Youngest IIT qualifier Satyam wish to do Einstein

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Last Updated : Jun 25 2013 | 5:40 PM IST
Probably the youngest to qualify in this year's IIT entrance exam, 13-year-old Satyam Kumar wants to be like Albert Einstein.
Born on July 20, 1999, the boy a resident of Bhojpur district of Bihar and the son of a poor farmer Sidhnath Singh, has cleared IIT-JEE exam consecutively for the second time this year.
He had qualified in IIT entrance exam last year at an age of 12 after getting special permission from CBSE to sit in the test but was not satisfied with his low rank of 8137 and hence repeated the test this year.
In 2013 exam Satyam has secured All India Rank of 679.
"I was not satisfied with my low rank and hence repeated the test this year. I was confident of making it this year again," the child prodigy told PTI.
Satyam's success story is full of thrill.
His uncle Pashupati Singh, a clerk in local Veer Kuer Singh College, said the boy had no formal schooling till standard eight. This was due to poor economic condition of the family as well lack of basic teaching facility in the village government school.
"We used to give him basic level teaching at home itself," Singh said.
"His memory and grasping power always surprised us," he said.
Satyam went to school for the first time at class eight in 2007 when he cleared Rajasthan board exam and was given admission in Modern School in Kota, Singh said adding the principal R K Verma borne all expense on his study and coaching for IIT entrance exam.
Talking about his study habits, the child said, "I study regularly for six hours a day with complete focus".
And he is no bookworm. "I see movies, play football and fiddle with mobile," he said.
The boy said he would like to achieve the feat of Nobel prize winner scientist Albert Einstein.
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First Published: Jun 25 2013 | 5:40 PM IST

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