An Indian wonderkid has proved to century’s youngest California University topper. Ritankar Das was born in Kolkata and fluent in Bengali,Hindi as well English. 18 years Ritankar Das is Indian-American topper of the prestigious University of California.
Ritankar Das is the student in last 58 years that will earn the honour USD 2,500 scholarship in biomedical engineering .
Marcin Majda, professor and undergraduate dean in the College of Chemistry says about Ritankar Das,“In my 30 years at Berkeley, I cannot think of a single undergraduate student who would match Ritankar’s accomplishments, his range of activities and projects that he initiated and currently leads, and his academic excellence.”
Das started his research at the age 13 in different universities, department and organizations like..
– University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
– British Petroleum Funded EBI Institute
– Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry
– US Department of Energy
– Taiwan’s Academia Sinica
– American Chemical Society
– American Physical Society
– National Science Foundation
Young Ritankar Das is the founder and chairman of non-profit organization ‘See Your Future’. Organization provide digital learning techniques such as YouTube visual demonstrations and Skype tutoring to encourage disadvantaged students to pursue STEM careers.
Ritankar Das said about this success,“I had parents and teachers who invested in my education early on. Without that help, I don’t think I would have succeeded through the education system. I think a lot of students in India deserve that opportunity and don’t always get it.”