India Wins One Gold and Three Bronze Medals at 2026 International Linguistics Olympiad
India's team at the International Linguistics Olympiad 2026 in Romania won one gold, three bronze medals, and an honourable mention. Shrilakshmi Venkatraman secured the gold, while Aarav Anil Rao, Nishanth Shankar Lakshmanan, and Advay Misra earned bronze medals. Soham Amit Pednekar received an honourable mention. The competition tests students' skills in logic and pattern recognition across languages. India has participated since 2009, winning a total of 37 medals, with IIIT Hyderabad playing a key role in mentoring and training participants.
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indianexpress broke this story on 10 Aug, 01:06 pm. Other outlets followed.