A 14-year-old girl of Indian-origin has been crowned as Australia's brainiest student in a battle of neuroscience knowledge in Sydney. Uma Jha, from Perth's Shenton College, in inner-west Shenton Park, outsmarted more than 4000 competitors from across Australia to bag the title. The 2010 Australian Brain Bee Challenge is designed to test high school students on a range of topics, including intelligence, memory, emotions, sleep, Alzheimer's disease and stroke. Uma has to compete against other state winners in the national final of the competition, which included a brain-teasing anatomy exam, doctor-patient diagnosis and a neuroscience quiz. "The competition was tied right up until the end and it was a really nerve-wracking finish," News.com.au quoted Uma as saying after the event. "I've never won a national science competition before, so it's amazing," she added. However the hard work does not stop here for Uma. She will now travel to California for the International Brain Bee Challenge in August. (ANI) source : Yahoo
India shining It’s great to hear that someone from between us is doing great and making India proud. Special thank to Indian Girl Uma Jha for her achievements and all we can say it ‘keep it up’. It’s the people that represent their respective nations and anything that will make India stand as a rising power among all other countries is appreciable. Jai Hind
Indian girl outsmarts Aussies. It’s great to know that a girl of Indian origin has made us all Indians proud once again. Congratulation to her and best wishes for her future competition. She has proved to the people that Indian intellect is really adorable and Indian are not afraid of facing any challenge, but rather they have the guts to give a tough competition back.
