Akshat Srivastava
Honours and awards

Appendix A

Honours and awards

A complete record of my journey.

Astronomy

  • Gold Medal, IOAA1 IOAA, Aug 2025
    World rank 29 at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • C.L. Bhat Memorial Award, Astronomy OCSC2 HBCSE, May 2026
    Ranked 1st with the best overall performance, and best performance in the observational round
  • Best Solution to a Challenging Problem, Astronomy OCSC IISER Mohali, May 2025
    Ranked 5th; awarded in both the theory and the data analysis rounds
  • Ranked 7th, Astronomy OCSC HBCSE, May 2024
    Ranked 7th overall, with the highest score in two of the seven tests
  • Gold Medal, NAC3 USAAAO4, 2026
    Awarded a Gold medal at USA's National Astronomy Competition
  • Silver Medal, NAC USAAAO, 2025
    Awarded a Silver medal at USA's National Astronomy Competition
  • All India Rank under 5, NSEA5 IAPT, 2024
    Placed in top 5 scorers in NSEA (Delhi NCR region)

Physics

  • Team shortlisted, CERN Beamline for Schools CERN BL4S6, Jun 2025
    Shortlisted among the top 50 teams worldwide
  • Highest score in Physics in STEMS7 CMI, 2026
    Scored highest in Physics in STEMS conducted by CMI, invited to the residential camp
  • National Top 1%, NSEP8 IAPT, 2025
    Placed in the top 1% of students in India in NSEP
  • International Rank 6, PhysicsBrawl PhysicsBrawl, 2024
    Category B
  • International Rank 24, OPhO9 Invitationals OPhO, 2025
  • International Rank 18, OPhO Open OPhO, 2025
  • International Rank 21, PhysicsBrawl PhysicsBrawl, 2025
    Category A
  • International Rank 101, PhysicsBrawl PhysicsBrawl, 2023
    Category B

Mathematics

  • International Rank 11, ISI LIMIT10 ISI, 2025
    Ranked 11th internationally in ISI's LIMIT mathematics competition
  • Merit Awardee, IOQM11 IOQM, 2023-2025
    Placed in the top 10% of students in India in IOQM for three consecutive years

Others

  • All India Rank 32, PLO12 PLO, 2025
    Ranked 32 across India in the senior category in Panini Linguistics Olympiad
  • Placed 5th, Timathon TWT, 2022
    Ranked 5th in the Timathon, a two week long online hackathon
  • Crossed 2000 Elo, Lichess Lichess, 2022
    Achieved an elo rating of 2000 in Rapid chess, placing in the top 10% of players on Lichess.org
  • Placed 3rd in school, CBSE Grade XII Board Examination Narayana E-Techno School, 2026
    Honoured with a trophy
  • Placed 3rd in school, CBSE Grade X Board Examination St. Peter's Academy, 2024
    Honoured with a trophy

Scores and grades

Examination Year Result
JEE Advanced 2026 AIR 4393
JEE Main 2026 99.654%ile
SAT (Superscore) 2025 730 EBRW, 800 Math
CBSE Grade XII Board Examination 2026 94.8%
CBSE Grade X Board Examination 2024 98.0%
Examination results.