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THE 9-YEAR-OLD INDIAN TAKES AMERICA BY SURPRISE

 First let’s we congratulate Tanishq for making India proud with his super intelligence.

 

 Education: American River College

Parents: Bijou Abraham, Dr. Taji Abraham

 Sibling: Tiara Thankam Abraham

 Tanishq Mathew Abraham biography

Tanishq Abraham (June 2003) is an American child genius and a child prodigy. He joined Mensa at 4 years old. In 2010, when his younger sister, Tiara Thankam Abraham (December 2005), became a member of Mensa at 4 years old, they became the youngest siblings to join the high IQ society Mensa. Tanishq (2003) & Tiara (2005) are the youngest East Indians (by ethnicity) to join Mensa and among the youngest Americans in Mensa. To be members of Mensa, one has to score 98 percentile in a standardized IQ test. Tanishq scored 99.9 percentile and Tiara scored 99 percentile in the standardized IQ test. Born in California, USA, to parents Bijou Abraham & Dr. Taji Abraham, both children showed signs of high IQ at an early age. Tanishq showed this during his early baby days, when at 4 months old he flipped pages of children story books, answered questions on the stories and events in the books. At 5 years old, he completed Stanford University’s EPGY Math courses in 5 grades (KG to 4th grade) in less than 6 months. At 6 years old, he did on-line high school and college level classes ranging in subjects like chemistry, palaeontology, biology, geology. His prodigious talent was seen at 7 years old.And also he is Left Hand user.

 Awards:

Both awarded membership to Mensa at 4 yrs old.
5 yr old Tiara awarded 3rd place & 2 honorable ribbons at the California State Exposition2011.
6 yr old Tiara awarded 1st place , 3rd place & Honorable ribbon at the California Exposition 2012
8 yr old Tanishq awarded 1st places, 3rd place & Honorable ribbon at the California State Exposition 2012
8 yr old Tanishq awarded “Top 5″ at the National Science Bee by the North South Foundation 2011.