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23 Genius Indian Kids

Children are the future of any country. While many of the grown-ups dismiss what
they say or do a “Kiddish”. There are some of them who have achieved a lot at a tender
age, what the adults can only aspire for!

Let us read to know about the genius children of India.

Priyanshi Somani
At the age of 12, Priyanshi Somani became the youngest
participant of the Mental Calculation World Cup in 2010. The
mental calculator was the only one who had 100 percent
accuracy in addition, multiplication and square root in all
five mental calculation world cups. Priyanshi Somani has
been included in the Limca Book of World Records.

At the age of five, Akrit started reading Shakespeare. At the
age of seven, he performed a surgery on his neighbour. He
became the youngest student to be admitted in a medical
school and was regarded as a medical genius. Currently, he is
pursuing his Master’s degree in Applied Chemistry.
Akrit Jaswal

Shubham won the IMG Academy Junior World Golf
Championship for the 9-10 age category in 2015. The 10 years
old hails from Israna village in Panipat district of Haryana.

Shubham Jaglan

Aravind Chithambaram

The 14 years old chess champion is a Grand Master and is
frequently addressed as the “next Viswanathan Anand”.
Aravind ranked 1079 in the world and ranked 12 in the
under-16 category. He became the Grand Master in April
2015 and the International Master in 2014.

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