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Exams are one of the tough times for school students. But here comes a student who is the youngest to crack IIT EXAM. Not just that. He also appeared twice for IIT-JEE entrance exam. One of the toughest examinations in the country. There is a fierce competition and zero margin for wrong answers. Millions appear for the exam and most of them fail to accomplish. But Satyam Kumar, a 12-Y-O kid from Bihar, cleared the exam. Not just once, but twice. The reason for second attempt is he simply not satisfied with his ranking. He is one brave soul.

Satyam Kumar, was born and brought up in Bhojpur district. He is from a poor farmer family. His parents couldn’t afford for a proper education until class 8. His uncle used to teach him basics. But his uncle always be surprised about his grasping power. He took Satyam to Kota for admission in a school. At first, there was some problem due to the kid’s age. But later he passed VII class from there in style. His teachers were surprised to see his talent. When he was 10-Y-O, due to his extraordinary ability in academics, the local education board allowed him to appear in X board exam. He completed XII at 12. This is an amazing achievement.

Satyam Kumar appeared for JEE exam in 2012. While experienced students struggle to crack the test, he passed the exam and secured 8137th rank. It means he passed and secured a comfortable position. But he was not satisfied with his performance. He prepared for 2nd innings. In 2013, he reappeared for the same exam and guess what happened. He cracked the test second time as well and secured 619th rank. To add surprise, the question format of 2012 and 2013 is not the same. It is a miracle for others. But for him, it is matter of persistence and practice.

Satyam had put lot of effort on daily basis. He prepared for the exam every single day. Satyam used to train for exams with his brother. It will be no wonder to see his brother to pass the test with ease. He slept at 10 PM, woke up at 5 AM and studied daily. He was determined to improve his ranking. He did it. His impeccable concentration earned him a great feat in the second attempt. He became the youngest to crack IIT exam at 13. His parents couldn’t be prouder. In fact, the whole village celebrated his achievement. We should also be proud.

Information Technology is his area of interest and has an ambition to create something in the line of social network like Facebook. He is also interested in social service. He wants to appear for civil service examination and become an IAS officer. India couldn’t be prouder than having such brilliant minds in bureaucracy.

Education is the real wealth. The only wealth that grows when shared with others. Satyam Kumar has this eternal wealth for his lifetime. In free time, he wants to visit his village and teach the kids. Sharing will expand the horizon of mankind knowledge. Let’s wish the sweet kid to achieve all success in his life. Knowledge is wealth.

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Innovation has been the force disrupting the market. Most of the business worldwide is based on products speaks for itself. If there is a new invention which can benefit mass people, then whole world spins around it. But the inventors don’t feel the significance. For them it is just a thing they love to do. Meet the duo who came up with an idea with great potential.

It was just another day in Mount Carmel school. Anand Gangadharan and Mohak Balla were at class 10. These two guys came up with an idea for science project. It was simple and great at the same time. The idea is to generate current using shoe, based on electromagnetic induction. Their set up will be attached to the shoes. When people use the shoe, due to compression and expansion in sole the current will be generated. That is not all. Their set up includes a provision to charge your mobile. The entire idea is to generate current and charge your mobile on the go. These two little geniuses call it as ‘Walkie Mobi Charger’. The beauty is in the duration when normal charger powers 25%, walkie mobi charger can power 40% of battery.

Imagine what a perfect set up of this can do to humans. All of sudden, everyone would be walking , jogging on the streets. The duo took time to fine tune the model. It was built completely in house by them. The first model was good but huge, so they underwent few iterations. The current version is lightweight, attachable to the heels. But the ‘never settle down’ duo is looking for financial support, to place beneath the sole for ultimate comfort of users. It appeared few sponsors contacted the duo but things didn’t go further.

Mohak was indulged in circuits during his 5th class. So the invention is just another toy in their kitty. Anand was also interested in such projects. They are friends from class 2 and became best buddies during 8th class. Even though both are in different academic path the bond only got stronger. Anand is doing his Btech CSC, Mohak is dropping an year to do JEE MAINS. But still they stay connected. A true friendship meant for lifetime. The duo didn’t drop their golden egg. Once they settle down with academics, have plans to fine tune the device and enter the market in style.

