8 Cheenta students cracked the Regional Math Olympiad 2025 

In 2025, 8 students from Cheenta Academy cracked the prestigious Regional Math Olympiad. In this post, we will share some of their success stories and learning strategies.

The Regional Mathematics Olympiad (RMO) and the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (INMO) are two most important mathematics contests in India.These two contests are for the students who are below 20 years of age.
These contests help find students with strong mathematical talent. INMO is the higher stage after RMO. It recognises the best problem solvers in the country.

In RMO the top performers may get chances for further training.They may also get opportunities to represent India in international competitions like the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). 

Achieving success in the Regional Mathematics Olympiad (RMO) and aiming for the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (INMO) is a remarkable feat, requiring dedication, strategic preparation, and a strong foundation in mathematical problem-solving.

In this post, we share RMO success stories of Ayan kalra & Adhiraj Singh Anand. They performed excellently in RMO. Through their experiences, we learn about their journey, study methods, and useful tips for students who are preparing for RMO and INMO. 

Cheenta Students Shine at IOQM 2025

The Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics (IOQM) is one of India’s most esteemed competitions. In 2025, 27 Cheenta students (current & ex) qualified, moving toward RMO.

Their success reflects consistent effort in problem-solving sessions, concept classes, homework, and doubt-clearing, guided by Cheenta’s rigorous mentorship. 

Congratulations to our IOQM 2025 Qualifiers!

We are immensely proud of each student who took on this challenge — and this is just the beginning of their Olympiad journey. 

Cheenta Shines in Purple Comet Math Meet 2025

The Purple Comet Math Meet 2025 witnessed a phenomenal performance from Cheenta Academy students, as two dynamic teams—Number Ninjas and The Imaginary Unit—made a powerful mark on the national and global stage.

Organized by Titu Andreescu and Jonathan Kane, the Purple Comet is one of the most respected international math contests, especially known for its collaborative format and problem-solving depth. The contest encourages team participation, critical thinking, and strategic collaboration—hallmarks of a strong mathematical foundation.

The Results:

Number Ninjas, comprising six brilliant minds—Raghav Mukhija, Vihaan Shah, Utkarsh Shah, Aryan Dixit, Sudarshan Manikantan, and Mahitha Kallakuri—secured:

The Imaginary Unit, a focused team of five—Reyaansh Agrawal, Adhiraj Anand, Arham Gada, Shamik Saraswati, and Saket Manikantan—achieved:

Who Can Participate?

Even students from Grade 4 onward can participate in the Middle School category. The first few problems are accessible to those with basic school math proficiency. It's a golden opportunity for young math enthusiasts to step into the world of global mathematics.

Book Recommendations by Participants

Beginners: Math Circles for Elementary School Students, Challenges and Thrills of Pre-College Mathematics

Intermediate: AOPS Series, Pathfinder for Olympiad Mathematics

Advanced: David Burton for Number Theory, Arthur Engel for Combinatorics, EGMO for Geometry

All-in-One: OTIS Excerpts by Evan Chen (available online)

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Success of Cheenta Students in the Stanford Math Tournament

This year, 8 brilliant students from Cheenta Academy formed a team called The Unified Vectors and secured spot in the Top 20 during the Team Round and received distinguished Honorable Mention in the overall competition in the Stanford Math Tournament.

The Stanford Math Tournament, an online event organized by Stanford students, challenges participants from around the world in four rigorous rounds: Power Round, Team Round, Individual Round, and the Guts Round. Each of these stages tests the mathematical knowledge, problem-solving skills, and collaboration of students. This year’s competition saw a diverse set of problems that ranged from algebra and geometry to combinatorics, calculus, and graph theory.

The Unified Vectors team, including Krishiv Mohan, Raghav Mukhija, Dakkshitaa Agarwal, Reyaansh Agrawal, Saket Manikantan, Sudarshan Manikantan, Vihaan Shah and Aryan Dixit, put in months of preparation, participating in mock tests, strategizing team coordination, and refining their individual skills. Their commitment paid off as they received Distinguished Honorable Mention in both the Team Round and the Overall category, placing them in the top 25% of all competitors.

