India opened their account with a gold medal through weightlifter Jamjang Deru who won the boys 56kg category event on the opening day of competitions at the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games on Monday.
The 17-year-old Deru lifted a total of 237kg with 102kg in snatch and 135kg in clean and jerk to bag the gold.
India is being represented by 25 athletes in eight disciplines out of the nine being competed in the CYG.
