Meet Satyam Kumar, India’s youngest IITian, cracked IIT-JEE at 12, completed PhD at 24, he is now…

In 2012, Satyam Kumar scripted history when he cracked the IIT-JEE in his very first attempt, achieving an AIR of 8137, becoming the youngest-ever IITian in history.

Youngest IITian: At age of 12, when children of his age were still learning basic arithmetic in middle school, Satyam Kumar, a child genius from Bakhorapur, a sleepy little village in Bihar, cleared the IIT-JEE, one of the toughest entrance examinations in the country, securing an All-India Rank (AIR) of 8137.

However, the child prodigy was not content with his performance and attempted the exam again in 2013, this time bettering his rank to 670, and becoming youngest IITian in the country’s history.

Who is Satyam Kumar?

Born in a farming family on July 20, 1999, in Bakhorapur, a tiny village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, Satyam Kumar showcased his academic brilliance since his formative years. His genius-level intellect caught the attention of a family friend who then convinced Kumar’s father to send the child to coaching hub Kota in Rajasthan to prepare for the IIT-JEE examination.

Youngest IITian

In 2012, Satyam Kumar scripted history when he cracked the IIT-JEE in his very first attempt, achieving an AIR of 8137, becoming the youngest-ever IITian in history. The genius boy attempted the test again in 2013, and improved his rank to 670, scoring an impressive292 out of 360 marks.

He was just 13 at the time.

Satyam surpassed the previous record holder, Sahak Kaushik, who had achieved the feat at the age of 14 in 2010.

Where is Satyam Kumar now?

After acing the IIT-JEE, Satyam Kumar earned his way into the prestigious IIT Kanpur where he earned a BTech-MTech Dual Degree in Electrical Engineering. At the age of 24, Kumar completed his Ph.D. at the University of Texas, in Texas United States.

According to his LinkedIn page, Satyam Kumar has interned at Apple as a Machine Learning Intern, and is currently working as a Machine Learning Systems Research Engineer at Texas instruments.