Sushma Verma: The Lucknow girl with an MSc at 15
At the age of 15, Sushma Verma completed her Master's degree in Microbiology from Lucknow University. In a country where girls are discouraged from going to school and college, this young girl from Lucknow became a Master of Science at a tender age of 15. Sushma's story in brief: Sushma got a place in the Limca Book of awards as a young student to clear the class 10 exam at an age of seven At the age of 15, she completed her Master's degree in Microbiology from Lucknow University where most of her classmates are eight to nine years older than her She cleared the course with flying colours with a grade point average of 8 Her talent came into light when she recited the Ramayana at a local school function at the age of two Sushma's father worked as a sanitation worker in the Lucknow university and her mother is a homemaker At 15, she enrolled for a PhD program in Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Born in a family...