mathematics olympiad(international mathematics olympiad)

IMO

The Mathematical Olympiad Programme in India leading to participation in the International Mathematical Olympiad is organized by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) on behalf of the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).


Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO) 2011
December 04, 2011
(from 1.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.)
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Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO) 2012
February 05, 2012
(from 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.)

Stages

Stage 1 : Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO)

The RMO will be held on the first Sunday of December this year (December 04, 2011) between 1.00 pm and 4.00 pm for all the regions. The Regional Coordinators are given the responsibility of conducting the RMO in their respective regions. Students from Class IX, X, XI and XII are eligible to appear for the RMO.  From class XII only 6 students will be selected from each region. Bright students from class VIII may also appear for RMO at the discretion of the Regional Coordinator. The RMO is a 3-hour written test containing 6 or 7 problems. On the basis of the performance in RMO, a certain number of students from each region is selected for Stage 2. The Regional Coordinators may charge a nominal fee to meet the expenses for organizing the contest.

Click here for obtaining RMO-2011 Application form for Greater Mumbai Region.

Please note that the fees for appearing RMO examination is Rs. 100/- per student to be paid in cash at our office alongwith the completed Application Form.

OR

You may deposit application fees of Rs. 100/- per student in any core banking branches of Central Bank of India to the credit of "TIFR-HBCSE Misc. Account No. 1038113243 ".

In this case, the original bank pay-in-slip should be sent alongwith the original Application Form to our office by post or by hand delivery. You may keep the photocopy of the bank pa-in-slip for your record as a payment proof.

Stage 2 : Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO)

The INMO will be held on first Sunday of February (February 05, 2012) between 1.00 pm and 5.00 pm at the centres in the  different regions. Only those students who are selected in the RMO are eligible to appear for the INMO. This contest  is a 4-hour written test. On the basis of the INMO, the 30-35 students from all over the country are chosen as INMO awardees and receive a Certificate of Merit. (A maximum of 6 students of Class XII can be INMO awardees.)

Stage 3 : International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp (IMOTC)

The INMO awardees are invited to a month long training camp in April-May each year at the Homi Bhabha Centre for  Science Education (HBCSE), Mumbai. The INMO awardees of the previous year who have satisfactorily gone through  postal tuition throughout the year are invited again to a second round of Training (Senior Batch). The senior batch  participants who successfully complete the camp receive a prize of Rs. 5,000/- in the form of books and cash. On the basis of a number of selection tests through the Camp, a team of the best six students is selected from the combined pool of junior and senior batch participants.

Stage 4: Pre-departure Training Camp for IMO

The selected team of six students goes through another round of training and orientation for about 10 days prior to departure for IMO.

Stage 5: International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

The six member team selected at the end of IMOTC accompanied by a leader, a deputy leader and an observer represents the country at the IMO, held in July each year in a different member country of the IMO. The IMO contest consists of two 4 and 1/2-hour written test held on two days . Travel to the IMO venue and return takes about two weeks. India has been participating in the IMO since 1989. Students of the Indian Team who receive gold, silver and bronze medals at the IMO receive a cash prize of Rs. 5000/-, Rs. 4000/- and Rs. 3000/- respectively at a formal ceremony at the end of the training Camp during the following year.

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) finances international travel of the team, the leader and the deputy  leader, while NBHM (DAE) finances the other expenditure connected with the international participation and the entire in country programme.

Students aiming to go through the Mathematical Olympiad programme leading to international participation (IMO) should note that RMO is the first essential step for the programme. To appear for the RMO, the students should get in touch with the RMO co-ordinator of their region well in advance for enrollment and payment of stipulated (nominal) fees.

please click List of RMO Co-ordinators.

 

Contact Addresses for general inquiries about Mathematics Olympiad Programme:

Prof. Jayashree Ramadas
Centre Director,
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR)
V. N. Purav Marg, Mumbai - 400 088. 
Phone: 022-25575622, 25072207
Email: director@hbcse.tifr.res.in, hbcpro@hbcse.tifr.res.in

Member Secretary
Department of Atomic Energy
Anushakti Bhavan, CSM Marg
Mumbai 400 001.
Phone: 022-22022533 (O)
Fax: 022-22028972
Email: msnbhm@dae.gov.in