Announcement for RMO-2010

The Regional Mathematical Olympiad--2010 (RMO-2010) will be held on Sunday, December 5, 2010.

The RMO in West Bengal is meant primarily for students of Class IX-XII studying in any school/college in West Bengal. As special cases, exceptionally talented students from Class VIII with very strong recommendations from the school may be allowed to appear at the discretion of the Regional Coordinator. At present, about 30-35 students are selected for the next step, the Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO), to be held on Sunday, February 6, 2011. At most six best students of Class XII are selected. Recipients of INMO Certificate of Merit for 2010 can write INMO 2011 directly without appearing for RMO 2010. Students from other regions should contact the respective regional coordionators.

Please note that the RMO is the first step in selecting the Indian team for the International Math Olympiad (IMO)! This requires special talent in problem-solving and interest in Mathematics. It is not meant for the average or even good student who does not have this knack.

This year, we have been able to arrange few new test centres in West Bengal. So now we have centres at Bankura, Barasat, Berhampore, Burdwan, CoochBehar, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Kharagpur, Narendrapur, Purulia, Raiganj, Santiniketan and Siliguri. We would like to have at least one test centre in every district. Any help in this regard is welcome.

It is preferable that you apply online. For the online form, see the link below.

If you cannot apply online, please apply on plain paper giving Name (in block letters), Mailing Address with Phone number & e-mail address (if any), Class, Name and Postal Address of the School and Centre preferred. Please attach a recommendation letter from the school authorities (Principal/Math teacher) to the following effect:

RMO awardees of any earlier year do not need such recommendation.

The fee is Rs. 100/-. The amount should be sent as a DD drawn on any nationalized bank in favour of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata payable at Kolkata.

Here is the Online application form

Before filling up the form, please be ready with a Demand Draft of Rs 100/- payable to Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Also take a print out of the blank form. After filling up the form online, also fill up the printed form, add the recommendation from school, and mail it to us along with the DD. Once we receive the hard copy of your form and it agrees with your online form, your admit card will be sent. If you have given an e-mail address, the admit card will be e-mailed to you as a PDF file.

Forms should be sent to : Professor Rana Barua or Dr. Pradipta Bandyopadhyay, Joint Regional Coordinators, Stat-Math Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, BT Road, Kolkata 700108.

You may also drop completed forms in a drop-box located at the Stat-Math Office, ISI, Kolkata.

 Applications will be received from August 2 to November 1, 2010.

A pre-RMO workshop has been planned at Barasat during 18-21 October 2010. Please contact Mrinal Nandi (mrinal.nandi1@gmail.com) for details and to enroll. 

For further details, visit http://www.isical.ac.in/~rmo.