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 of genius, her elder brother Shailendra completed her graduation in Computer science at the age of 14 and cleared matriculation when he was nine.