Family support, continuous motivation from teachers is lifeline for these kids. Because in current scenario a school student cannot find time to work on their own ideas. The school culture demands lot of their time and attention. It was hard to carry on the innovation but worth every second. Unlike most of the kids who win several medals and accolades, the duo won the hearts of public. By considering the level of comfort the device could provide for the users. The idea is fascinating. If you imagine the impact of the walki mobile charger in day to day life, it will worth more than many medals. A true innovation for mankind at the right time. Bravo!

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Shalini Kumari, a girl from Patna, Bihar. She loves her grandfather. Her grandfather loves to visit the rooftop garden everyday. He met with an accident in 2011. After that he couldn’t see the garden anymore. Because even with the Walker support, he couldn’t climb the steps. A well-known drawback of common walker. Shalini couldn’t see her grandfather in this state. She wanted to help him. Thus inventing the adjustable walker. A walker with innovative self-locking mechanism in the front section. She wasn’t an engineering student nor had any exposure to such technology before. Her urge to help grandfather led to this need of the hour innovation.

Adjustable walker is first of its kind in market. Shalini wanted to help and coined the idea. She shared it with a friend who won an award at IGNITE in 2009. As per his suggestion, shalini drafted the idea and submitted for IGNITE event in 2011. Her idea was shortlisted among the 4000 applicants. it was a heartwarming news. National Innovation Foundation (NIF) decided to make this concept into reality. Few more versions were made and finalized. Another external agency was also roped in to make alternative concept. Both were tested for various aspects. They also filed a patent in Shalini’s name. Once the prototype was made, the news spread among the public. She received the National Innovation Award in engineering section from Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam sir. It was an unforgettable moment for Shalini.

She was the happiest person to see her idea was made into reality. NIF decided to make 10000 walkers for commercial usage. The adjustable walker costs around 3000. It can bear upto 100kg weight. A foldable seat also fixed for the user to take rest. It is lightweight, stable, and suitable for all type of stairs. It can also be used in inclined surfaces. She had the opportunity to showcase her invention to various locations. A Rehabilitation centre expressed interest in buying the adjustable walker. They also decided to lend financial support for Shalini. She wanted to keep that money for her future educational expenses. She believed it could reduce her parents burden.

Engineering is not even her field of interest. She invented the adjustable walker out of pure motivation for her grandfather. She is very happy about the device, since it can help physically challenged people a lot. She aspires to become a doctor, so that elder people like her grandfather should not suffer from illness. Shalini kumari has two brothers and she loves to play cricket with them. She also loves to play badminton. Her parents and school staffs gave full support for her to try different things. She participated in various creative competitions in her school.

She is an inspiration for students who love to make a difference in other’s life. An aspiring doctor who invented an adjustable le walker is the best motivation that you can get ever. The actions came out of pure love and urge to help her grandfather. Anything is possible if you put the heart and soul in what you do. Do what you love!

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Chess, one of the famous games played throughout India. Many achievements created by our Indian chess players both at national and international levels. Our Vishwanathan Anand is a perfect example. He is ruling the chess championship and takes on players all around the globe. Many did not know this kid who became the Chess Grandmaster at 16. Chidambaram Aravindh, from Madurai is the new talk of the nation. He came to the limelight when nobody was even expecting him to perform well. He worked silently, clinched victories in many tournaments which took the opponent to surprise.

Aravindh was born on 1999, a native of Madurai. He loves to play cricket more than chess and he admits with a cute smile even now. He is still crazy about cricket and played a lot of games. But he feels that chess suits his physique much better. This young grandmaster’s journey kicked off when he asked his grandfather to play cricket with him in childhood days. His grandfather taught him chess and a path full of achievements made on that day itself. His mother even now remembers how badly he wanted to play cricket but turned out so well as a chess champion.

Aravindh’s path to success is not made of carpet. He lost his father at 8, to a heart attack. Even before this tragedy, he had a firm grip on chess. So his mother, Deivanai, supported him by all means for a bright future. She is an insurance agent and always have work in Madurai office. She travelled to Chennai with Aravindh after her husband’s demise and joined him in Chess Gurukul. She used to travel to Madurai every weekend to balance the work pressure. Meanwhile R B Ramesh, the coach at Chess Gurukul took good care of his chess career.

