**Mumbai Prodigy Sehaan Shah Wins Eight Awards at Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad**
Mumbai: While most 12-year-olds are busy playing video games, perfecting their cricket skills, watching matches or cartoons, and exploring their endless curiosities, Sehaan Shah, 12, has been busy solving complex mathematical problems at International Olympiads.
On August 23, 2025, this young prodigy represented India at the Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad (HKIMO) and returned with an astonishing eight awards. Sehaan has even surpassed his previous performances in the Turkish and Thai Olympiads that he participated in earlier this year.
Competing against 15,000 students from 19 countries, including Canada, Bulgaria, and Australia, Sehaan secured an impressive eight awards, improving upon his results from the Turkish and Thai Olympiads. At HKIMO, he achieved a global ranking of 2 and was honored with the prestigious World Star Award — an accolade given to the top-performing student from India across all grades, ranging from kindergarten to 12th standard.
In addition to the World Star Award, Sehaan earned a gold medal, a ‘Free and Easy’ pass to the next HKIMO (2026), and multiple subject-specific prizes:
– Euler Prize (perfect score in Number Theory)
– Leibniz Prize (perfect score in Algebra)
– Euclid Prize (perfect score in Geometry)
– Boole Prize (perfect score in Logical Reasoning)
Among international Olympiads, there is a renowned set of three exams that students aspire to excel in: the Thailand International Math Olympiad (TIMO), the Hong Kong International Math Olympiad (HKIMO), and the Big Bay Bei Competition (BBB). Entry into the finals of each of these competitions is by invitation only — reserved for gold, silver, and bronze medal winners of the national-level rounds of TIMO and HKIMO, with BBB following a similar qualification system.
Moreover, students who secure at least two gold medals across the finals of these three Olympiads earn an invitation to the World International Math Olympiad (WIMO), held in Shenzhen, China. Often called the ‘Holy Grail’ of math competitions, WIMO is the pinnacle for young mathematicians worldwide.
With gold medals at the ThaiIMO and HKIMO, Sehaan has qualified for the WIMO finals scheduled for January 2026. This marks the only pathway to participate in this prestigious event.
Sehaan Shah shared his thoughts on mathematics, saying,
“I believe that Mathematics is not something to remember or learn. It is a language to understand. All numbers exist. They always have and always will. Mathematics is simply what we do with these numbers.”
Sehaan lives in Breach Candy, South Mumbai, and is a 7th-standard student at Campion School, Fort. His father, Aman Shah, who runs his own advertising agency, recalls Sehaan’s early interest in numbers.
“Sehaan first showed proficiency and an interest in numbers when he was three and a half years old. By the time he was in 4th standard, he was already able to solve complex Class 12 mathematics problems and had won first place in three different National math exams. Hence, from 6th standard onwards, we encouraged him to participate in International Olympiads,” Aman Shah said.
He added, “Sehaan prepares mostly by himself. Whenever he encounters something he cannot tackle, he asks me for guidance. But once the concept is explained to him, he displays a startling capacity to approach a problem the right way, using the correct formulas and methods.”
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