Nishi is UK Child Genius 2019
View(s):Twelve-year-old Nishi Uggalle of Sri Lankan heritage, from Manchester, UK, won the final of Channel Four’s
Child Genius competition held on March 2, 2019 and was crowned Britain’s Brightest Child. She is the first-ever Sri Lankan to be part of the final 20 in this contest.
Child Genius is an annual competition open to children from the age of eight to twelve years where they are challenged on spelling, maths, memory, vocabulary, geography and science.
Nishi’s IQ (Intelligence Quotient) of 162 is reported to be over that of Einstein and Hawking which was 160.
