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Post by Rishi Sat May 11, 2013 2:21 pm

Das is graduating with more than 200 credits and a GPA of 3.99, which includes eight A+ marks.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Indian-kid-in-UC-Berkeley-leaves-academia-awestruck/articleshow/19995146.cms

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Post by Rishi Sat May 11, 2013 2:23 pm

Are Bengalis smarter than other groups from India?

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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat May 11, 2013 2:29 pm

Two things to note:

1. Born in Kolkata, Das moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin, at the age of 7 with his parents, Sankar and Kakali Das, the University statement said,

Duhhh....if he had continued in India, his skills would have long been blunted. Would have gone to IIT, then IIM, and then joined some bank...Razz

2. will head to Oxford University
to pursue a master's degree in biomedical engineering with a fully
funded Whitaker Fellowship. He will then continue his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been admitted to the chemistry Ph.D. program.

Again, thanks to his US education he thinks and acts differently.

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Post by Rishi Sat May 11, 2013 2:36 pm

May be there are a lot more Indian and Chinese kids like this who could not get into selective schools because of reverse discrimination.

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Post by Rishi Sat May 11, 2013 2:38 pm

http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/university-medalist-ritankar-das/

His video.

The kid is very mature.

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Post by truthbetold Sat May 11, 2013 2:57 pm

Rishi wrote:Are Bengalis smarter than other groups from India?
there are smart individuals in each group. a data point of one does not tell much about the group. it is not enough to make a comparison with other groups.
having said that let me say that Bengalis and tambrahms are the beneficiaries of early east Indian company contact. both groups are thriving better than other groups.


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Post by Hellsangel Sat May 11, 2013 3:25 pm

truthbetold wrote:
Rishi wrote:Are Bengalis smarter than other groups from India?
there are smart individuals in each group. a data point of one does not tell much about the group. it is not enough to make a comparison with other groups.
having said that let me say that Bengalis and tambrahms are the beneficiaries of early east Indian company contact. both groups are thriving better than other groups.


Why did one group give rise to a lot of revolutionaries while the other group gave us Wussy Iyer boys?
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Post by indophile Sun May 12, 2013 9:04 am

Hellsangel wrote:
Why did one group give rise to a lot of revolutionaries while the other group gave us Wussy Iyer boys?

May be because Bengalis were tortured by the East India Company guys.

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Post by Vakavaka Pakapaka Sun May 12, 2013 9:33 am

Reading the title, I thought the article was on Carvakavaka. Kukatpally produced the most brilliant people and brought prestige to Telangana.

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Post by Vakavaka Pakapaka Sun May 12, 2013 9:49 am

Seriously, here is a brilliant guy who will influence the healthcare system in rural India and perhaps the whole world:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/IITian-quits-Hollywood-job-to-design-suitcase-lab/Article1-1059002.aspx

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