Wikipedia:Chirag Falor

Chirag Falor (born 26 August 2002) is an Indian student from Pune, Maharashtra. He is known for multiple scholastic achievements at national and international level. Falor achieved first rank nationally in JEE Advanced 2020  and won gold medal in IOAA 2019. He has also been conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, a civilian honour, by the President of India in 2020. Falor is currently an undergraduate student pursuing physics and mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Early Life
Falor was born in Kolkata, India on 26 August 2002 and spent his early childhood with his grandparents. His parents are Pawan Kumar Falor, a software development manager, and Pooja Devi Falor. He grew up in Pune, Maharashtra and studied in St. Arnold's Central School till tenth grade. He shifted to Delhi at Pragati Public School to "focus on studies" in 11th and 12th grade. Falor was interested in science and astronomy from a young age and started participating in competitions from third grade.

Recognitions and Distinctions
🇮🇳 India
 * 1st Rank with score 352/396 in Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced (JEE Advanced) 2020
 * 100 percentile in JEE Main 2020
 * Awarded Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar by President of India; honored by Prime Minister of India.
 * Gold Medal in Individual and Team competition and Absolute Winner in Night Observation in International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2019
 * All India Rank 3 in Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 2019
 * Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme–DHRUV, awarded by the Vice President of India.
 * International Rank 1 in SOF-IMO 2019 (not to be confused with IMO)

🇺🇸 USA
 * 2nd runner up in MIT Integration Bee
 * Runner up in iQuHack 2022