India wins gold, 3 bronze medals at International Linguistics Olympiad 2026 in Romania

India’s contingent at the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) 2026 in Romania has won one gold medal, three bronze medals and an honourable mention, continuing the country’s record of winning medals at the international competition for pre-university students, IIIT Hyderabad said in a statement.

Shrilakshmi Venkatraman



won the gold medal, while Aarav Anil Rao, Nishanth Shankar Lakshmanan and Advay Misra secured bronze medals. Soham Amit Pednekar received an honourable mention. The competition brings together school students from more than 40 countries and tests their ability to identify patterns in unfamiliar languages using logic and analytical reasoning.