It was in the year 2009 when we created CodeChef, a non-commercial platform to help Indian programmers become the best in the world.

Since then, CodeChef's growth has been outstanding, surpassing all our expectations:

• 600,000 active users from 12,000 institutions
• 1300+ programming contests
• Over 15 million+ submissions

We're proud of CodeChef, but we know we still have a long way to go. That's why we have announced the Go for Gold Project in 2010 to see an Indian college win gold at the ICPC world finals. Read more about that program here.

In alignment with our goal, we had extended this program to the Indian Middle/High School students in the year 2013. As a part of this program, we want an Indian student to win the Gold medal at the International Olympiads in Informatics, which is considered the Olympics of programming for School Students.

We realize that that change won't happen overnight, so our plan is to support learning and reward improvement. We're providing ongoing scholarship, incentives, promotion, tech assistance, and training for Indian students.

Each year the prize is unclaimed, it increases further. The below table shows how this prize would grow if it were unclaimed for the next 6 years -

The individual will dedicate 33% of the prize to his school to spend towards enhancing the IT infrastructure (internet connection, laptops, computer room). The remaining prize will belong to him to help him further his education.

To win this you need to first get selected to represent India at the IOI. And you get to win the following based on your performance at the IOI.

IOI 2014: In its second year of launch, the Go For Gold prize was claimed by

Along with him in that year,

The felicitation ceremony was conducted at IIIT-Delhi.

IOI 2015: In this year, the Go For Gold prize got reset to the start, because of Akshat's last year win. It went unclaimed though. However, the performance of the Indian contingent bettered the last years medal tally, with all four students bringing medals home. The students who brought glory to India were:

• #28, Malvika Raj Joshi of Chashak Gurukul, Mumbai - Silver
• #131, Kushagra Juneja, Apeejay School, Pitampura, New Delhi - Bronze
• #117, Tanay Kothari, Delhi Public School, R K Puram, New Delhi - Bronze
• #152, Arjun P, Chennai Public School, Chennai - Bronze

IOI 2016: This year, the Go For Gold prize at stake was INR 804,717, which went unclaimed. The performance of the Indian contingent was just as last year, with all four students bringing medals home. The students who brought glory to India were:

• #58 Srijon Mukherjee of Amity International School, Noida - Silver
• #69 Rajat De Of Delhi Public School, Dwarka, New Delhi - Silver
• #111 Malvika Raj Joshi of Chashak Gurukul, Mumbai - Bronze
• #121 Sampriti Panda, SAI International School, Bhubaneswar - Bronze

IOI 2017: This year, the Go For Gold prize at stake was INR 1,015,441 , which went unclaimed. The Indian contingent won 3 bronze medals. The students who brought glory to India were:

• #84 Sidhant Bansal of Delhi Public School, Dwarka, New Delhi - Bronze
• #91 Srijon Mukherjee Of Amity International School, Noida - Bronze
• #100 Sampriti Panda of SAI International School, Bhubaneswar - Bronze
• #282 Nalin Bhardawaj of Delhi Public School, Faridabad

IOI 2018: The Go For Gold prize of INR 1,178,890 was again left unclaimed this year. However, our students made us proud as usual and brought glory to the country.

• #193 Adhyyan R Sekhsaria, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai
• #238 Ramchandra Kishor Apte, Maniram Homeschool, Bangalore
• #283 Mohammad Zaid, Mithila Public School, Forbesganj, Araria, Bihar
• #304 Choudhury Istasis Mishra, Delhi Public School Ruby Park, Kolkata