Indian Team for International Olympiad in Informatics in Athens in September 2004

Congratulations and Good Luck,
Kshitij, Harpreet, Rahul and Shreevatsa.
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-- G. Ventakesh, CTO, Sasken Communication Technologies
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Kshitij Bansal of Apeejay School, Noida, Harpreet Singh, also of Apeejay School, Noida, N.S.Rahul of Padma Seshadri Senior Secondary School, Chennai and Shreevatsa R. of National Pre-University College, Bangalore have been selected to represent India at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Athens in September 2004, according to a press note issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi on July 7, 2004 (http://cbse.nic.in/public.htm).

The Indian National Olympiad in Informatics, 2004 (INOI-2004) was held on Saturday, May 1, 2004. The Zonal Informatics Olympiad, 2004 (ZIO-2004) was held on Saturday, January 31, 2004. Over 5,600 students participated in it at 34 centres in India and 2 in West Asia. 204 students qualified for INOI 2004. Out of these 22 students qualified for the training camp.

The IOI is one of the six Science Olympiads held annually. The Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS) (http://www.iarcs.org.in) organises it in co-ordination with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) (http://cbse.nic.in/public.htm ). The event was supported by Nasscom (http://www.nasscom.org), Sasken (http://www..sasken.com) and The International School, Bangalore (http://www.tisb.edu.in).

India won 3 bronze medals at IOI 2003 held at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA in August 2003. India was represented by Ishan Behoora, Swamendu Datta, and Indraneel Mukherjee. The leader of the contingent was Prof. Madhvan Mukund of Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai (http://www.cmi.ac.in).

Let us then wish
Good Luck to
Kshitij, Harpreet, Rahul and Shreevatsa
for the forthcoming
International Olympiad in Informatics in Athens, Greece in September 2004.


Dr D.C.Misra
New Delhi, India
August 4, 2004.