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Young People Who Rock: Isha Jain

By: Santosh :+: Under: Brown in America, Science
On: ⋅ December 27, 2007 ⋅

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“Young People Who Rock” is a weekly show on CNN.com Live on Fridays at 3pm Eastern. This week’s interviewee is Isha Jain, a desi math and science prodigy. [via CNN]

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Her taste for science started at 9 when she created a paradigm to explain the molecular structure of candy. It sounds sweet, but also sophisticated — teachers in the U.S. and abroad have used her methods in the classroom. Before she was old enough to buy sweets at a PG-13 movie, her candy-making findings were featured at major scientific summits.

Recently, 16-year-old Isha used both skill sets to identify what causes growth spurts. Not only did she think her findings were cool, but so did the journal “Developmental Dynamics,” which published her work. The Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology went beyond just the thinking: It gave her a cool $100,000 scholarship.

Doing well in math and science in school!! Somewhere there is a vary vary happy desi uncle!! Check out Isha’s interview on Friday 28th December 2007 on CNN.com Live. You can even send questions to ask Isha from the CNN website.