Background
Tulsi, Tathagat Avatar was born on September 9, 1987 in Patna, Bihar, India. Son of Tulsi Narayan Prasad and Chanchal Devi.
Tulsi, Tathagat Avatar was born on September 9, 1987 in Patna, Bihar, India. Son of Tulsi Narayan Prasad and Chanchal Devi.
He completed high school at the age of 9, earned a Bachelor of Science In August 2009, he got his Doctor of Philosophy from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore at the age of 22. In July 2010, he was offered a position as Assistant Professor on contract (a non-permanent teaching position for fresh Doctor of Philosophy graduates) at IIT Bombay.
He completed high school at the age of nine, earned a Bachelor of Science
At the age of 10 and a Master of Science at the age of 12 from Patna Science College (Patna University). Tulsi was born in Patna, Bihar. at the age of ten and a Master of Science at the age of twelve from Patna Science College (Patna University). Later, the Department of Science and Technology officials claimed that it was a mistake to shortlist him, and that he was a "fake prodigy".
Tulsi claimed that he had impressed three but two of them could not recall having talked to him and the third Brian Josephson did not find anything promising in his ideas.
Following the controversy, Tulsi is said to have suffered from depression, which he says, cost him a Doctor of Philosophy seat at IIT. He decided to "fight back" by earning a Doctor of Philosophy and gaining recognition as a scientist Tulsi was admitted by the Indian Institute of Science (Indian Institute of Science)., where he wrote a 33-page long Doctor of Philosophy thesis on "Generalizations of the Quantum Search Algorithm".
He has the special distinction of being one of the world"s youngest scientists. At the age of 17, he co-authored a research manuscript ("A New Algorithm for Fixed-point Quantum Search") with Lov Grover, the inventor of a quantum search algorithm that goes by his name.
Tulsi is listed as one of the most gifted Asian youngsters by TIME magazine, mentioned as "Superteen" by Science, "Physics Prodigy" by The TIMES, "Master Mind" by The WEEK and listed by Outlook as one of the smartest Indian youngsters.
Tathagat Avatar Tulsi participated in the Stock Exchange of Visions project of Fabrica, Benetton"s research centre in 2007. He was invited by Luciano Benetton for a dinner in honor of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gore on June 14, 2007 in Milano, Italy. Tathagat"s story was showcased by National Geographic Channel in the program My Brilliant Brain.
The episode named "India"s Geniuses" was aired on 13 December 2007 and was hosted by Bollywood actress Konkona Senator Sharma.
He was interviewed by 14-year-old Trishit Banerjee for his magazine Young Chronicle.