Q1: My kid or student is not very good in school, why is he asked to appear in this test?

Answer 1: What is judged is not the 6th-graders’ ability to solve the problem but how they approach the problem, the process and their logical mind, not the ultimate answer being right or wrong.

Q2: Are Rural Boys Good enough for these tests? What do you see as their future?

A2: Last year three (3) Rural boys who were selected out of a similar test qualified to represent Orissa in Indian Math Olympiad, for the 1st time. Ultimately, one went to represent India at Simeiz, Crimea, Ukraine in International Astronomy Olympiad and earned a Silver medal in II Diploma,  Junior Group.

Q3: What is this Rural Mathematics Talent Search, what does it achieve?

A3. There is always a chance that, like Ramanujan, a genius will take a Prof. Hardy, to unearth and mentor. This test is a small attempt at that.

Q4: How have your experience been in unearthing talent through the RMTS, so far?

A.4. Indeed very good, as detailed below

1. We have found two boys who used do tea cup washing in wayside tea stalls to support their dream to study, which was a luxury to their daily wage earning parents. Once their talents were spotted through RMTS, they are now flourishing, as they are mentored and monitored. We believe they will succeed in life if nurtured properly. Both have graduated with flying colors this year, from High School and have joined plus 2.

Himalya Niranjan Senapati, the scholar who is referred to above in A. 2. came from a rural back ground and was ranked 2^nd in 2003 – first RMTS conducted.  He would have unlikely reached this height without RMTS.