Here’s how they succeeded:

Books and Resources Recommended by the Team:

Congratulations to the team for their hard work, perseverance, and teamwork. Their experience and success in this global tournament will undoubtedly enhance their portfolios as they continue to pursue opportunities in mathematics and beyond.

Arjun Gupta won gold and bronze in IMO

Arjun Gupta is one of the brightest young minds, who has made remarkable achievements in the world of Math Olympiads.

Arjun’s mathematical story includes success in the IOQM 2023 and RMO 2023, where his performance placed him among the top math talents in India. With focused preparation and strong mentorship at Cheenta, he went on to qualify for the INMO (Indian National Mathematical Olympiad) — a highly competitive stage. His success at INMO led him to the prestigious INMO Training Camp (INMOTC), where India’s most promising young mathematicians train for international excellence.

Arjun reached one of the highest school-level math competitions by representing India at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). He won both bronze and gold medal at the IMO, which placed him among the world’s top young mathematicians from India.

Arjun’s love for problem-solving also led him to the Sharygin Geometrical Olympiad 2022, an international contest that focuses on deep geometrical thinking.

In 2025, Arjun achieved another goal by gaining admission to Cambridge University, along with three other Cheenta students who were accepted into Cambridge University.

But Arjun’s talent doesn’t stop at mathematics. He is also an internationally accomplished chess player. In his own words:

“Apart from Math, I love Chess such that I represented India twice in the World Youth Chess Championship category besides winning other Asian and National Chess Competitions.”

His achievements in IMO were recognized widely, including a special feature in the Times of India, celebrating Cheenta students' contributions to the world of Olympiads. Here is the link of the article.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/lets-add-up-the-medals-the-olympics-where-india-is-shining/articleshow/112375379.cms

5 Cheenta Students Secured Oxford & Cambridge in 2025

In 2025, 5 students from Cheenta successfully secured acceptance to two of the most prestigious universities, Oxford and Cambridge University. Most of these outstanding achievers were part of Cheenta's renowned Path to Ivy League Program, which continues to guide talented individuals toward top-tier global institutions.

Oxford Achievers : 

Cambridge Achievers : 

In this video, you’ll learn the effective path toward the Ivy League Program.

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10 out of 30 INMO qualifiers are from Cheenta

The Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO) is a prestigious mathematics competition in India, serving as the second stage of the Indian Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) selection process. Top performers earn a chance to attend the International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp (IMOTC) and represent India at the IMO.

In 2025, 10 students from Cheenta (ex-student and current student) qualified INMO out of 30 students all over India. Most of these kids regularly attended the five-days-a-week problem-solving sessions along with concept class, homework class and doubt clearing classes. Here are a few qualifiers:

Aharshi Roy
Pranit Goel
Nandgovind Anurag
Abhinav Khetan
Krishiv Khandelwal
Aratrik Pal
Soham Pednekar
Mann Shah
Harini
Parth Vartak

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Key Takeaways of the discussion

In our recent live session, we had the pleasure of hearing from some brilliant students—Nand, Pranit, Harini, Arri, and Maan—as they shared their inspiring journeys through the world of Math Olympiads.

From starting in 6th or even 10th grade, to cracking INMO and aiming for IMO, each story was unique but full of passion, hard work, and clever strategies. 💡

Some focused on solving problems every day, while others relied on books like EGMO, Secrets in Inequalities, and Olympiad Combinatorics.
When stuck, they turned to friends, asked for hints, or explored communities online—reminding us that learning together makes the journey better.

Advice from them? Don’t be afraid to look at hints in the early days. With time, the thinking matures, and one learns to enjoy the challenge of sticking with a tough problem.


At Cheenta, we are proud to walk this path with such talented learners.

39 Cheenta students succeeded in IOQM 2024

39 Cheenta students qualified for IOQM 2024 (RMO cut-off). About 130 kids students appeared in the contest from Cheenta this year making the success rate about 30%.

This remarkable achievement is the result of months of dedicated effort. Most of these students regularly participated in

Here are some of the qualified students who additionally qualified for Cheenta Advanced Math Expert Certification. Cheenta certifications are for pure mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics and research. They are accepted by our collaborating institutions for scholarships, internships and work-study opportunities.

Aditya Punatar

Saket Anand Gudadhe

Vihaan Shah

Kiaan Sawant

Ritam Das

Ambar Agarwal

Saisha Ganjiwale

Adhiraj Singh Anand

Divij Gupta

Soham Bharati

Shamik Saraswati

Krishiv Mohan

Souradip Das

Vismayah A. Mathew

Raghav Pai

Jayaditya Gupta

Avigyan Chakraborty

Alivia Roy

Advitya R

Nikhil Ganesh Chaudhury

S. Ashwin

Reyaansh Agrawal

Ayaan Kalra

Arnav Tayal

Neel Avinash

ISI and CMI Entrance 2024

In 2024, the following Cheenta students are successful for Indian Statistical Institute's BStat-BMath Entrance and Chennai Mathematical Institute's B.Sc. Math Entrance. They ranked within the first 100 in the entire country in these entrances.

Most of these students attended the problem solving workshops regularly, which happen 5 times every week.

CMI B.Sc. Math Entrance

I.S.I. B.Stat Entrance

I.S.I. B.Math Entrance

Success Meet-Up

In this video we talk to the successful candidates and learn from their strategies. We also have a virtual award ceremony. The students presented with books and access to Cheenta Research Programs.

7 out of 78 INMO Awardees are from Cheenta

The Indian National Math Olympiad is the toughest contest in India. Out of lakhs of students who start with the first level of IOQM, only 78 students qualified in INMO. 10 of these students are students of Cheenta. (3 of these 10 students are ex-students, remaining 7 are current students).

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7 out of 78 INMO Awardees are from Cheenta
In Conversation with the INMO Awardees - Part 1
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Math Olympiad Programs at Cheenta

Math Olympiad Program Level 1

for Grades 1 and 2

A unique foundation program with a special focus on pattern recognition and problem solving for kids.

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Math Olympiad Program Level 2

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A foundational Math Olympiad program with a unique curriculum based on mathematics and imagination

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Math Olympiad Program Level 3

for Grade 4

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An imaginative introduction to non-routine mathematics with an early exposure to geometric mindset and problem-solving.

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Math Olympiad Program Level 4

for Grades 5 and 6

For Math Kangaroo, MOEMS, MathCounts and introduction to AMC 8.

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Math Olympiad Program Level 5

for Grades 7 - 8

For AMC 8 (American Math Competition), NMTC, IOQM (introductory) and UKMT

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Math Olympiad Program Level 6

for Grades 9 - 10

For IOQM (intermediate), AMC 10, NMTC and UKMT

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Math Olympiad Program Level 7

for Grades 9 and 10 (for IOQM advanced)

For advanced contestants of IOQM (the first level of Math Olympiads in India), NMTC and similar contests worldwide.

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Math Olympiad Program Level 8

for Grades 11 and 12

For National level math olympiads such as Indian National Math Olympiad, USAMO, AIME and International Math Olympiad.

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Math Olympiad Program Level 9

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For ISI (Indian Statistical Institute) and CMI (Chennai Mathematical Institute) aspirants.

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Mayur ranked within All India 100 in Chennai Mathematical Institute's entrance in 2022.

The courses offered at Cheenta are really helpful for math olympiads and ISI-CMI entrances, and more importantly they motivate you to take up research. One on one classes are the best here, as you can utilise it as an opportunity to express yourself mathematically. Attending problem solving classes, gives you exposure to many problems, and about the regular homework problems, you try them on your own, and that's going to increase your confidence.

~ Mayur Sastry.

(Participated in ISI-CMI Entrance Program)

Aryan ranked within All India 70 in Indian National Math Olympiad.

Team Cheenta has played the most pivotal role in the journey of Aryan ‘s Math Olympiad preparation. The structured program where every topic, Number Theory, Algebra, Geometry, Combinatorics was dealt with by the faculty members of Cheenta, benefitted Aryan immensely and kept the passion or fire burning in him to learn more and more intricate and complex concepts of his favourite subject, MATHEMATICS.

