IIIT Hyderabad-backed India team wins four medals at Linguistics Olympiad
An Indian student team supported by IIIT Hyderabad secured four medals at the 2026 International Linguistics Olympiad in Romania. The competition tests students' abilities in logic, pattern recognition, and linguistic analysis.
Why it matters
This achievement highlights India's growing academic prowess in specialized intellectual competitions and the role of institutional mentorship in student success.
India won one gold, three bronze medals and an honourable mention at the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) 2026 in Romania.
Shrilakshmi Venkatraman won the gold medal, and Aarav Anil Rao, Nishanth Shankar Lakshmanan and Advay Misra bagged bronze medals. Soham Amit Pednekar received an honourable mention.
The IOL brings together school students from more than 40 countries and tests their ability to decode patterns in unfamiliar languages through logic, analytical reasoning and pattern recognition.
India has participated in the IOL since 2009 and has now won 37 medals at a tally of six gold, nine silver and 22 bronze, besides other honours.
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