Yes,you heard right First time an Indian wins Google Kickstart. The Kalash Gupta (kal013) had rank 1 at Google kickstart Round H 2021.

He is from IIT delhi,He qualified till ACM-ICPC World Finals.He is also grandmaster on this platform Codeforces and 7 star on Codechef.

Here is scoreboard. To be true there is close battle between Kalash Gupta(kal013) and William Lin (tmwilliamlin168).

The Kalash Gupta finished all problems at 41:03 and William Lin at 47:02.

I think this is just starting and from now Indians should start giving priority on CP and wins different rounds.

I want next to write blogs on 1.Indian got gold medal at IOI and 2. First time Indian gets gold medal at ACM-ICPC.(I am also working hard just to be of part of any one of them).

Share your thoughts in comments.

Congrats Kalash Gupta.

Hello Codeforces,

Here is my story (skip to next paragraph if not interested). I am 14 yr boy from India.I am currently in grade 9. I am preparing for IOI and aiming for Silver/Bronze medal.

My dream is to get into international colleges like MIT,NUS,etc. But my family is not that much financially strong (my family income was just 3000$ or 3.20 lakh rupees per year).

So basically I want to know how much scholarship IOI medalists get at NUS,MIT,etc.. and The total fees for IOI medalists at NUS,MIT,etc..(in numbers or approx estimation in numbers).

I will politely request T1duS and RestingRajarshi to answer about the above question. As they were also from India and currently pursuing CS degree in NUS (Singapore).

Happy Coding!!