He ended as a runner-up while the first prize went to 13-year-old Arshad Muhammed of Kochi, Kerala. Saketan has won from Mumbai and has been awarded a scholarship of Rs 95,000 (Rs 20, 000 as Mumbai league winner and Rs 75, 000 as national runner-up). The hunt for India’s best young brains came to an end with four national prize winners. The other two are Rohan Juneja of Pune and Srioni Maitra of Kolkata.
Saketan who is a class 6 student of Delhi Public School of Nerul. The third edition of the contest organized by National Geographic Channel under the flagship of its nationwide school engagement programme has support from Aviva Life Insurance. This season’s show recorded over 4,00,000 children from as many as 400 reputed schools across 14 cities in India. The winner along with other three national finalists and 20 city level finalists have been awarded scholarship for higher studies by Aviva.
