Bihar village boy who cracked JEE at 13, interned at Apple and now works in the US
Satyam Kumar, who gained national attention for cracking the JEE at age 13, has built a successful career in engineering and research. After graduating from IIT Kanpur, he pursued a PhD in the US and interned at Apple.
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His story highlights the trajectory of high-achieving students from rural India into global research and technology roles.
Satyam Kumar's story begins in a farming household in Bihar and leads, more than two decades later, to a research role at Texas Instruments in the United States. In between lies a path that runs through the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, a PhD at The University of Texas at Austin, and a research internship at Apple. It is a journey that has been circulating widely online, and the details behind it are worth laying out properly.From Bakhorapur to IIT KanpurKumar was born on 20 July 1999 in Bakhorapur village in Bihar's Buxar district. He grew up around farming, in a setting far removed from the country's engineering hubs.
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