10-year-old Indian girl wows brainiacs' meet

Chidanand Rajghatta

Vancouver:





There was jetlag from travelling 13 time zones and the brilliance of the world's brainiacs arrayed be fore her. None of this fazed Is hita Katyal, a 10-year old Pune writer and middle-schooler who, quite extraordinarily debuted as the opening spea ker at the TED (Technology Entertainment, Design) 2016 a nerdy conference of some o the world's smartest people.Alpha-geeks from Google and Tesla, Apple and Uber not to speak of marquee na mes such as Al Gore and Bil Gates are attending the annu al brainiacs gig, but it was the sing-song voice of this pre-teen, with her pink-frame spectacles and burgundy velvet gown, that held centerstage on Monday when the conference opened. Her message was simple: Put children first; give kids a chance. P 28

Source: Times of India, 17-02-2016