A fifteen year old girl living in the outskirts of Lucknow
passed her exams with flying colours. But Sushma Verma is not a school student.
She studies MSc (Microbiology) at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central)
University (BBAU). Her brilliant scorecard shows Semester Grade Point Average
(SGPAs) of 8, 8.25 with first rank in first, second and fourth semesters.
In a country where more than 35 per cent of girls are discouraged
from studying and going to school, young prodigy Sushma Verma from Lucknow has
a different story to tell! At age 7 when most of us were barely able to
dedicate 30 minutes to studying, Sushma had already completed her 10th. At the
young age of 13, she had enrolled herself in college and was getting her
Master’s Degree in Microbiology from Lucknow University.
And now, at the age of 15, she has achieved yet another
milestone by becoming the youngest Indian to have been enrolled as a PhD
student at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) in Lucknow—a course
where her classmates are probably eight to nine years older than her, at least!
Achievement:
- Sushma Verma also got place in the Limca Book of Records for her achievements.
- University Research Entrance Test to study environmental microbiology was conducted by the University and Verma secured the seventh rank. Keeping in mind the special effort she did, the university will be providing her with the special privilege like a scholarship and hostel seat.
Her 51-year-old father Tej Bahadur was in fact a daily wage
worker (sanitation) at the same university.