It's not that Aryan always had it easy going, especially when it came to the homework problems assigned by the teachers. In fact there were days when Aryan was really down, struggling to get the idea to prove and thus solve certain problems. But thinking and thinking really hard, keeping the problems at the back of your mind even when you are doing some other subjects, helped Aryan very well . The faculty members, Raghunath Sir and Sricharan Sir really guided, supported and encouraged him to give his best. We were really blessed to have a wonderful team of teachers at Cheenta who honed his geometry skills, a special mention of Aritro Sir and Saumik Sir, who guided him to give his best at IOQM, 2021-22. Team Cheenta ably captained by Ashani Sir and the helpful team of administrators, is recommended by us for all mathematics olympiad aspirants.

Also Aryan was blessed to be a part of a batch which had the best of students, with their valuable contributions and innovative ideas.

All in all, it was a fantastic experience and a great journey for Aryan at Cheenta. Deepest Gratitude to Team Cheenta.

~ Aryan Prakash.

(Participated in Math Olympiad Program)

Shravani ranked within All India 100 in Chennai Mathematical Institute's entrance in 2022.

I have been enrolled in Cheenta since 2 years. The problem solving classes helped me a lot. They have a very structured program for ISI CMI as well as for olympiads. The one on one classes help you to clear your doubts. The most interesting thing about the conceptual classes is that concepts are taught through problems. If you want to prepare for any of these aforementioned exams then surely go for Cheenta.

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Ryan ranked within All India 100 in Chennai Mathematical Institute's entrance in 2022

Even before joining Cheenta, my son was dead set on his goal of learning mathematics. Instead of flailing about in the wilderness, I thought it would be better for both he and I to gain some guidance on how to achieve this goal. Cheenta was successful in doing that, along with much more. They provided an accessible yet almost all-encompassing course structure that made learning goals clear and easy to fulfil. Their teachers provided an educationally nourishing, firmly handled learning environment that still managed to include a familial love and care. I was quasi-regularly updated with in-depth assessments that guaranteed a peace of mind in this new world of which knew and still know little. These assessments included his understanding, the details of his weaknesses and application ability, which would help me understand when it was time move on to a higher level of their tiered course structure. Through special arrangements, he could also find coaches who gave him more time than provided by default, helping him combat his particular weaknesses. This made it so that he always had an optimal selection of study material, homework, and coaches. As he travelled through the system, he found much happiness in a newly found circle of friends who he could share his ideas and worries with, as he had met only a handful in person who could understand his personality. Above all else, he was provided with problems that could challenge and impact him profoundly, inciting an utter joy which I seldom see in him.

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Akshaj ranked in American Math Competition and USAJMO. He went to MIT for further studies

Our experience with Cheenta has been excellent. Even though my son started in Middle School, they understood his Math level and took personal interest in developing a long term plan considering his strengths and weakness areas. Through out the semester courses they have nourished him with challenging problems and necessary homework. His guidance has helped my son to perform well at competitions including USAJMO and others. He has grown more confident in his math abilities over the past year and half and is hoping to do well in the future. I am impressed with their quality and professionalism. We are very thankful to Cheenta and hope to benefit from them in the coming years. I would strongly recommend them to any student who wants to learn Math by doing challenging problems, specially if they are looking for Math than what their school can offer.

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Sambuddha went for further studies in University of Edinburgh

We contacted Cheenta because our son, Sambuddha (a.k.a. Sam), seemed to have something of a gift in mathematical/logical thinking, and his school curriculum math was way too easy and boring for him. We were overjoyed when Mr. Ashani Dasgupta administered an admission test and accepted Sam as a one-to-one student at Cheenta. Ever since it has been an excellent experience and we have nothing but praise for Mr. Dasgupta. His enthusiasm for mathematics is infectious, and admirable is the amount of energy and thought he puts into each lesson. He covers a wide range of mathematical topics, and every lesson is packed with insights and methods. We are extremely pleased with the difference he has been making. Under his tutelage, Sam has secured several gold awards from the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT) and Scottish Mathematical Council (SMC). Recently Sam received a book award from the UKMT and got invited to masterclass sessions also organised by the UKMT. Mr. Dasgupta’s tutoring was crucial for these achievements. We think Cheenta is rendering an excellent service to humanity by identifying young mathematical minds and nurturing them towards becoming inspired mathematicians of the future.

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