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Announcement for RMO-2011

The Regional Mathematical Olympiad--2011 (RMO-2011) will be held on Sunday, December 4, 2011.

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 5, 2012. At most six best students of Class XII are selected. Recipients of INMO Certificate of Merit for 2011 can write INMO 2012 directly without appearing for RMO 2011. 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.

Test centres in West Bengal are Balurghat, Bankura, Barasat, Berhampore, Burdwan, Contai, 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. Here is the Online application form. If you cannot apply online, please apply in the given format .

Please attach a recommendation letter from the school authorities (Principal/Math teacher) to the following effect:

For students of Class VIII : "In terms of mathematical abilities, the candidate is one of the best this school has seen in last five years".

At most one Class VIII student will be allowed to apply from a school.

For students of higher classes : “In terms of mathematical abilities, the candidate is among the top 10 of his/her class”.

Please do not recommend more than ten students from each class of a school.
Schools with large number of students may recommend more than 10 students from each class, at the discretion of the school authorities, to at most the top 10% of a class. No relaxation for Class VIII please!

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

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

Admit Cards: If you have given an e-mail address in your application, the admit card will be e-mailed to that address as a PDF file. If you want the admit card sent to you by post, please enclose a self-addressed unstamped 12" × 6" envelope.

Forms should be sent to : Rana Barua or 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 1 to October 30, 2011.

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