indian National Mathematical Olympiad)
- Scheduled on 18th January, 2026.
- The paper consists of 6 questions.
- It requires writing detailed proofs.
- Websites: HBCSE.
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IMOTC (International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp)
- About a month-long training camp, held usually in May.
- Through the TSTs (Team Selection Tests), it leads to the selection of six students to represent India at IMO.
- Websites: HBCSE.
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PDC (Pre-Departure Camp)
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Past Question papers
The past papers are available at the webpages of
- ISI, Kolkata,
- HBCSE,
- HBCSE,
- HBCSE.
The links to the past Question papers along with AoPS links are available at this page.
- INMOTC is a camp, organized before INMO.
Why math olympiads are a valuable experience for high schoolers
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- The post by Evan Chen on Lessons from math olympiads is worth reading.
- In a previous post, titled Against the “Research vs. Olympiads” Mantra, Evan Chen discussed why math olympiads should not be judged by their relevance to research mathematics. He mentions that in that post, he failed to actually explain why he thinks math olympiads are a valuable experience for high schoolers. In the post Lessons from math olympiads, he puts the amends.
- and the last, but not the least, could be to take a look at the following vision of the IMO Foundation, which is a charity supporting the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).
It is the aim of the IMO to bring young people together from all over the world to enjoy the challenges of mathematics in a spirit of friendly competition. This provides a stimulus for Mathematics in each of the participating countries as young people strive for selection. Whist clearly it is a competitive event, for most participants, it is the people that they meet and the shared joy of discovery that is what they regard as most worthwhile. It is common that lifelong friendships are forged at IMO events.
Geoff Smith
is a British mathematician. He has been the leader of the UK IMO team during 2002–2010, 2013–2018, 2022. He has been awarded the IMO Golden Microphone thrice (during 2006, 2009, 2014).
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He remarked the following in the foreword to the text Infinity by Hojoo Lee, Tom Lovering (he maintains a blog), and Cosmin Pohoata.
The nations which do consistently well at this competition (IMO) must have at least one (and probably at least two) of the following attributes:
- A large population.
- A significant proportion of its population in receipt of a good education.
- A well-organized training infrastructure to support mathematics competitions.
- A culture which values intellectual achievement.
Alternatively, you need a cloning facility and a relaxed regulatory framework.
Here is an excerpt from his Advice for young mathematicians.
From time to time I am approached by students interested in advice about becoming more effective contestants in mathematics olympiads. Here it is.
Do lots and lots, and then more, past papers. Begin with national mathematical olympiads, starting with the less difficult papers. Now, I am not going to risk insulting any countries by saying that their national maths olympiads are easy. Work it out for yourself. Countries which have small populations, and no great tradition of success in maths competitions, will generally have easier questions. When you become very good at those, then move on to hard national maths olympiad problems and the less demanding international competitions.
I am often approached by students from developing countries. Sometimes students complain that there is no satisfactory educational or training regime in my country. Please check that this is true! The IMO contact person in your country may tell you otherwise. In the worst case, where there is no competent organization providing free (or nearly free) assistance to young mathematicians, then you will have to help yourself. Try to locate other young people in your country who are interested in mathematics, and work together. Fortunately there is a vast collection of free resources on the internet: over 25 thousand past problems from maths competitions are available at the extensive Art of Problem Solving site, and if you explore, you will find discussions of solutions. Don’t look up the solutions too quickly (be prepared to spend many hours thinking about each problem). If you want to start on some problems which are less demanding than a full national maths olympiad, here are plenty of British Maths Olympiad round 1 problems. The round 2 problems are more challenging.
Goal of this website (aka Why another website? What is its use?!)
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- To provide a brief introduction to Mathematical Olympiad.
- To serve as a website for the MOPSS program at IISER Bhopal, to be held in person, from August 2024 to November 2024.
- We have plans to post notes containing the details of those sessions.
- To provide handouts on the topics of Algebra, Combinatorics, Geometry, and Number Theory, and to have them arranged across different sub-topics.
- These notes may be helpful to the students who would like to have a look at some of the past RMO problems, in order to have an idea of the notions/topics involved, and/or to have a glimpse before getting started, or just curious about it.
- These notes may also be helpful to the students, who would like to prepare and would like to have the relevant questions organized across the topics and sub-topics.
I am enthusiastic about math/math olympiads and/or teaching math to high schoolers. How may I contribute?
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- One may reach to schools, to high schoolers.
- One may explain about Olympiads, and spread awareness about it.
- One may encourage people (for instance, students, teachers or anyone enthusiastic/curious about math olympiad) to go through this website (and suggest a careful reading of the homepage!).
- Next, a student interested in math olympiad, may browse through the handouts posted here (this will grow with time).
- A person with passion in teaching high school students could use the handouts as a problem bag, or in other way.
- What else? For instance, if one has interest in a science subject(s) other than (or parallel to) mathematics, then one may refer to the webpage of HBCSE, which has information about olympiads (past papers) on the following subjects, and may repeat the same process as above adapted to those subjects!
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Junior Science
- Physics
I do not have much time for the above, but I find it interesting. Is there something that I can do?
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- Yes! You could spread the message, only if you find it worth doing and willing to do so, by
- sharing the link https://jpsaha.github.io/MOTP/,
- and suggeting to go through the homepage https://jpsaha.github.io/MOTP/, to find what all this is about!
news
| Jun 30, 2025 | Mathematics Olympiad Problem Solving Sessions (MOPSS) will be held during 9:00am to 12:00pm at IISER Bhopal in person offline classroom meetings on the following dates.
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| Jul 03, 2024 | The deadline for submitting application for MOPSS has been extended to 21st July, 2024. The students enrolled in the 11th or 12th standard may write to Jyoti Prakash Saha ( jpsaha@iiserb.ac.in) if they would like to participate in MOPSS. |
| Jun 01, 2024 | Mathematics Olympiad Problem Solving Sessions (MOPSS) will be organized at IISER Bhopal. Please visit this page for the details. |