Aravindh is quick with calculation and holds the fort of defence well. He also surprises the opponent during final minutes of the game. However, he still has scope for improvement during the beginning of the game. He trained well and silently which made everyone to be surprised when he won the bronze medal at World Junior Chess championship. In that tournament, nobody was looking at Aravindh because he was not the expected person to clinch medal for India. Aravindh grabbed the attention of Chess enthusiasts after that win. Even that bronze medal was about to be a gold, only the tie breaker kept him away from clinching gold medal.

He became the Under 19 Chess championship at 12. His first major tournament victory came in 2013, where he scored 9/11 with a performance rating of 2728 at Chennai Grandmaster International Open. He made this remarkable achievement by defeating four grandmasters, two International Masters. He moved forward with confidence and earned his first International master title in 2014, and his Grandmaster title in 2015. He became the Grandmaster at 16.

He enjoys the stay in Chess Gurukul, which feels like a home to him. His mother is all happy about it and hoping a bright future for her kid. His coach acknowledges that Aravindh never take his victories to his head and always stays down to earth. It is a very crucial quality to have while climbing high in our life. He is cool, calm with a lot of potential to achieve great success in Chess game. He is involved in yoga exercises as he needs to strengthen his mind to move forward. Aravindh is studying Commerce at SRM University. His short term goal is to reach 2700 mark in ELO ratings. He clarified that for a long term; he wants to take life as it comes to him. Vishwanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen are his role model. He loves to read chess books, playing cricket, online chess games, etc.

Young generation is creating new paths of success and we all should be proud about it. We wish this kid to go forward and clinch more victory for our nation.

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India, our country is well known for making prodigies in the chess game. Our country makes an army of chess contestants. But this child is the giant killer of the chess world. Because she mastered the chess at 4 while other kids learn to play with toys. She became the youngest ever contestant in Bihar State level tournaments. She is the new focus of the Chess world because she has the potential by nature to break so many records that were set in the last by many legends. Meet Pari Sinha, the giant killer of Chess world.

Pari Sinha is from Bihar, his father Jay Prakash Sinha is a businessman. He was also an accomplished state level chess player. Chess game comes naturally to Pari. She has mastered the game at 4; she had beaten the opponents who are twice as her age group. She defeated few with podium finish by checkmate. It is great progress for a child in her age group. He became the youngest player to compete in State open chess championship at Easter Bihar of Kishanganj. She had finished 3rd in the Under 7 category.

Aravind kumar Sinha, the secretary of All Bihar Chess Association was all proud about her and noted that it is a record for the association to bring in a contestant at such a young age. He also wrote to the All India Chess Federation to recognize Pari’ s performance as a National Record. Pari is fantastic with initial moves and builds a strong base for the rest of the game. She knows how to proceed further from there onwards.

Subhanelu Chakraborty, a famous coach is training her. But she learned the basic of the chess game from her uncle Veel Prakash Sinha, who is also a reputed national level chess player. He observed that Pari’s game is so strong in the beginning and she could beat him one day. It would be a proud moment for her uncle, dad and for herself. The coach and parents don’t want to pressurize her now. So they are taking this one baby step at a time.

She is being trained for one hour each day for the chess game as she has to focus on her academics. She loves to play chess and the favourite opponent is her uncle. They both play as long as the game goes on. Her uncle is confident that one day she could beat him in a tournament.

Pari Sinha is the child prodigy of Chess. We could expect some remarkable achievement from her in the coming years. Every child has a natural talent, and it is the parent’s duty to identify it and nurture him / her as a champion. It will not be a painful process if the child loves that field. We wish this child champion to conquer the chess world as a warrior queen. Pari Sinha is the dominating queen in a game which is widely known as the game of the Kings.

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In a world that is filled with problems and challenges, only a few finds a solution. This kid is one of those few who stepped up to find solutions for the problems in the society. He wanted to find solutions to the problems instead of adjusting with it. He received a good deal of recognition on various levels for his wonderful inventions including two Guinness World Record attempts. We introduce you Mr. Tenith Adithyaa, an innovator from Tamilnadu. Well not just innovator, professional coin collector, software developer, a teacher, bird tamer, and a gamer.

