India’s youngest fifteen-year-old, Bengaluru’s Pranjal Srivastava has won the gold medal in the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) after seven years.
Pranjal considers the subject as ‘fun activity’ for him, and he has been taking part in math competitions since class 3. Last year he bagged the silver medal at the same IMO competition hence, he met with this win in his second attempt.
Pranjal thinks it is his dedication to understanding the core of the subject that gives him an edge. Hence, he also believes that a change in approach can help India get over its math phobia.
Indianexpress quoted Pranjal as saying, “I have been lucky in finding the right mentors, who helped me understand the subject. I have read a lot of recreational math books which helped me solve puzzles with mathematics solutions, thus elevating my interest in the subject”.
“I solved a lot of practice questions and worked on my weak areas, like geometry. I practice complex math problems whenever I get free time,” he further said. Pranjal claims that he focused on the subject instead of any particular competition.
CBSE tweeted on his win at IMO,
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Pranjal’s medal is noteworthy because he is youngest ever to win a gold medal from India The competition had 210 countries and more than 600 participants.@HRDMinistry @DrRPNishank @PIB_India @PIBHindi @DDNewsLive @PTI_News @AkashvaniAIR @PIBHRD pic.twitter.com/Nx3kSI972Z— CBSE HQ (@cbseindia29) October 13, 2019
