Ahmedabad. Students of ALLEN Career Institute have once again proven their excellence on the international stage. Pankaj Baldi, Center Head of ALLEN Ahmedabad, announced that Swarit Joshi, a student of ALLEN Ahmedabad, is included in the five-member Indian team declared for the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026. The 56th IPhO final will be organized between July 4 and July 12, 2026, in Bucaramanga, Colombia, where talented young scientists from across the world will participate. Baldi mentioned that out of the five-member Indian team, four members are from ALLEN Career Institute, one of whom is Swarit from ALLEN Ahmedabad. The students selected from ALLEN include Kanishk Jain, Riddhesh Bendale, Rishit Garg, and Swarit Joshi. All of them are regular classroom students of ALLEN. Swarit is in Class 11, while the other students are in Class 12. Swarit has been studying as a regular classroom student at ALLEN Ahmedabad since Class 6.
The IPhO selection process is completed in four stages. In the first stage, National Standard Examination in Physics (NSEP), 138 students from ALLEN were selected for the second stage. Then, in the second stage, Indian National Physics Olympiad (INPhO), 20 students from ALLEN made it to the third stage, the Orientation-cum-Selection Camp (OCSC), where the five-member Indian team was selected, out of which four students are from ALLEN. They will represent India in the 56th International Physics Olympiad.
Strong Academic Record in Swarit’s Name
Swarit Joshi’s success is the result of his strong academic record and consistent excellent performance. He achieved All India Rank 20 in the National Science Talent Search Examination (NSTSE) in the year 2022-23.
Along with this, he has qualified for IOQM (2023-24) and RMO (2024-25) under the Mathematical Olympiad. Swarit has also successfully cleared the prelims of the National Mathematics Talent Contest (NMTC) for three consecutive years (2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25). In the year 2023, performing excellently in Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM), he secured a place for the National Level Camp (Zonal Achiever). Apart from this, he demonstrated his scientific understanding and versatile talent by qualifying the National Standard Examination in Astronomy (NSEA) in Class 10 (2024-25).
