“Anand and Akshay are twins and it is the frst time that a pair of twins has bee selected to participate in the IMO at the same time. The trio were trained at Bhaskaracharya Pratishthan for three years. " Gaurav, a student of Modern College also attended the IMO last year and bagged a bronze medal, while Akshay and Anand are students of Jog Junior College,” said Aditi Phadke of Bhaskaracharya Pratishthan.

Akashnil Dutta, Ronno Das and Satyaki Mukherjee from West Bengal are the other three members in the team, according to a press note from Bhaskaracharya Pratishthan, that has been coaching the Pune students for the Olympiad.

A one month training camp has been organised at the Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education in Mumbai from 29th April to 27th May 2010, based on which the six students were selected to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad.