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Physics Guru is an online education and competitive examinations preparation portal founded by Manish Verma, an IIT Madras alumnus, providing learning resources for competitive examinations.

The emphasis is on conceptual understanding, analytical thinking and problem solving rather than simply memorising formulas and standard methods.

The objective is to help students understand what they are learning and develop the ability to solve problems they have not seen before.

IIT JEE Simplified and Olympiads

Looking at the representation from India in International Olympiads in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry one can notice that many of the students among participants have qualified in JEE attaining top ranks. A student is more concerned about his/her career than taking part in competetions like olympiad where career is not at stake. Hence, in general a student is likely to prepare for an entrance examination that decides his/her furture than an olympiad like exam. Till now, JEE has been a tough exam. Though the toughness has been below the olympiad level, the preparation for JEE has helped a candidate to compete for olympiad as well.

Now, the question is, when JEE is made easier will candidates from India be able to compete in olympiads as well considering the significant difference in difficulty levels? Or competetion among students will always be there due to limited intake which will drive them to maintain the same standards?