Agnijo Banerjee wins prestigious award |
It was at the age of 12 that Kolkata-born Agnijo Banerjee shot to fame when Mensa declared that his IQ level was 162 — higher than that of Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein. Now, at the age of 17, the Maths wizard, who now stays in Scotland, has won the prestigious International Maths Olympiad scoring a perfect 42. Held in Romania, Agnijo was representing the UK team at the Olympiad, where he solved all the six questions in a record time of eight hours. James Lin of the United States shared the trophy with him. This year around 600 contestants from 107 countries contested for the award. After completing his school education from Grove Academy, Dundee, Agnijo is headed to Trinity College, Cambridge for his Bachelors in Mathematics. He aspires to do research on Pure Mathematics. He has also co-authored two books: ‘At the end of Infinity and Beyond’ and ‘Weird Maths’ with David Darling, a former astrophysicist from NASA.
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