
Akrit Jaswal 13 , Akrit has an IQ of 146 and is considered to be the smartest person of his age in the conutry of billion population India.Akirt learned very fast . After learning the alphabet, his parents started to teach him joining of words, and he started writing as well , when he was just two .
Akrit was reading Shakespeare and assembling a library of medical textbooks when he is in the age of learning alphabets . Just one year after enrolling in the schools he started teaching english and maths .Akrit developed a passion for science and anatomy . He got the attention of doctors at local hospitals and they allowed him to observe their surgeries when he was 6 years old. Inspired by this Akrit read everything he could on the medical surgeries .
He caught the world's eye after he performed a successful surgery of separating a girl's fingers, which were badly burned and fused together. He was only 7 when he did the surgery .After the surgery, Akrit was hailed as a medical genius in India .
At age 11, Akrit was admitted to Punjab University . He's the youngest student ever to attend an Indian university. That same year, he was also invited to London 's famed Imperial College to exchange ideas with scientists on the cutting edge of medical research.
Akrit JaswalAkrit says he has millions of medical ideas, but he's currently focused on developing a cure for cancer. 'I've developed a concept called oral gene therapy on the basis of my research and my theories,' he says. 'I'm quite dedicated towards working on this mechanism.'


August 13, 2008 1:15 PM
I've seen a sort of documentary about him. He is pretty smart and wants to find the cure for cancer. You go kid!