Learning is like breathing for Adithyaa, he learns new things every day. The curiosity drives him all the way towards the solutions. At 4, he learned about computer applications. He had mastered 35 of them and also 6 languages. Well, this is just a beginning. He created the world’s longest running computer program at 13. It is known as Power Mind which can run for 570 years.

Adithyaa had many questions and ideas to solve several problems in this society. So he mostly spends time in his lab inventing something for the betterment of society. Most of the time he stays awake till 3 am and continue work in his lab. He remembered that he was an outstanding student. it was not in terms of just performance, mostly due to late night sleep after his work in the lab. He went late to school and stand out. Thus became an outstanding student in school.

He has many inventions across various topics in his portfolio. Each of his invention is interesting to explore. It makes one to think, how he could able to approach a particular problem from a certain point. It might result from everyday hard work at lab till 3 am. We all used extension cord for multiple appliances to run from one location and using all the plug points is a challenge. Adithyaa invented the “Adjustable Electricity Extension Board”, with which you can connect any kind of plug. This unique extension board can extend up to 3m long and ready for commercialization.

If this invention doesn’t impress you, here comes another topic for which he earned many global and national level recognition. It is called as Banana Leaf Technology. This is all about the approach to keep banana leaf intact for a long time. Adithyaa could achieve this without use of any chemicals. It means the banana leaf can be used for several weeks. He improved the life of banana leaf to a significant level and also it improved the durability. This is a path-breaking invention as like the previous idea this also ready for commercialization.

Tenith Adithyaa earned many international awards for this banana leaf preservation technology. He bagged international first place as an individual inventor with the gold medal. National Institute of Material Physics of Romania awarded his technology as the best for the future. This is not all, he also received many awards for other ideas. So far he bagged 2 national awards, 7 title awards, 5 state awards and so on. He took part in three events and won six international awards.

Leonardo da Vinci’s life is his biggest inspiration for him. Aerospace Engineering is his passion and wants to join ISRO. We wish this kid a long lasting success and encourage him to invent more for the society. He has his own website and you can check that out. www.tenithinnovations.com

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Education is the basic foundation of a great success. But sometimes our education system brings in questions about its quality. This is because some people who are talented enough to achieve great without proper education in their early ages. Such personalities put forth some serious challenges to our current education system. This kid is one of them who never bothered about going to school regularly. But he is running two companies on his own. He is the reason behind the India’s first 3D printer made in in-house. Meet Angad Daryani, a 19-year-old inventor and social entrepreneur from Mumbai, India. Although he enrolled in some course, he did a lot without going to the school properly.

Angad Daryani learned things outside the school right from his early school days. He learned a lot of things with the help of YouTube videos. He built a hovercraft on his own by following online trainings. He believed 90% of his education, learnings happens outside the school premises. So he focused on his crazy dreams and learned the essential things. At 8 he built a robot, a solar-powered boat using Lego Mindstorm.

Angad focused on 3D printers and built his own versions of open source RepRap 3D printer. This made him to realize someone has to build our own open source for a better 3D printing machine. So at 15, he worked on an altered version of RepRap called as “Sharkbot”. He has plans to sell this to other makers in India. Normally Angad didn’t have enough time to spend in classes. He felt he could learn most of the things without attending the class, hence became a school dropout.

One of his remarkable invention is the e-book reader for visually challenged people. He calls it as “The Virtual Brailer”. He made all the designs as open source so that anyone who wants to work on it could access it with ease. This is a very rare quality, and it is a sign of helping heart. Angad wants to give back as much as possible to the society. His other inventions includes water level detector, automatic gardening system, etc,

Schooling was always a challenge for him, so during 9th and 10th grade he chose home-schooling, meanwhile continued his R&D work. As time passed, his inventions received recognition, and he was part of few innovation clubs from different universities. He is an ex-team member of Mumbai’s Makers Asylum. He was also a part of Camera Culture group at MIT media lab. He worked in Tree Labs at IIT and innovators club of India. He even had given TEDx talks in India.

