At the tender age of 7, when most of the children were busy playing with dolls and guns, he performed his first surgery!! Meet Akrit Jaswal, whose IQ was tested to be 146, making him the smartest in India.
Born in India on April 23, 1993, Akrit stood out with an extraordinary intelligence level, boasting an impressive IQ of 146, the highest among kids his age in the country.
When surgeons in his village enabled him to see and learn how to execute surgical operations, his interest in surgery grew.
When Akrit Jaswal was just 7 years old, he became the youngest surgeon globally. He helped an eight-year-old girl whose fingers were stuck together because of burns that happened five years ago. Her parents couldn’t afford the surgery, but Akrit used his medical skills to operate and separate her fingers.
After the surgery, Akrit was hailed as a medical genius in India. Neighbors and strangers flocked to him for advice and treatment.
Mr. B. R. Rahi, the Chairman of Secondary Education in Dharamshala, supported and guided Akrit. At the age of 12, he was already studying science at Chandigarh College, becoming the youngest student ever accepted by an Indian University.
At 13, he showcased one of the highest IQs globally for his age group, earning him a spot on Oprah Winfrey’s renowned talk show. By 17, he was already on the path to earning a master’s degree in applied chemistry.
By 20, he was already a practicing physician.
From a young age, Akrit Jaswal was determined to make a difference by studying cancer. When Akrit was a teenager, he saw cancer patients lying on the roadside because they couldn’t pay for treatment or hospitals couldn’t take them in.
These memories motivated him to use his intelligence to help ease their pain. Now, when he visits hospitals and sees people suffering, it strengthens his interest in medicine and finding solutions for cancer.
Akrit Jaswal says he’s been trying to find a cure for cancer using ideas about oral gene therapy for many years. But some British doctors and researchers didn’t agree with his work, saying he didn’t fully understand the topic.
Even though he’s young, Akrit stays dedicated and focused. He keeps working hard in school and in his research, all with the big dream of curing cancer. Hopefully, his passion for cancer research can give hope to thousands of cancer patients.
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