New York: An Indian American youngster has been declared one of the brightest students in the world by a top US university.  The girl named Natasha Peri, 11 years, has been named in the worlds "brightest" students list based on results of above-grade-level testing of 19,000 students across 84 countries, according to Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY), a part of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

CTY uses above-grade-level testing to identify advanced students from around the world and provide a clear picture of their true academic abilities." Peri took the Johns Hopkins Talent Search test in Spring 2021, when she was in Grade 5. Her results in the verbal and quantitative sections levelled with the 90th percentile of advanced Grade 8 performance. "This motivates me to do more," she said, adding that doodling and reading J.R.R Tolkien's novels may have worked for her.

Peri was one of nearly 19,000 students from 84 countries who joined Center For Talented Youth in the 2020-21 Talent Search year. The Centre uses above-grade-level testing to identify advanced students from around the world and provide a clear picture of their true academic abilities.

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