Even though he was a school dropout, he found time to continue his education. He is enrolled in Electrical engineering at Georgia Tech. He also has plans to work on some solution for the ever increasing air pollution. He remembered his early days of how he struggled to breathe. He had Asthma issues. So he knows the struggle of breathing better than many of us. The current air quality could bring in adverse effect to everyone. So his current focus is on bringing some effective filtration technique for air pollution.

Angad Daryani is one of those who created a unique path for others to follow. He is passionate about bringing a change in our education system, sailing, football, music, art and fitness. We wish this champion to find many more solutions that could benefit the humanity and nature.

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Voyager – a person who goes on a long trip especially on a ship. This is the definition given for a voyager. It looks like a tough thing to be a voyager. When kids around 8 years old might try to learn to cycle on the road, this kid ruled the sea. He was the youngest sailor from India who represented Asian games. Now, this might sound normal but sailing on the sea demands a lot of physical, mental strength, and the coordination between the both is also essential. Chitresh Thatha from Chennai is the kid who is undergoing rigorous training to get an International award for our country.

Chitresh Thatha was born in 2001 and begun sailing in 2009. His sister is the first motivation during his training with her. Chitresh realised that sailing comes naturally to him and to set the path through sailing. This took him from the school he studied in several countries including UK, Malaysia, Turkey, Ireland, France, Bahrain, the Netherlands and Malta. He truly loves being on the water and aiming high for medals.

Chitresh took part in Asian games in 2014 where he was the youngest contender from India. His passion for sailing kept him moving despite many challenges. Sailing required a lot of mental strength, necessary to deal with unexpected behaviours of the sea. Chitresh saw his sister competing in Laser Radial category and wanted to try it. The journey began at that moment and never turned back till now. He won the gold medal in India International Ragatta for under 12 categories in 2013.

Chitresh Thatha is a national champion in the Optimistic category where they use a small single-handed sailing dinghy used by children up to the age of 15. The budding champion observed the current of sailing sport in our country and wants to do his part for a bright future. He mentioned that India has never won a medal in sailing sport, not even in Asia level. He wanted to change that state and eagerly looking for a podium finish. He trains for 6 hours every day. Since he spends considerable time in training, sometime he skipped school for weeks. But his parents and teachers are very supportive which helps him to concentrate on sports.

Chitresh competed in Hong Kong Race week, a consistent event of Asian Sailing Federation Youth Cup. Forty sailors took part and Chitresh clinched silver medal in the Laser 4.7 class category. This is one of his long awaited achievement. This race consist 10 rounds where he finished first in three races (4, 7, 10) and second in race 3.

Although few awards bagged, it is worth to note that sailing is entirely different from other sports. He is a National Level sailor from India for the past 5 to 6 years in water sports. Chitresh is training extensively under the Yatching Association of India’s Chief National coach Pete Conway and assistant Umesh Naiksatam. He is aspiring to bring international acclaimed medals for India in sailing sport.

The number of medals can never measure a person’s capacity. It depends on the attitude when one is back against the war. Chitresh looks firm and looking forward to bring the great name for our nation. Let’s congratulate him for all his awesome efforts to make our nation proud.

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Heartbeat keeps humans alive but for this kid the drums beat is more than the heartbeat. Because his drums beat earned him a huge fan base and he is just 9 years old now. He has exceptional drums playing skills. Meet the youngest drummer of India, Anshuman Nandi. In social media platform he is known as the wonder kid. No wonder the public gave this name because he is an amazing drummer.

Anshuman Nandi was born in 2009 in Tripura’s east Pratapgarh area. His parents are Biswajit Nandi who is also a professional drummer and Reshmi Nandi who is a trained classical music artist. Since the family is involved in music, it is not a surprise to see the kid also to be in music. But the interesting thing is, anshuman picked up quicker than many students who learned drums from his father. Biswajit conducted drums class in his home and his son grew by watching these classes.

