MARYLAND: An Indian-American teenager claimed this year's USA Brain Bee Championship held at the University of Maryland. The annual championship was won by Sojas Wagle, 15, a sophomore at Springdale's Har-Ber High School in Arkansas. He beat runner up Aarthi Vijayakumar of Minneapolis and Amit Kannan of Indianapolis, who came third.
“I studied harder and kind of perfected the neuroanatomy section to make sure I was familiar with all parts of the brain and could point those out on a brain model,” Wagle said. The teen is considering a career in medicine, possibly neurology. Following the win, not only will he go to Washington DC, in August for the International Brain Bee Championship, he also won an eight-week internship in a neuroscience laboratory. A donation will also be given to the brain-disorder charity of his choice, it was reported.
This year's top three winners, all come from the Indian-American community.
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The top three winners of the USA Brain Bee Championship this year are all Indian American student (l-r): Amit Kannan, who came in third place; winner Sojas Wagle; and runner-up Aarthi Vijayakumar.
