SUSHMA VERMA

SUSHMA VERMA is all set to become the youngest matriculate in the world. The child prodigy, who will be seven on February 7.She is preparing for the class X exam for which the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board has registered her.Tathagat Avatar Tulsi from Patna, who is a senior research scientist at the Indian Institute of Science (IIS), Bangalore, holds the record for being the youngest matriculate. He passed his class X examination in the mid-1990s at the age of nine.Sushma, whose parents are illiterate, is busy doing a final revision of her course. The pre-board exam begins on February 5 and the board exam on March 12.