When he was just 10 months old, suddenly one day he picked up the drumsticks and played. His father thoroughly enjoyed it. He picked up the skills faster than his father’s students. Soon he could compete with elder students and outperformed them. Normally, one or two-year-old kids play with toys and practice walking and all other cool stuffs. Anshuman picked up drum sticks and continued to practice. His tireless performance and efforts earned him the National Award at 3, for his exceptional achievement at an event in Delhi. This is when he grabbed attention of the media and he performed in front of public.

At 4, he was all set to perform in one of the grandest stage in India, the SA RE GA MA show. As usual he stunned everyone with his awesome drums playing skills and his performance overwhelmed the judges. This talent show gave him an extra speed in progress and he got another chance to perform on one more stage. This time it is the India Got Talent show, which focused mainly on unique talents. These two key performances earned him a lot of fans base and he was all set to hit the next level in his journey.

Biswajit was all happy and proud father to see his son’s achievement. Anshuman is much more famous than his father and Biswajit couldn’t be prouder than this moment. He mentioned that a huge crowd of fans follows wherever his son performs.

Biswajit focused on his son’s performance on the stage but mother had concerns about son’s academic performance. She took utmost care of the fundamental education, which is essential for the future. Anshuman got good marks and also involved in sports activities. Even the movie makers were quick to approach this little wonder and committed him for a role in a Bollywood movie named as ‘Hindi Medium’. He played as a drummer in that movie which paved way for the increase of his fan base.

Today he enjoys the celebrity status and as always there is a strong foundation behind these milestone achievements. Let’s bless him to perform many more wonderful beats and steal more hearts of the fans.

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Humans invented the calculator but full potential of the human brain is still unexplored. Well, maybe this kid did something by breaking and making the records in mental calculation. Unlike the normal human calculation, mental calculation requires the complete involvement of the brain to compute with accuracy. She doesn’t calculate with the mind but achieved many milestones with this amazing skill. She is the only contender in the world who has done mind calculation with 100% accuracy in all the five world mental calculation championship events. Meet the next Shakuntala Devi in the making, Priyanshi Somani, fondly called as The Human Calculator.

Priyanshi was born on 16th November 1998, in Patna. Her parents Satyen and Anju Somani might not have expected this amazing hidden skill in her. She used to solve numbers with her siblings, she loved it. Her parents noticed this and nurtured her unique talent. So they joined her in the Abaqus class at 6. She is no normal kid to just have fun by learning Abacus. Priyanshi became the National Champion in Abacus and Mental Arithmetic competition. She kept the same title for three consecutive years from 2006 to 2008. Meanwhile, she competed and became the International Champion in Abaqus in 2007. While it looks enough already, but she was just getting started.

Priyanshi set her target at Mental Calculation World Cup. She competed and entered finals in 2010. She was the youngest finalist in that competition,  held at the University of Magdeburg, Germany. Her determination and accurate mental calculation earned her the Mental Calculation world champion title. She did this by competing with 37 competitors from 16 different countries.

At the World Cup competition, she stood 1st in extracting square roots from 6 digit numbers up to 8 digits. She became second in addition and multiplication. She had this instant liking towards square roots which made her fight to be the toughest one for other competitors. Her World Cup achievement survived the test of the time. She is the only competitor in the world who has 100% accuracy in all the five mental calculation World Cup till date.

World Cup achievement alone could not quench her thirst and she set her next aim at Memoriad Cup and won. She got selected to compete in Memoriad World Mental Olympics competition in 2012. On 3rd January 2013, this talented kid made another record in Mental Calculation of Square roots. She finished 10 tasks of 6 digit numbers.

Indian government honoured her by making as the Indian Ambassador for the World Math day event in 2011. Meanwhile she earned a place in Guinness book of world records in the mind and memory page in 2014. In addition, they inducted her in the Limca book of records. Her unique talent intrigued United Nations and awarded the Outstanding Delegate Award at Conference of Cheongshim International Academy in 2012 in North Korea. They nominated her as the Pogo Amazing kids during her early days.

When we look at the story of Priyanshi, it is just filled with many achievements both at national and international levels. Apart from the amazing calculating skills, she loves to read, play chess and table tennis. She is crystal clear in her dreams and eager to continue to take part in the competition and face the challenges. We wish this one of its kind talented kid to achieve much more success in her life.